Urgent FLASH traffic
Shortly after receiving our response to Stalin's proposal, the following radio message was played over Radio Moscow and relayed to us by our friends in the United Kingdom:
"Workers of the world!
Your so-called protectors, the Allies, have been in secret negotiations with our peace-loving government to sell out the governments of Turkey and Manchuria. We have evidence that will prove that the Allies are not who say they are. They claimed that all they cared about was defeating the Nazis, but clearly that was a lie."
A snippet of Senator Sinclaire's speech is played, particularly her demands for the Soviet Union to give up territory it had won fairly.
"Naturally, our friends in Turkey and Manchuria were as horrified as you were. Both have requested Soviet protection against Allied aggression, and we have, with a heavy heart, accepted their requests. We do not wish to war with any other nation, but impinging on another nation's freedoms in order to sell those freedoms? That is a crime even Hitler would never have conceived."
Shortly afterwards, Prime Minister Churchill gave this speech via the BBC and Radio Free Europe:
"Generalissimo Stalin is wrong. He does not speak of the Poles remaining in Soviet captivity. He does not speak of the people of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, who were illegally annexed. No, he accuses President Willkie and the American government of 'selling the freedoms' of Turkey and Manchuria! I am a close personal friend to Mr. Willkie, and I cannot believe, for one moment, that he did anything of the sort. We are seeing Stalin's true colors here, and the Allies will not stand for his reckless imperialism. The government of Turkey has formally requested Allied aid to defend against these heinous invasions by the Soviet Union. I have formally accepted them into the Allies and declared war on the Soviet Union. We may not have started this war, but by God, we shall finish it!"
The President received this tersely worded message from Prime Minister Churchill just a few moments ago. "If one wishes to barter land with the Soviet Union, perhaps one should contact his allies first next time? I sincerely hope you Yanks know what you've gotten us into. God help us all."
Admiral William D. Leahy, Presidential Chief of Staff
((So, in game terms, the Soviets DOW Japan (for Manchuria) and Turkey (conquest war goals on both). Turkey joins the Allies. The UK declares war on the Soviet Union (puppet war goal) and we are dragged in. I did all of this with the console, FYI, as it's almost certainly what would have happened given that we rejected Stalin's counter proposal with no explanatory note of our own.))
So, I need Atlantic and Pacific plans by Sunday at 10 PM (-6 GMT). dresdor, I'm still waiting on a budget for the Navy.
Shortly after receiving our response to Stalin's proposal, the following radio message was played over Radio Moscow and relayed to us by our friends in the United Kingdom:
"Workers of the world!
Your so-called protectors, the Allies, have been in secret negotiations with our peace-loving government to sell out the governments of Turkey and Manchuria. We have evidence that will prove that the Allies are not who say they are. They claimed that all they cared about was defeating the Nazis, but clearly that was a lie."
A snippet of Senator Sinclaire's speech is played, particularly her demands for the Soviet Union to give up territory it had won fairly.
"Naturally, our friends in Turkey and Manchuria were as horrified as you were. Both have requested Soviet protection against Allied aggression, and we have, with a heavy heart, accepted their requests. We do not wish to war with any other nation, but impinging on another nation's freedoms in order to sell those freedoms? That is a crime even Hitler would never have conceived."
Shortly afterwards, Prime Minister Churchill gave this speech via the BBC and Radio Free Europe:
"Generalissimo Stalin is wrong. He does not speak of the Poles remaining in Soviet captivity. He does not speak of the people of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, who were illegally annexed. No, he accuses President Willkie and the American government of 'selling the freedoms' of Turkey and Manchuria! I am a close personal friend to Mr. Willkie, and I cannot believe, for one moment, that he did anything of the sort. We are seeing Stalin's true colors here, and the Allies will not stand for his reckless imperialism. The government of Turkey has formally requested Allied aid to defend against these heinous invasions by the Soviet Union. I have formally accepted them into the Allies and declared war on the Soviet Union. We may not have started this war, but by God, we shall finish it!"
The President received this tersely worded message from Prime Minister Churchill just a few moments ago. "If one wishes to barter land with the Soviet Union, perhaps one should contact his allies first next time? I sincerely hope you Yanks know what you've gotten us into. God help us all."
Admiral William D. Leahy, Presidential Chief of Staff
((So, in game terms, the Soviets DOW Japan (for Manchuria) and Turkey (conquest war goals on both). Turkey joins the Allies. The UK declares war on the Soviet Union (puppet war goal) and we are dragged in. I did all of this with the console, FYI, as it's almost certainly what would have happened given that we rejected Stalin's counter proposal with no explanatory note of our own.))
So, I need Atlantic and Pacific plans by Sunday at 10 PM (-6 GMT). dresdor, I'm still waiting on a budget for the Navy.