New years celebrations, upcoming elections
Gentlemen, I hope you had a good time at the new years eve party last night. And, judging from the hung over look I spot on all of you, I have reason to believe you did. First off, could someone see to the lovely lady we found unconscious behind the speaker’s desk this morning? Franz, some have said she entered with you, so we would appreciate it if you got the girl home.
Anyhow, gentlemen, let us begin.
First point on the agenda was the restructuring of the military according to the 1936 consensus, signed up in August last year. To suit this order, Herr von Mackensen has started restructuring and relocating most of our Armed Forces.
In accordance with ‘Waffenplan A’, the German industry has shifted focus from production of new units to upgrading the equipment of our outdated divisions and reinforcing understrength divisions both at home as in the Colonies. The government’s refusal to consider the revolutionary ‘Panzerdoctrine’, or ‘Blitzkrieg’ doctrine, proposed by field marshalls Von Beck and Goebbels has left the jingoists among the opposition with some frustration, as they believe the German military theory is outdated and backwards, and will seriously jeopardize our hegemony in the future. Heated debates have already fired up in the Reichstag, but still, our veteran generals from the Weltkrieg hold superiority in eyes of the parliament. It is believed that the military doctrine of the Reichswehr will play a crucial role in the next elections, planned March this year.
Research, as upheld by the current conservative government, has concentrated mostly on industrial growth and the development of better infantry and artillery. I will now give you an update on the world situation.
World situation
Abroad, not all is well. In Asia, resurgent nationalist and syndicalist powers have risen to the stage, claiming hegemony over the continent dominated by Western influence. A recent wave of protests and Chinese nationalist uprisings has hit the AgsHt, troubled by deep economical issues at home and a reclining export abroad. Many fear the growing dissent may grow into an actual Chinese revolt, but the corporate government has stressed that they retain full control over the situation, and that there is nothing to fear.
Our ally Mittelafrika continues to be the dominant state on the Southern Continent. The great Federalisation and Equality Acts of 1934 have served greatly into stabilising the African colony, where now European settlers and African natives live side by side. More troubling, Portugal has recently increased it’s military expenditure towards her own colonies. Intelligence services have pointed out that in the course of 1935, over 40.000 new Portuguese soliders have arrived in Africa. With tensions between Mittelafrika and Portugal strained ever since the border incidents years ago, many observers fear escalations and a new war in Africa, if Portugal continues her beligerent actions.
The Pax Germania that came into existance after the Weltkrieg, unfortunately, has all but dissapeared. In the West, France ,the Union of Britain and the Republic of the Sicilies stand as mortal enemies to Germany’s conservative cabinet and her Mitteleuropean allies. Both countries have seen spectacular growth over the past few years, now boasting a more modernised and far larger military than the Reichswehr, and the syndicalists have shown no signs of curbing their ambitions. A mayor debate going on in the Reichstag right now would be if the German government should seek reconciliation with the Syndicalists, with which the diplomatic ties were cut after the French revolution. In Germany itself, this debate is mostly pushed forward by the communists, social-democrats and syndicalists themselves, who all believe that leftism should be the future for the German Empire, and is the only cure for the increasing economic problems our country has been facing. Aside from that, the French have made public ambitions for holding a so-called ‘Syndalist International’, to unite Syndicalists all over the world, and nurture the spread of Syndicalism in what they call ‘The world revolution’.
To the East, Mittelafrika is threathened by a resurgent Russia. After the assassination of Kerensky, the Duma was thrown into chaos, and it still is not clear which party will emerge victorious. Observers from the embassy have informed us that right now an enormous power struggle has been born between Bolshevik and Syndicalist parties, faced by a an increasingly radical-right coalition of National Populists and Neo-Tsarists. We will continue to monitor the situation closely.
That will be all for now. If you look into your folders gentlemen, you will find documentation concerning the March elections and issues facing the next government. We trust you will read them carefully and discuss all points with your respective parties. And, as always, keep it civil.
I call this meeting adjourned.