'Odin' and Stalin's Secret Committee

roverS3 · May 7, 2017

The 8th of July 1938, Just outside Vologda, 6,2°C, 10am Moscow Time

Report on the state of the Soviet Union for the ten day period between the 29th of June and the 8th of July 1938,

by 'Odin'

Army:

No changes in the Army for the last ten days
Officers: 51.233 + / 61.150 needed / 83,783 %

Air Force:

No changes in the VVS for the last ten days

Navy:

No changes in the Navy for the last ten days

Politics / International:

No legislative changes
Nothing of note on the international scene.

Industry:

Industry Numbers:

Working Industrial Capacity / Available capacity: 182 / 241
IC Usage: ( Allocated IC / Need )

Upgrades: 12,00 / 161,41
Reinforcement: 5,56 / 74,9 (Most divisions are reinforcing following the implementation of the 3 Year Draft Policy)
Supplies: 0 / 11,06 (We are currently importing 93,5 supplies every day)
Production: 123,19 / 123,19
Consumer Goods: 100,25 / 100,25

Stockpiles:

Energy: Maximum
Metal: 70.383 tonnes +
Rares: 24.881 tonnes +
Crude: 39.544 barrels +
Supplies: 40.142 tonnes +
Fuel: 79.175 Barrels +
Money: 1.955 -

Intelligence:

Spy numbers, spies in (active / added / lost / caught by us):

France (Tech Espionage / Counterespionnage): 10 / 0 / 0 / 0

{ Germany (/): 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 }

UK (Tech Espionage / Counterespionnage): 10 / 0 / 0 / 0
Other: 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Total: 20 / 0 / 0 / 2

Spy training leadership expenditure: 0,18
Reserve: 7

Research:

Supply Production (Level 2) technology has been improved.
The team continues it's efforts towards Level 3.
Ne procedures for First Aid (Level 1) medical assistance will help cut down on attrition within our armed forces.
The medical research team is now working on improved Combat Medicine (Level 1)
New Support Weapons (Level 3) for our Infantry are ready for production, most notably the new 82mm BM obr. 1936 Mortars.

The new 82mm BM-36 Mortar for our Infantry

Army researchers are now looking into better Special Forces (Level 1) Tactics to improve the organisation of our Mountaineers.
Radio Detection Equipment is ready for use, it could help should enable our KGB listen to Enemy radio communications. It does seem now that we will need radar stations to be able use this equipment, something the researchers hadn't made totally clear, as a punishment they were sent to our Military Academies to train some officers.
Leadership:

Research: 19,00
Espionage: 0,18
Diplomacy: 0,01
Officers: 1,80 (9 officers / day)

Total: 20,98

Statistics:

National Unity: 82,173 (+0,01)
Neutrality: 50,64 (-0,10)
Dissent: 0,00 =
Manpower:

Available: 2.231.000 Men
To reinforce(need): 280.600 Men
To mobilize(need): 638.400 Men
Monthly gain: 40.100 Men (1 fully mobilised Infx3, AT Division every 8,5 days)

Party Popularity:

- Communist Party: 40 (+1)
- Trotskyite: 16 (+1)
- Bukharinite: 10 (+1)

- Octobrist: 9 (-2)
- Social-Revolutionary: 3 =
- Trudoviks: 5 =
- Kadets: 0 (-1)

- Tsarists: 3 (+1)
- NTS: 8 (+1)
- POA: 6 (-2)
The Octobrist lost their 10% edge, the loss of popularity in the center was translated in an increase in popularity for the left, with all three communist parties gaining support. Ironically the government is still fractured as the Bukharinite Radicals, although close to Communism aren't represented in the government and have now reached the 10% threshold.
On the right we have an equally distributed movement away from POA National-Socialists, towards the two less extreme right wing factions.
Overall a slight shift to the left seems like good news.

Party Organisation:

- Communist Party: 49,36 (-0,05)
- Trotskyite: 15,90 (-0,1)
- Bukharinite: 10,90 (-0,1)

- Octobrist: 11,40 (-0,1)
- Trudoviks: 8,10 (-0,1)
- Social-Revolutionary: 1,30 (-0,01)
- Kadets: 0,03 =

- Tsarists: 2,90 (-0,08)
- POA: 0,0 =
- NTS: 0,0 =
This might be interesting to note, it seems that Party Organisation is calculated at the beginning of every month, with temporary changes occurring during the month due to spy activity. Everything is levelled again at the end of the month for a total of 100 or 99,9, here we see that due to support for the Kadets since the 1st of July the have recuperated 0,03 from 0. The Tsarists lost only the organisation gained during the month of June, the same goes for the Social-Revolutionaries . The consequence of this is that part of the gains by the Communist Party were undone at the beginning of the month(-0,11 compared to the last update and 0,06 regained since). It's the first time I've seen it happen this way...

This Information is accurate on the morning of the 8th of July 1938, I hope it serves you well in fine-tuning your possible suggestions.

'Odin'

roverS3 · May 7, 2017

The 15th of July 1938, Andreapol station, 10,2°C, 10am Moscow Time.

I had just enjoyed a train ride along the first new stretch of the Lovat East Bank Railroad. From the picturesque station in Andreapol straight through the Forest, loosely following the Lovat from afar up to where the track hadn't been laid yet. The ground was ready, the trees out of the way, only some track was still to be finished. When I got back to the station I was called to the Station's telephone...

Andreapol Station (Ignore the concrete sleepers, I couldn't find a period photograph, and information on this 8.500 inhab. town is pretty scarce, especially in English)

'Tri' was on the line, he was going crazy there in Moscow:

"The Germans just took Austria today, without even firing a single shot! It seems there was a small political crisis this morning, and now there are Wehrmacht soldiers marching in the centre of Vienna! The Austrians just let it happen, even though the Fascists only had support among 23% of the population, it's crazy!"

The Anschluss of Austria has happened, Austria is no more. Most worrying is that the Wehrmacht made the trip from München to Vienna (280 km) in just 6 hours. This would indicate they have a substantial amount of Motorised forces fully ready for deployment.

The Wehrmacht in Vienna, in front of St. Stephen's Cathedral.

The 18 Infrastructure projects on which only the final touches are still to be done are the following:

-Western White Sea Coast, Archanglesk-Murmansk Railroad:
Infrastructure will be upgraded to 'Level 5' in Soroka, Sumskiy Posad, Kamenka, Nyukhcha and Kodino.

-Lovat East Bank Railroad:
Infrastructure will be upgraded to 'Level 5' in Andreapol, Toropets and Velikie Luki.

-Memel Northern Bank, Minsk-Kaunas-Memel railroad:
Infrastructure will be upgraded to 'Level 5' in Uzda.

-Dniepr East Bank, Mariupol-Dnipopetrovsk-Kyiv-Homel railroad:
Infrastructure will be upgraded to 'Level 4' in Slavutych, Boryspil and Chernihiv. To 'Level 6' in Zaporizhzhya

-Don East Bank, Stalingrad-Voronezh-Moskva railroad:
Infrastructure will be upgraded to 'Level 6' in Pashino, Usman, Krasnolesnyy and Davydovka.

-Southern Bug East Bank, Kyiv-Mykolaiv railroad missing link:
Infrastructure will be upgraded to 'Level 5' in Arbuzynka

The same strategy has been followed to decide on the next 20 projects which will now start.

In the following 20 provinces work will begin (11) or continue (9), by adding an extra track or another hardened road.

-Western White Sea Coast, Archanglesk-Murmansk railroad:
Infrastructure will be upgraded to 'Level 6' in Kodino and Onega.

-Lovat East Bank Railroad:
Infrastructure will be upgraded to 'Level 6' in Andreapol, Toropets and Velikie Luki. And to 'Level 7' in Parfino and Marevo.

-Memel Northern Bank, Minsk-Kaunas-Memel railroad:
Infrastructure will be upgraded to 'Level 6' in Uzda

-Southern Bug East Bank, Kyiv-Mykolaiv railroad missing link:
Infrastructure will be upgraded to 'Level 6' in Arbuzynka

-Dniepr East Bank, Mariupol-Dnipopetrovsk-Kyiv-Homel railroad:
Infrastructure will be upgraded to 'Level 5' in Slavutych, Boryspil and Chernihiv.

4 entirely new Projects were launched:

-Neva North Bank, Finnish border railroad:
Infrastructure will be upgraded to 'Level 7' in Osinovets.

-Narva East Bank railroad:
Infrastructure will be upgraded to 'Level 5' in Kingisepp.

-Volkhov East Bank railroad:
Infrastructure will be upgraded to 'Level 7' in Novaya Ladoga, Volhov, Malaja Vishera, and Proletariy.

-Vitba North Bank railroad:
Infrastructure will be upgraded to 'Level 7' in Drozdy and Dominikovo.

Once the new tracks are operational I will provide a before-after map for each Project.

Greetings,

'Odin'

roverS3 · May 7, 2017

The 18th of July 1938, Just outside Vologda, 5,6°C, 10am Moscow Time

Report on the state of the Soviet Union for the ten day period between the 9th and the 18th of July 1938,

by 'Odin'

Army:

A new Infx3, AT Division, 73. SD has been deployed to Lt. General Popov V. S.'s , XXIII SK, 1ya Armiya, 1st Army Group, Archanglesk-Leningrad HQ.
Army numbers (Brigades/Personnel) Reserves included:

Frontline troops: 467 / 1.401.000
Support troops: 94 / 95.000
Total fighting troops: 562 / 1.496.000
Headquarters: 52 / 26.000
Total Army Personnel: 614 / 1.522.000
Officers: 51.323 + / 61.550 needed / 83,384 %
Active Leaders: 127 / 36 Reserve
Production has started on a new Infx3, AT Division, this one will receive all the recently developed Infantry weapons.
Army leadership:
Command of the new Division was given to new leader Maj. General Lebedenko SK2, LW, WS.

Air Force:

No changes in the VVS for the last ten days

Navy:

No changes in the Navy for the last ten days

Politics / International:

No legislative changes
Political Crisis in Austria, immediately followed by Anschluss, see previous update.

Industry:

Industry Numbers:

Infrastructure improvements in 18 projects finished the construction phase. See previous update
Construction of 3 new Industrial Complexes in Tjumen, Kurgan and Kopeysk has been completed, and they have started gearing up.
Construction of a new Industrial Complex has started in Kurgan. The rest of the free IC was divided between upgrades and reinforcements for now.
Working Industrial Capacity / Available capacity: 182 / 241
IC Usage: ( Allocated IC / Need )

Upgrades: 17,89 / 161,41
Reinforcement: 7,72 / 70,44 (Most divisions are reinforcing following the implementation of the 3 Year Draft Policy)
Supplies: 0 / 11,08 (We are currently importing 93,5 supplies every day)
Production: 115,14 / 115,14
Consumer Goods: 100,25 / 100,25

Stockpiles:

Energy: Maximum
Metal: 70.699 tonnes +
Rares: 24.907 tonnes +
Crude: 39.978 barrels +
Supplies: 40.263 tonnes +
Fuel: 80.075 Barrels +
Money: 1.950 -

Intelligence:

Spy numbers, spies in (active / added / lost / caught by us):

France (Tech Espionage / Counterespionnage): 10 / 0 / 0 / 0

{ Germany (/): 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 }

UK (Tech Espionage / Counterespionnage): 10 / 2 / 2 / 1
Other: 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Total: 20 / 2 / 2 / 3

Spy training leadership expenditure: 0,18
Reserve: 6

Research:

The Reliability (Level 3) of our BT-5 Light Tanks has been improved thanks to the efforts of our Navy Researchers
Armoured Car Armour (Level 1) is now being looked at, as our BDRM-1's could barely be called 'Armoured', they were mostly just big cars with a lower steel sheet body instead of the normal cabin, and a very potent 12,7mm DShK Heavy Machine-gun in a turret on top.
Our Medium Tanks, the T-28's were also found to be lacking in armour, and a new 30mm steel Armour (Level 1) design is ready for implementation in both new T-28's and new Su-76 Tank Destroyers.
Research in this area continues with even better Medium Tank Armour (Level 2) to come.
No changes to LS distribution

Statistics:

National Unity: 82,183 (+0,01)
Neutrality: 50,54 (-0,10)
Dissent: 0,00 =
Manpower:

Available: 2.225.000 Men
To reinforce(need): 274.900 Men
To mobilize(need): 634.500 Men
Monthly gain: 40.100 Men (1 fully mobilised Infx3, AT Division every 8,5 days)

No changes to Party Popularity:
Party Organisation:

- Communist Party: 49,59 (+0,23)
- Trotskyite: 15,90 =
- Bukharinite: 10,90 =

- Octobrist: 11,42 (+0,02)
- Trudoviks: 8,10 =
- Social-Revolutionary: 1,30 =
- Kadets: 0,03 =

- Tsarists: 2,90 =
- POA: 0,0 =
- NTS: 0,0 =

This Information is accurate on the morning of the 18th of July 1938, I hope it serves you well in fine-tuning your possible suggestions.

'Odin'

roverS3 · May 7, 2017

The 28th of July 1938, Just outside Vologda, 4,9°C, 10am Moscow Time

Report on the state of the Soviet Union for the ten day period between the 19th and the 28th of July 1938,

by 'Odin'

Army:

No changes in the Army for the last ten days
Officers: 51.413 + / 61.550 needed / 83,530 %

Air Force:

No changes in the VVS for the last ten days

Navy:

No changes in the Navy for the last ten days

Politics / International:

No legislative changes
In the UK Stanley Baldwin has Resigned, Neville Chamberlain is now Prime Minister.(Head of Government).

Industry:

Industry Numbers:

Infrastructure improvements in 18 provinces are close but still not quite ready for peak capacity traffic.
The 3 new Industrial Complexes in Tjumen, Kurgan and Kopeysk are still gearing up.
Working Industrial Capacity / Available capacity: 183 / 242
IC Usage: ( Allocated IC / Need )

Upgrades: 18,49 / 158,44
Reinforcement: 7,70 / 66,08 (Most divisions are reinforcing following the implementation of the 3 Year Draft Policy)
Supplies: 0 / 11,29 (We are currently importing 93,5 supplies every day)
Production: 115,14 / 115,14
Consumer Goods: 100,67 / 100,67

Stockpiles:

Energy: Maximum
Metal: 71.007 tonnes +
Rares: 24.927 tonnes +
Crude: 40.408 barrels +
Supplies: 40.099 tonnes +
Fuel: 80.969 Barrels +
Money: 1.946 -

Intelligence:

Spy numbers, spies in (active / added / lost / caught by us):

France (Tech Espionage / Counterespionnage): 10 / 0 / 0 / 1

{ Germany (/): 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 }

UK (Tech Espionage / Counterespionnage): 10 / 0 / 0 / 1
Other: 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Total: 20 / 0 / 0 / 5

Spy training leadership expenditure: 0,18
Reserve: 6

Research:

The Training (Level 2) for the Ground Crews of our Close Air Support Air Groups has been improved, our naval aviation specialist thinks part of these new training procedures will also be of use to the Ground Crews aboard our future Aircraft Carriers, Morale of our CAS group has taken a boost.
VVS researchers are now looking into tactics and Training for our fighter pilots helping them Focus (Level 2) on Targeting enemy Fighters before all else in a bid to gain air superiority.
No changes to LS distribution

Statistics:

National Unity: 82,193 (+0,01)
Neutrality: 50,44 (-0,10)
Dissent: 0,00 =
Manpower:

Available: 2.225.000 Men
To reinforce(need): 260.900 Men
To mobilize(need): 621.000 Men
Monthly gain: 40.100 Men (1 fully mobilised Infx3, AT Division every 8,5 days)
No changes to Party Popularity:

Party Organisation:

- Communist Party: 49,82 (+0,23)
- Trotskyite: 15,90 =
- Bukharinite: 10,90 =

- Octobrist: 11,42 =
- Trudoviks: 8,10 =
- Social-Revolutionary: 1,30 =
- Kadets: 0,03 =

- Tsarists: 2,90 =
- POA: 0,0 =
- NTS: 0,0 =

This Information is accurate on the morning of the 28th of July 1938, I hope it serves you well in fine-tuning your possible suggestions.

'Odin'

roverS3 · May 8, 2017

The 7th of August 1938, Just outside Vologda, 2,3°C, 10am Moscow Time

Report on the state of the Soviet Union for the ten day period between the 29th of July and the 7th of August 1938,

by 'Odin'

Army:

5 new AT Regiments with 76.2mm ZiS3E guns have been deployed:

72. and 73. PtP to reinforce 195. and 200. SD, XV SK, 8ya Armiya, 4th Army Group, Odessa HQ.
75. 74. and 77. PtP to reinforce 140. 146. and 228. SD of Lt. General Homenko's XVI SK, 8ya Armiya, 4th Army Group, Odessa HQ.

Army numbers (Brigades/Personnel) Reserves included:

Frontline troops: 467 / 1.401.000
Support troops: 100 / 100.000
Total fighting troops: 567 / 1.501.000
Headquarters: 52 / 26.000
Total Army Personnel: 619 / 1.527.000
Officers: 51.503 + / 62.050 needed / 83,002 %
Active Leaders: 127 / 36 Reserve
Production has started on ZiSE3 guns for 4 new AT Regiments.

Army leadership:

New leader Lt. General Grebionnek SK3, OD has replaced Lt. General Susaikov, SK3 as leader of XV SK, 8ya Armiya, 4th Army Group, Odessa HQ.

Air Force:

No changes in the VVS for the last ten days

Navy:

No changes in the Navy for the last ten days

Politics / International:

No legislative changes
Nothing of note on the international scene

Industry:

Industry Numbers:

Infrastructure improvements in 18 provinces are now entirely operational.
The 3 new Industrial Complexes in Tjumen, Kurgan and Kopeysk have finished gearing up.
Working Industrial Capacity / Available capacity: 185 / 245
IC Usage: ( Allocated IC / Need )

Upgrades: 21,74 / 157,91
Reinforcement: 8,41 / 61,12 (Most divisions are reinforcing following the implementation of the 3 Year Draft Policy)
Supplies: 0 / 11,64 (We are currently importing 93,5 supplies every day)
Production: 113,17 / 113,17
Consumer Goods: 101,67 / 101,67

Stockpiles:

Energy: Maximum
Metal: 71.368 tonnes +
Rares: 24.938 tonnes +
Crude: 40.836 barrels +
Supplies: 39.670 tonnes -
Fuel: 81.820 Barrels +
Money: 1.937 -

Intelligence:

Spy numbers, spies in (active / added / lost / caught by us):

France (Tech Espionage / Counterespionnage): 10 / 0 / 0 / 0

{ Germany (/): 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 }

UK (Tech Espionage / Counterespionnage): 10 / 2 / 2 / 0
Other: 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Total: 20 / 2 / 2 / 7

Spy training leadership expenditure: 0,18
Reserve: 4
Increased British Counterespionage efforts are eating into my spy reserve, the focus of our spies in the UK is now almost equally split between Tech Espionage and Counterespionage.
Lots of spies active in the Soviet Union, luckily they can rarely stay long...

Research:

Our team of Electronics experts finished their work on a design for an Encryption Machine (Level 1), this should prevent the enemy from getting sensitive intel when they eavesdrop on our radio communications.
They are now looking into Radar (Level 1) technology, bouncing waves off objects should help us determine their location, be it our objects, or our enemies'... The resulting Radar Stations should also be able to intercept radio communications from afar.
No changes to LS distribution

Statistics:

National Unity: 82,203 (+0,01)
Neutrality: 50,14 (-0,30)
Dissent: 0,00 =
Manpower:

Available: 2.221.000 Men
To reinforce(need): 250.500 Men
To mobilize(need): 612.300 Men
Monthly gain: 40.100 Men (1 fully mobilised Infx3, AT Division every 8,5 days)

Party Popularity:

- Communist Party: 39 (-1)
- Trotskyite: 13 (-3)
- Bukharinite: 11 (+1)

- Octobrist: 10 (+1)
- Social-Revolutionary: 0 (-3)
- Trudoviks: 9 (+4)
- Kadets: 2 (+2)

- Tsarists: 7 (+4)
- NTS: 7 (-1)
- POA: 2 (-4)
Both the Far Right and the Far Left lost popularity, to the benefit of Monarchists, Conservatives, and Liberals. The Communist party should of course be the center of the political spectrum, not those pesky Market Liberals. There has been some serious espionage right before the turn of the month.

Party Organisation:

- Communist Party: 50,03 (+0,23)
- Trotskyite: 15,80 (-0,1)
- Bukharinite: 10,80 (-0,1)

- Octobrist: 11,30 (-0,12)
- Trudoviks: 8,00 (-0,1)
- Social-Revolutionary: 1,20 (-0,1)
- Kadets: 0,0 (-0,03)

- Tsarists: 2,80 (-0,1)
- POA: 0,0 =
- NTS: 0,0 =

This Information is accurate on the morning of the 7th of August 1938, I hope it serves you well in fine-tuning your possible suggestions.

'Odin'

roverS3 · May 9, 2017

The 17th of August 1938, Just outside Vologda, 2,3°C, 10am Moscow Time

Report on the state of the Soviet Union for the ten day period between the 8th and the 17th of August 1938,

by 'Odin'

Army:

A new Infx2, TD unit has been placed directly under the command of Lt. General Zakharov M.V. of VII SK, 4ya Armiya, 2nd Army Group, STAVKA
Army numbers (Brigades/Personnel) Reserves included:
Frontline troops: 469 / 1.407.000
Support troops: 101 / 101.000
Total fighting troops: 570 / 1.508.000
Headquarters: 52 / 26.000
Total Army Personnel: 622 / 1.534.000
Officers: 51.605 + / 62.350 needed / 82,767 %
Active Leaders: 127 / 36 Reserve
Production has started on a new Infx2, TD unit, this one will have new SU-85 Tank Destroyers with 30mm Armour, and the new 76,2mm Pushka obr. 1936 AT Gun.

The new SU-85 Tank Destroyers, this is the version currently in production. The historical one had a 85mm Gun, not the 76,2mm one ours will be fitted with.

Air Force:

No changes in the VVS for the last ten days

Navy:

No changes in the Navy for the last ten days

Politics / International:

No legislative changes
Nothing of note on the international scene

Industry:

Industry Numbers:

3 new Industrial Complexes have finished construction in Kyshtym, Zlatoust and Argajas they have just started gearing up for production.
Construction has started on 3 new Industrial complexes in the same provinces (Kyshtym, Zlatoust and Argajas)
The first 2 new Land Fortification projects have been approved in Moscow and Leningrad. (both Level 1)
Working Industrial Capacity / Available capacity: 185 / 245
IC Usage: ( Allocated IC / Need )

Upgrades: 18,32 / 173,38
Reinforcement: 5,89 / 55,89 (Many divisions are reinforcing following the implementation of the 3 Year Draft Policy)
Supplies: 0 / 11,57 (We are currently importing 93,5 supplies every day)
Production: 119,12 / 119,12
Consumer Goods: 101,67 / 101,67

Stockpiles:

Energy: Maximum
Metal: 71.731 tonnes +
Rares: 24.942 tonnes +
Crude: 41.262 barrels +
Supplies: 39.244 tonnes -
Fuel: 82.611 Barrels +
Money: 1.927 -

Intelligence:

Spy numbers, spies in (active / added / lost / caught by us):

France (Tech Espionage / Counterespionnage): 10 / 0 / 0 / 0

{ Germany (/): 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 }

UK (Tech Espionage / Counterespionnage): 10 / 0 / 0 / 0
Other: 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Total: 20 / 0 / 0 / 8

Spy training leadership expenditure: 0,26
Reserve: 4
Lots of spies active in the Soviet Union, luckily they can rarely stay long...
KGB funding has been increased to get our reserves back up to somewhere around 10

Research:

A design for a basic Aircraft Carrier has been delivered by our Researchers, a name for the new class of ships has not yet been agreed upon.

The Aicraft Carrier design should look something like the French Carrier Bearn, considering our stolen French technology, and the fact that both our new design and the Bearn would be based on similar-sized Battleship Hull Designs (Normandie-Class and Gangut-Class respectively), the Bearn is still slightly more advanced though.

Half of the Carrier designers have been tasked with developing a new, more powerful Destroyer Engine (Level 3), the other half were sent away to train officers (0,4) and spies (0,1).
The Reliability (Level 2) of our T-28 Medium Tanks has been greatly improved thanks to recent design changes.
The Researchers were tasked with designing a better Gun (Level 3) for our Armoured Cars.
Ammunition & Muzzle Velocity (Level 3) of our Anti-Tank weapons have been greatly improved, the Artillery experts were sent away to train specialised officers for our growing number of Support Regiments.
Leadership:

Research: 17,50 (-1,5)
Espionage: 0,26 (+0,08)
Diplomacy: 0,03 (+0,02)
Officers: 3,20 (16 officers / day) (+1,4)
Total: 20,98

Statistics:

National Unity: 82,213 (+0,01)
Neutrality: 50,14 =
Dissent: 0,00 =
Manpower:

Available: 2.214.000 Men
To reinforce(need): 238.400 Men
To mobilize(need): 603.100 Men
Monthly gain: 40.100 Men (1 fully mobilised Infx3, AT Division every 8,5 days)

No changes in Party Popularity:
Party Organisation:

- Communist Party: 50,10 (+0,07)
- Trotskyite: 15,70 (-0,1)
- Bukharinite: 10,70 (-0,1)

- Octobrist: 11,20 (-0,1)
- Trudoviks: 7,90 (-0,1)
- Social-Revolutionary: 1,10 (-0,1)
- Kadets: 0,0 =

- Tsarists: 2,80 =
- POA: 0,0 =
- NTS: 0,0

This Information is accurate on the morning of the 17th of August 1938, I hope it serves you well in fine-tuning your possible suggestions.

'Odin'

roverS3 · May 9, 2017

The 27th of August 1938, Just outside Vologda, 2,3°C, 10am Moscow Time

Report on the state of the Soviet Union for the ten day period between the 18th and the 27th of August 1938,

by 'Odin'

Army:

A new Infx2, TD unit has been placed directly under the direct command of VIII SK, 4ya Armiya, 2nd Army Group, STAVKA
Army numbers (Brigades/Personnel) Reserves included:

Frontline troops: 471 / 1.413.000
Support troops: 102 / 102.000
Total fighting troops: 573 / 1.515.000
Headquarters: 52 / 26.000
Total Army Personnel: 625 / 1.541.000
Officers: 51.605 + / 62.350 needed / 82,624 %
Active Leaders: 127 / 36 Reserve
Production has started on a new Infx2, TD unit, this one will also have new SU-85 Tank Destroyers.

Army leadership:

New leader Lt. General Reiter SK3, OD has replaced Lt. General Gorbatov, SK3 as leader of VIII SK, 4ya Armiya, 2nd Army Group, STAVKA

Air Force:

No changes in the VVS for the last ten days

Navy:

No changes in the Navy for the last ten days

Politics / International:

No legislative changes
Nothing of note on the international scene

Industry:

Industry Numbers:

The 3 new Industrial Complexes in Kyshtym, Zlatoust and Argajas have almost finished gearing up for production.
Working Industrial Capacity / Available capacity: 187 / 247
IC Usage: ( Allocated IC / Need )

Upgrades: 19,69 / 170,49
Reinforcement: 6,03 / 52,20 (Many divisions are reinforcing following the implementation of the 3 Year Draft Policy)
Supplies: 0 / 12,05 (We are currently importing 93,5 supplies every day)
Production: 119,03 / 119,03
Consumer Goods: 102,25 / 102,25

Stockpiles:

Energy: Maximum
Metal: 72.051 tonnes +
Rares: 24.942 tonnes =
Crude: 41.684 barrels +
Supplies: 38.923 tonnes -
Fuel: 83.456 Barrels +
Money: 1.939 +

Intelligence:

Spy numbers, spies in (active / added / lost / caught by us):

France (Tech Espionage / Counterespionnage): 10 / 0 / 0 / 0

{ Germany (/): 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 }

UK (Tech Espionage / Counterespionnage): 10 / 0 / 0 / 0
Other: 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Total: 20 / 0 / 0 / 1

Spy training leadership expenditure: 0,26
Reserve: 5

Research:

No completed projects, no new projects.
No changes to LS Distribution

Statistics:

National Unity: 82,223 (+0,01)
Neutrality: 50,14 =
Dissent: 0,00 =
Manpower:

Available: 2.206.000 Men
To reinforce(need): 227.600 Men
To mobilize(need): 593.000 Men
Monthly gain: 40.100 Men (1 fully mobilised Infx3, AT Division every 8,5 days)

No changes in Party Popularity:
Party Organisation:

- Communist Party: 50,33 (+0,23)
- Trotskyite: 15,70 =
- Bukharinite: 10,70 =

- Octobrist: 11,20 =
- Trudoviks: 7,90 =
- Social-Revolutionary: 1,10 =
- Kadets: 0,0 =

- Tsarists: 2,80 =
- POA: 0,0 =
- NTS: 0,0

This Information is accurate on the morning of the 27th of August 1938, I hope it serves you well in fine-tuning your possible suggestions.
'Odin'

roverS3 · May 9, 2017

The 6th of September 1938, Just outside Vologda, -1,5°C, 10am Moscow Time

Report on the state of the Soviet Union for the ten day period between the 28th of August and the 6th of September 1938,

by 'Odin'

Army:

No changes in the Army for the last ten days
Officers: 51.924 + / 62.650 needed / 82,879 %

Air Force:

No changes in the VVS for the last ten days

Navy:

Some of the brand new factories around the Urals have taken over some of the tasks formerly handled by the shipbuilders workshops in Sevastopol (mostly T-18, and SU-85 hulls and turret armour plating). This has left an opening for a new project. Chief of the Navy Mikhail V. Viktorov was happy to learn that his shipyards in Sevastopol were allowed to start building ships again... He was even happier when Stalin approved his plan to build another Aircraft Carrier:

The hull of a new Moskva-Class Escort Carrier CVL has been laid down in Sevastopol, the new ship will, ironically, be called Leningrad, (where it's sister ship, the Moskva is being built, and about halfway to commissioning).

Now, had Viktorov read the fine print of the order, he would have seen a CVL was approved for construction instead of the full CV he had asked for, which was a lot bigger, but crucially was deemed to expensive (More than twice the price of the CVL) by both the Kremlin, and the Secret Committee at this stage. I guess he will find out when the ship is built, and it's not quite as big as he had hoped.
His predecessor, now in our Committee Vladimir M. Orlov agreed with the final (CVL) plan, despite his personal preference for Cruisers, as it would be very inefficient to build small amounts of several different ship types. Better to concentrate on 1 type of Capital Ship, and 1 type of Escort, the Destroyer was selected here as our Escort's speed is key to keeping enemy gun-based ships away from our carriers, also our Destroyer technology isn't too far behind. Orlov was quick to point out the need for additional Destroyer Construction in the near future, as without the 2 CVL, our Capital/Escort ratio is only 2/1, which would be the bare minimum for our Carriers, 3/1 would be optimal for small Carrier task Forces, Orlov reckoned.

Navy Numbers (Flotillas / Ships)

Transports: 1 / 5
AG-boat Class (I): 11 / 55
Series II Class(II): 9 / 45
Series V-bis Class(III): 3 / 15

Submarines: 23 / 115

Norvik-Class (I) : 3 / 15
Gnevnyi-Class (II): 2 / 10
Kiev-Class: 1 / 5

Destroyers: 6 / 30

Light Cruisers / Profitern-Class (I): 3

Escorts: 8 / 33

Heavy Cruiser / Krasnyi Kavkaz (I): 1
Battleships / Gangut-Class (I): 3

Capitals: 4
Total combat ships: 13 / 37
Total Navy: 37 / 157

Leaders: 12 / 14 Reserve

Politics / International:

No legislative changes
Nothing of note on the international scene

Industry:

Industry Numbers:

2 new Industrial Complexes in Ufa and Magnitogorsk have been delivered, and gearing up for production has started
The 3 new Industrial Complexes in Kyshtym, Zlatoust and Argajas have finished gearing up for production.
Work has begun on 2 new Industrial Complexes in Ufa and Magnitogorsk.
Working Industrial Capacity / Available capacity: 188 / 249
IC Usage: ( Allocated IC / Need )

Upgrades: 16,68 / 170,49
Reinforcement: 4,82 / 48,98 (Many divisions are reinforcing following the implementation of the 3 Year Draft Policy)
Supplies: 0 / 12,69 (We are currently importing 93,5 supplies every day)
Production: 124,42 / 124,42
Consumer Goods: 103,08 / 103,08

Stockpiles:

Energy: Maximum
Metal: 72.343 tonnes +
Rares: 24.940 tonnes - We are getting to a point of Industrial might where we have to start cancelling Rare Material trade agreements because of the ever growing needs of our Industry.
Crude: 42.104 barrels +
Supplies: 38.672 tonnes -
Fuel: 84.349 barrels +
Money: 1.950 +

Intelligence:

Spy numbers, spies in (active / added / lost / caught by us):

France (Tech Espionage / Counterespionnage): 10 / 0 / 0 / 0

{ Germany (/): 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 }

UK (Tech Espionage / Counterespionnage): 10 / 1 / 1 / 0
Other: 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Total: 20 / 1 / 1 / 4

Spy training leadership expenditure: 0,26
Reserve: 4

Research:

No completed projects, no new projects.
No changes to LS Distribution

Statistics:

National Unity: 82,223 (+0,01)
Neutrality: 50,14 =
Dissent: 0,00 =
Manpower:

Available: 2.202.000 Men
To reinforce(need): 212.700 Men
To mobilize(need): 578.100 Men
Monthly gain: 40.100 Men (1 fully mobilised Infx3, AT Division every 8,5 days)

Party Popularity:

- Communist Party: 37 (-2)
- Trotskyite: 13 =
- Bukharinite: 8 (-3)

- Octobrist: 9 (-1)
- Social-Revolutionary: 0 (+4)
- Trudoviks: 7 (-2)
- Kadets: 5 (+3)

- Tsarists: 4 (-3)
- NTS: 10 (+3)
- POA: 3 (+1)
Lots of foreign influence, this month especially, the first time a fascist party has reached 10%, a shift of popularity from the Communists to the liberals and the far right is worrying, especially with Communist Party organisation at 50,60.

Party Organisation:

- Communist Party: 50,61 (+0,28)
- Trotskyite: 15,70 =
- Bukharinite: 10,70 =

- Octobrist: 11,20 =
- Trudoviks: 7,90 =
- Social-Revolutionary: 1,10 =
- Kadets: 0,0 =

- Tsarists: 2,81 (+0,1)
- POA: 0,0 =
- NTS: 0,0

This Information is accurate on the morning of the 6th of September 1938, I hope it serves you well in fine-tuning your possible suggestions.
'Odin'

roverS3 · May 10, 2017

The 9th of September 1938, Moscow safe house near the Kemlin, 2,6°C, 5pm Moscow Time,

I had been pouring over the specifications of the new planes being produced by our Sukhoi, and MiG Aircraft Factories, they have just started building the planes for our Moskva-Class Carriers, we need about 100 per Carrier, this would mean that some can be cannibalized or kept in reserve on support ships during Carrier operations. Each Carrier will get about 50 modified MiG-3 Fighter-Bombers, and 50 modified Sukhoi Su-2 for naval dive bombing. Designers have also helpfully provided a spot to attach an, Air-launched Torpedo, in anticipation of the development, or theft of such Torpedoes.

Both VIktorov, and Orlov insist that these planes should be run by the Navy, as having the VVS run the planes and the Navy run the ship would slow things down on board, not to mention the additional VVS officers on board taking up valuable space. They argued that the planes are a Carrier's Guns, and should be treated as such. Yakov V. Smushkevich, ex Chief of the Air Force, agreed as he had always seen the VVS as a provider of Support to the Army, to this effect the VVS and Army chain of Command were intertwined. Adding to this role the running of Naval Aviation, especially on a Carrier run by the navy, just seemed overly complicated.

The denomination "Krylo palubnoy aviatsii" (Deck Aviation WIng, or Carrier Air Group depending on who (which website) is translating) will be used for these new Air Groups. As such the two CAG's that just entered production will bear the denominations 1. KPA and 2. KPA.

No pictures of these Aircraft are available yet. (I might take the time to Photoshop a MiG-3 onto the deck of a early WWII CV)

Now in looking over these documents, I was disturbed by the phone. It was 'Tri', again...

"The Germans are at it again, after Austria, they have now taken possession of the Sudetenland, and with it of the Czech Forts designed to stop a German Invasion! You haven't even heard the worst part yet... Chamberlain, and Sarraut (Instead of the historical Daladier), they just let it happen, Hitler had invited them to Munich, told them a story about oppressed German Minorities, and about how Germany would be prepared to go to war for the Sudetenland... The Czechs said no, of course... but then the Allies said they wouldn't declare war on Germany if it took possession of the Sudetenland... the Czechs had to fold, as they made no chance against the Germans all alone. Mussolini was there to, and he was clearly trying to gain Hitler's favour, as they have very similar fascist Ideologies. Now maybe we should look into acquiring territory like these lying Fascists, maybe Finland? I sure hope we won't go down the road of those weak Capitalists.... Chamberlain... < chuckle > ... You know what he said when he landed in London... He said there would be 'Peace in our Time" (mocking voice)... crazy man... but funny...funny...<Laughter>..."

Chamberlain delivering his hilarious 'Peace in our time" speech...
At least he is giving us Russians a good laugh.

Well as you can see, 'Tri' is clearly going crazy with all these unbelievable events going on, but it is clear Hitler will not stop, and his military could pose a threat, we still have Poland though, but what could a couple of horsemen do against an Army of German Panzers, with hundreds of Luftwaffe bombers overhead... It would buy us time however. I guess we should watch Poland Carefully.

Here is a map with the agreed upon border changes of the Treaty of Munich:

The, now German, line of Forts clearly shows where the border used to be... Now the Germans have a fortified Border with the Czechs, instead of the other way around, just by moving the border... How could the Allies possibly ignore this?

I'll leave you with this, overheard in the corridors after the meeting by one of our France-based spies:

"This is Madness!" (Attaché to the Czech Head of Government, Milan Hodza)
"This is Munich." (Aide to the German Foreign Minister, Constantin von Neurath)

Greetings,

'Odin'

roverS3 · May 10, 2017

The 16th of September 1938, Just outside Vologda, 1,2°C, 10am Moscow Time

Report on the state of the Soviet Union for the ten day period between the 7th and the 16th of September 1938,

by 'Odin'

Army:

No changes in the Army for the last ten days
Officers: 52.084 + / 62.650 needed / 83,135 %

Air Force:

39. IAD has been deployed to Maj. General Skripko's V. IAD
VVS Numbers (Wings/Planes):
Interceptors: 15 / 1500
Close Air Support: 1 / 100

Single Engined: 16 / 1.600

Tactical Bomber: 4 / 400

Total Bombers: 5 / 500
Total VVS: 19 / 1.900

Active Leaders: 8 / 17 Reserve
Production of Polikarpov I-16's has been halted to make space for the production of MiG-3's and Su-2's for the Navy.

Navy:

No changes in Navy numbers and leadership for the last ten days
Production has started on the Navy's first Carrier Air Groups, 1 and 2. KPA, they will consist of redesigned MiG-3's and Su-2's, purpose-built for carrier operations.

Politics / International:

No legislative changes
The Treaty of Munich was signed, handing Germany Sudetenland, without firing a single shot.

Industry:

Industry Numbers:

The 2 new Industrial Complexes in Ufa and Magnitogorsk are about halfway done gearing up, with some production already taking place.
Working Industrial Capacity / Available capacity: 189 / 250
IC Usage: ( Allocated IC / Need )

Upgrades: 14,04 / 170,58
Reinforcement: 3,72 / 45,24 (Many divisions are reinforcing following the implementation of the 3 Year Draft Policy)
Supplies: 0 / 12,19 (We are currently importing 93,5 supplies every day)
Production: 128,75 / 128,75
Consumer Goods: 103,49 / 103,49

Stockpiles:

Energy: Maximum
Metal: 72.622 tonnes +
Rares: 24.992 tonnes +
Crude: 42.518 barrels +
Supplies: 38.416 tonnes -
Fuel: 85.220 barrels +
Money: 1.943 +

Intelligence:

Spy numbers, spies in (active / added / lost / caught by us):

France (Tech Espionage / Counterespionnage): 10 / 0 / 0 / 0

{ Germany (/): 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 }

UK (Tech Espionage / Counterespionnage): 10 / 1 / 1 / 0
Other: 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Total: 20 / 1 / 1 / 3

Spy training leadership expenditure: 0,43
Reserve: 4
The KGB has temporarily stopped sending spies to the UK, for now, spending on spy training was increased, in anticipation of sending spies to Japan, following a suggestion by external Secret Committee member Eurasia. Potentially this move could increase the quality and amount of naval technology we steal for our navy. It is only logical that the increase in spy training comes out of the navy's research budget. Unless we steal foreign designs, new Destroyer Engines are now more than year away.

Research:

A new Light Tank Engine (Level 3) is ready for production, it's a surprise that it took so long to develop, as it is essentially the previous Medium Tank Engine (Level 1), the Mikulin M-17, with some minor modifications it has been called the Mikulin M-17t, and will boost the cruising speed of our BT-5's to 9,5 kph.
A new type of vehicle is now being developed, Self-Propelled Artillery will essentially be a large Artillery Gun mounted on tracks for added mobility, with some armour plating to protect it, it should be perfectly able to keep up with our Armoured Columns, and provide them with Artillery support on the offensive.
Leadership:

Research: 17,33 (-0,17)
Espionage: 0,43 (+0,17) See Intelligence
Diplomacy: 0,03 =
Officers: 3,20 (16 officers / day) =

Total: 20,98

Statistics:

National Unity: 82,243 (+0,02)
Neutrality: 50,01 (-0,13)
Dissent: 0,00 =
Manpower:

Available: 2.202.000 Men
To reinforce(need): 201.400 Men
To mobilize(need): 566.700 Men
Monthly gain: 40.100 Men (1 fully mobilised Infx3, AT Division every 8,5 days)

No changes in Party Popularity:
Party Organisation:

- Communist Party: 50,71 (+0,10)
- Trotskyite: 15,60 (-0,1)
- Bukharinite: 10,60 (-0,1)

- Octobrist: 11,10 (-0,1)
- Trudoviks: 7,80 (-0,1)
- Social-Revolutionary: 1,10 =
- Kadets: 0,0 =

- Tsarists: 2,80 (-0,01)
- POA: 0,0 =
- NTS: 0,0

This Information is accurate on the morning of the 16th of September 1938, I hope it serves you well in fine-tuning your possible suggestions.
'Odin'

roverS3 · May 10, 2017

The 26th of September 1938, Just outside Vologda, 2,1°C, 10am Moscow Time

Report on the state of the Soviet Union for the ten day period between the 17th and the 26th of September 1938,

by 'Odin'

Army:

2 new Mot Regiments have been deployed to Maj. General Maslennikov's 36. MSD, XIV MSK, 1ya Armiya, 1st Army Group, Leningrad-Archanglesk HQ. 36. MSD now has 4 Mot Regiments, but one of them will be transferred to the next MSD to be deployed.
Army numbers (Brigades/Personnel) Reserves included:

Frontline troops: 473 / 1.419.000
Support troops: 102 / 102.000
Total fighting troops: 575 / 1.521.000
Headquarters: 52 / 26.000
Total Army Personnel: 627 / 1.547.000
Officers: 52.244 + / 62.850 needed / 83,125 %
Active Leaders: 127 / 36 Reserve
Production has started on a new Motx2 unit, the trucks of this unit will have the new-ish Mikulin M-17t Engine.

Air Force:

No changes in VVS for the last ten days

Navy:

No changes in Navy for the last ten days

Politics / International:

No legislative changes
Nothing of note on the international scene

Industry:

Industry Numbers:

The 2 new Industrial Complexes in Ufa and Magnitogorsk have now finished gearing, and reached full production.
Working Industrial Capacity / Available capacity: 190 / 251
IC Usage: ( Allocated IC / Need )

Upgrades: 14,76 / 166,11
Reinforcement: 3,79 / 43,12 (Many divisions are reinforcing following the implementation of the 3 Year Draft Policy)
Supplies: 0 / 12,21 (We are currently importing 93,5 supplies every day)
Production: 128,88 / 128,88
Consumer Goods: 103,66 / 103,66

Stockpiles:

Energy: Maximum
Metal: 72.893 tonnes +
Rares: 25.030 tonnes +
Crude: 42.931 barrels +
Supplies: 38.636 tonnes +
Fuel: 86.074 barrels +
Money: 1.937 -

Intelligence:

Spy numbers, spies in (active / added / lost / caught by us):
France (Tech Espionage / Counterespionnage): 10 / 0 / 0 / 0

{ Germany (/): 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 }
{ Japan (/): 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 } We have started monitoring Japan's espionage separately in anticipation of our plans for future espionage.

UK (Tech Espionage / Counterespionnage): 10 / 0 / 0 / 1
Other: 0 / 0 / 0 / 2
Total: 20 / 0 / 0 / 4
Spy training leadership expenditure: 0,43
Reserve: 4

Research:

New designs for both the carriage and the sights (Level 4) of our Artillery are ready for production.
Research continues towards even better Carriages and Sights (Level 5) for our Artillery.
No changes to LS distribution

Statistics:

National Unity: 82,253 (+0,01)
Neutrality: 50,01 =
Dissent: 0,00 =
Manpower:

Available: 2.199.000 Men
To reinforce(need): 190.300 Men
To mobilize(need): 557.500 Men
Monthly gain: 40.100 Men (1 fully mobilised Infx3, AT Division every 8,5 days)

No changes in Party Popularity:
Party Organisation:

- Communist Party: 50,92 (+0,21)
- Trotskyite: 15,60 =
- Bukharinite: 10,60 =

- Octobrist: 11,10 =
- Trudoviks: 7,80 =
- Social-Revolutionary: 1,10 =
- Kadets: 0,0 =

- Tsarists: 2,80 =
- POA: 0,0 =
- NTS: 0,0

This Information is accurate on the morning of the 26th of September 1938, I hope it serves you well in fine-tuning your possible suggestions.
'Odin'

roverS3 · May 10, 2017

The 6th of October 1938, Just outside Vologda, 1,7°C, 10am Moscow Time

Report on the state of the Soviet Union for the ten day period between the 27th of September and the 6th of October 1938,

by 'Odin'

Army:

No changes in Army for the last ten days
Officers: 52.409+ + / 62.850 needed / 83,387 %

Air Force:

No changes in VVS for the last ten days

Navy:

No changes in Navy for the last ten days

Politics / International:

No legislative changes
Nothing of note on the international scene

Industry:

Industry Numbers:

3 new Industrial Complexes have finished construction in Nizhnaya Tura, Berezniki and Uray, they have just started gearing up for production.
New IC construction projects were started in all 3 provinces (Nizhnaya Tura, Berezniki and Uray)
Working Industrial Capacity / Available capacity: 190 / 251
IC Usage: ( Allocated IC / Need )

Upgrades: 15,02 / 165,34
Reinforcement: 3,69 / 40,73 (Many divisions are reinforcing following the implementation of the 3 Year Draft Policy)
Supplies: 0 / 12,26 (We are currently importing 93,5 supplies every day)
Production: 128,63 / 128,63
Consumer Goods: 103,66 / 103,66

Stockpiles:

Energy: Maximum
Metal: 73.159 tonnes +
Rares: 25.064 tonnes +
Crude: 43.469 barrels +
Supplies: 37.974 tonnes -
Fuel: 86.963 barrels +
Money: 1.932 -

Intelligence:

Spy numbers, spies in (active / added / lost / caught by us):
France (Tech Espionage / Counterespionnage): 10 / 0 / 0 / 0

{ Germany (/): 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 }
{ Japan (/): 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 }

UK (Tech Espionage / Counterespionnage): 10 / 0 / 0 / 1
Other: 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Total: 20 / 0 / 0 / 5

Spy training leadership expenditure: 0,43
Reserve: 5

Research:

Logistics experts have finished their project to improve the organisation (Level 2) of our supply network, this should improve throughput significantly.
The experts have been sent to Military academies to train fresh officers in their handling of supply deliveries and stockpiling.
Leadership:

Research: 16,33 (-1,00)
Espionage: 0,43 =
Diplomacy: 0,04 =
Officers: 4,20 (21 officers / day) (+1,00) With 9 new Regiments to be deployed in the next month we need more officers, lots more officers.
Total: 20,98

Statistics:

National Unity: 82,263 (+0,01)
Neutrality: 50,01 =
Dissent: 0,00 =
Manpower:

Available: 2.202.000 Men
To reinforce(need): 180.100 Men
To mobilize(need): 547.200 Men
Monthly gain: 40.100 Men (1 fully mobilised Infx3, AT Division every 8,5 days)

Party Popularity:

- Communist Party: 39 (+2)
- Trotskyite: 16 (+3)
- Bukharinite: 12 (+4)

- Octobrist: 6 (-3)
- Social-Revolutionary: 3 (+3)
- Trudoviks: 2 (-5)
- Kadets: 8 (+3)

- Tsarists: 3 (-1)
- NTS: 7 (-3)
- POA: 4 (+1)
For once the news is unmistakably good, all Communist Factions gained, and have suddenly reached 2/3 popularity, this, and the fact that both the Capitalists, and the Fascists are bitterly divided, means we have a non-fractured Government this month!

Party Organisation:

- Communist Party: 51,11 (+0,19)
- Trotskyite: 15,50 (-0,1)
- Bukharinite: 10,50 (-0,1)

- Octobrist: 11,00 (-0,1)
- Trudoviks: 7,70 (-0,1)
- Social-Revolutionary: 1,00 (-0,1)
- Kadets: 0,0 =

- Tsarists: 2,80 =
- POA: 0,0 =
- NTS: 0,0

This Information is accurate on the morning of the 6th of October 1938, I hope it serves you well in fine-tuning your possible suggestions.

'Odin'

roverS3 · May 11, 2017

The 16th of October 1938, Just outside Vologda, 1,7°C, 10am Moscow Time

Report on the state of the Soviet Union for the ten day period between the 7th and the 16th of October 1938,

by 'Odin'

Army:

A new Infx3, AT Division, 75. SD has been deployed to Lt. General Popov V.S.'s XXIII SK, 1st Army Group, Leningrad-Archanglesk HQ.
Army numbers (Brigades/Personnel) Reserves included:

Frontline troops: 476 / 1.428.000
Support troops: 103 / 103.000
Total fighting troops: 579 / 1.531.000
Headquarters: 52 / 26.000
Total Army Personnel: 631 / 1.557.000
Officers: 52.598 + / 63.250 needed / 83,159 %
Active Leaders: 128 / 35 Reserve

Production has started on a new Infx3, AT Division.
Army leadership:

Now demoted to Maj. General Ptuhin SK3 has taken command of the new 75. SD, XXIII SK, 1st Army Group, Leningrad-Archanglesk HQ.

Air Force:

No changes in VVS for the last ten days

Navy:

No changes in Navy for the last ten days

Politics / International:

No legislative changes
Nothing of note on the international scene

Industry:

Industry Numbers:

The 3 new Industrial Complexes in Nizhnaya Tura, Berezniki and Uray, they have just reached a third of full production.
Working Industrial Capacity / Available capacity: 191 / 252
IC Usage: ( Allocated IC / Need )

Upgrades: 16,58 / 160,34
Reinforcement: 3,71 / 46,08 (Many divisions are reinforcing following the implementation of the 3 Year Draft Policy)
Supplies: 0 / 12,54 (We are currently importing 93,5 supplies every day)
Production: 128,21 / 128,21
Consumer Goods: 104,49 / 104,49

Stockpiles:

Energy: Maximum
Metal: 73.414 tonnes +
Rares: 25.091 tonnes +
Crude: 43.880 barrels +
Supplies: 37.644 tonnes -
Fuel: 87.819 barrels +
Money: 1.926 -

Intelligence:

Spy numbers, spies in (active / added / lost / caught by us):
France (Tech Espionage / Counterespionnage): 10 / 0 / 0 / 0

{ Germany (/): 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 }
{ Japan (/): 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 }

UK (Tech Espionage / Counterespionnage): 9 / 0 / 1 / 2
Other: 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Total: 20 / 0 / 1 / 8

Spy training leadership expenditure: 0,43
Reserve: 6

Research:

No completed Research Projects, no new projects.
No changes to LS distribution

Statistics:

National Unity: 82,273 (+0,01)
Neutrality: 50,01 =
Dissent: 0,00 =
Manpower:

Available: 2.195.000 Men
To reinforce(need): 169.600 Men
To mobilize(need): 540.500 Men
Monthly gain: 40.100 Men (1 fully mobilised Infx3, AT Division every 8,5 days)

No changes in Party Popularity:
Party Organisation:

- Communist Party: 51,43 (+0,32)
- Trotskyite: 15,50 =
- Bukharinite: 10,50 =

- Octobrist: 11,00 =
- Trudoviks: 7,70 =
- Social-Revolutionary: 1,00 =
- Kadets: 0,0 =

- Tsarists: 2,80 =
- POA: 0,0 =
- NTS: 0,0

This Information is accurate on the morning of the 16th of October 1938, I hope it serves you well in fine-tuning your possible suggestions.
'Odin'

roverS3 · May 11, 2017

The 26th of October 1938, Just outside Vologda, 1,7°C, 10am Moscow Time

Report on the state of the Soviet Union for the ten day period between the 7th and the 16th of October 1938,

by 'Odin'

Army:

2 new AT Regiments have been deployed to 199. and 197. SD of Lt. General Homenko's XVI SK, 8ya Armiya, 4th Army Group, Odessa HQ.
and 2 more were deployed to 190. and 164. SD of XVII SK, 8ya Armiya, 4th Army Group, Odessa HQ.
Army numbers (Brigades/Personnel) Reserves included:

Frontline troops: 476 / 1.428.000
Support troops: 107 / 107.000
Total fighting troops: 585 / 1.535.000
Headquarters: 52 / 26.000

Total Army Personnel: 635 / 1.561.000

Officers: 52.828 + / 63.650 needed / 83,159 %
Active Leaders: 128 / 35 Reserve
Production has started on 4 new AT Regiments.

Army leadership:

Lt. General Sandalov SK3, OD has replaced Lt. General Tiulenev SK3 as commander of XVII SK, 8ya Armiya, 4th Army Group, Odessa HQ.

Air Force:

No changes in VVS for the last ten days

Navy:

No changes in Navy for the last ten days

Politics / International:

No legislative changes
Nothing of note on the international scene

Industry:

Industry Numbers:

The 3 new Industrial Complexes in Nizhnaya Tura, Berezniki and Uray, have reached full production.
Working Industrial Capacity / Available capacity: 193 / 255
IC Usage: ( Allocated IC / Need )

Upgrades: 17,87 / 156,02
Reinforcement: 3,91 / 34,20 (some divisions are reinforcing following the implementation of the 3 Year Draft Policy)
Supplies: 0 / 12,23 (We are currently importing 93,5 supplies every day)
Production: 128,17 / 128,17
Consumer Goods: 105,06 / 105,06

Stockpiles:

Energy: Maximum
Metal: 73.674 tonnes +
Rares: 25.091 tonnes =
Crude: 44.286 barrels +
Supplies: 37.344 tonnes -
Fuel: 88.675 barrels +
Money: 1.923 -

Intelligence:

Spy numbers, spies in (active / added / lost / caught by us):
France (Tech Espionage / Counterespionnage): 10 / 0 / 0 / 0

{ Germany (/): 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 }
{ Japan (/): 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 }

UK (Tech Espionage / Counterespionnage): 9 / 0 / 0 / 0
Other: 0 / 0 / 0 / 3
Total: 20 / 0 / 0 / 6
Spy training leadership expenditure: 0,43
Reserve: 6

Research:

Supply Production technology has been improved once more (Level 5) we will be able to produce more of them for less once we start producing them of course.
The team behind the new supply-producing machines has started working on a Decryption Machine (Level 1), which should help us decipher our enemy's coded radio transmissions, once we build radar stations.
Training for our FIghter Ground Crews (Level 3) has again been improved, which will mean faster repairs, and better morale for our Fighter Units, CAG's should also see a slight benefit
The Ground Crew Training team proceeds with devising better Ground Crew Training (Level 3) procedures for our CAS and Carrier Based Aircraft.
No changes to LS distribution

Statistics:

National Unity: 82,283 (+0,01)
Neutrality: 50,01 =
Dissent: 0,00 =
Manpower:
Available: 2.195.000 Men
To reinforce(need): 160.400 Men
To mobilize(need): 532.800 Men
Monthly gain: 40.100 Men (1 fully mobilised Infx3, AT Division every 8,5 days)
No changes in Party Popularity:
Party Organisation:

- Communist Party: 51,56 (+0,13)
- Trotskyite: 15,40 (-0,1)
- Bukharinite: 10,40 (-0,1)

- Octobrist: 10,90 (-0,1)
- Trudoviks: 7,60 (-0,1)
- Social-Revolutionary: 1,00 =
- Kadets: 0,0 =

- Tsarists: 2,72 (-0,08)
- POA: 0,0 =
- NTS: 0,0

This Information is accurate on the morning of the 26th of October 1938, I hope it serves you well in fine-tuning your possible suggestions.
'Odin'

roverS3 · May 12, 2017

The 5th of November 1938, Just outside Vologda, -10,6°C, 10am Moscow Time

Report on the state of the Soviet Union for the ten day period between the 7th of October and the 5th of November 1938,

by 'Odin'

Army:

A new TD Regiment has been deployed to Maj. General Larichev's 7. MSD, XXVIII MSK, 2ya Tankovaya Armiya, Armoured Army Group, SATVKA
Army numbers (Brigades/Personnel) Reserves included (these numbers don't include regiments being upgraded):

Front line troops: 475 / 1.425.000
Support troops: 108 / 108.000
Total fighting troops: 583 / 1.533.000
Headquarters: 52 / 26.000
Total Army Personnel: 635 / 1.559.000
Officers: 53.083 + / 63.650 needed / 83,328 %
Active Leaders: 128 / 35 Reserve
12 TP, the L Arm Regiment of Maj. General Levandovski's 12. TD, II TK, 2ya Tankovaya Armiya, Armoured Army Group, SATVKA, has started the process of replacing their BT-5 Light Tanks with T-28 Medium Tanks. Over time II TK will have all it's L Arm replaced with Arm one Regiment at a time.

Air Force:

No changes in VVS for the last ten days

Navy:

No changes in Navy for the last ten days

Politics / International:

No legislative changes
All the embassies of Nationalist Spain released a public statement saying: "We are victorious, we won the Spanish Civil War", it seems they are running far behind the facts on the ground.
In the United States of America, Orson Welles scared the population with his radio adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel "War of the Worlds".
Somehow this event rounded up both our population's perceived German Threat, and the perceived Japanese threat, to 20, and 30 respectively. This after weeks of no changes in threat. (or maybe I'm seeing a link were there is none? )

Industry:

Industry Numbers:

Working Industrial Capacity / Available capacity: 193 / 255
IC Usage: ( Allocated IC / Need )

Upgrades: 16,50 / 151,33
Reinforcement: 3,38 / 31,03 (some divisions are reinforcing following the implementation of the 3 Year Draft Policy)
Supplies: 0 / 11,99
Production: 130,06 / 130,06
Consumer Goods: 105,06 / 105,06

Stockpiles:

Energy: Maximum
Metal: 73.872 tonnes +
Rares: 25.093 tonnes +
Crude: 44.691 barrels +
Supplies: 37.501 tonnes +
Fuel: 89.545 barrels +
Money: 1.919 -

Intelligence:
Spy numbers, spies in (active / added / lost / caught by us):

France (Tech Espionage / Counterespionnage): 10 / 0 / 0 / 0

{ Germany (/): 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 }
{ Japan (/): 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 }

UK (Tech Espionage / Counterespionnage): 9 / 0 / 0 / 0
Other: 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Total: 20 / 0 / 0 / 8

Spy training leadership expenditure: 0,43
Reserve: 7

Research:

Significant advances have been made in the field of Combat Medicine (Level 1), our wounded will now have a better chance at living, and crucially, at fighting another day.
The Army doctor's attention is now aimed at improving First Aid (Level 2) practices to reduce attrition within our ranks, and outside them.
No changes to LS distribution

Statistics:

National Unity: 82,283 (+0,01)
Neutrality: 49,91 (-0,1)
Dissent: 0,00 =
Manpower:

Available: 2.197.000 Men
To reinforce(need): 149.000 Men
To mobilize(need): 522.000 Men
Monthly gain: 40.100 Men (1 fully mobilised Infx3, AT Division every 8,5 days)

Party Popularity:

- Communist Party: 40 (+1)
- Trotskyite: 14 (-2)
- Bukharinite: 12 =

- Octobrist: 10 (+4)
- Social-Revolutionary: 3 =
- Trudoviks: 2 =
- Kadets: 4 (-4)

- Tsarists: 3 =
- NTS: 10 (+3)
- POA: 3 (-1)
The news stays good, all those German spies we caught must have had an influence on the popularity gain of the NTS. the ruling parities still have a majority, and Communist factions still have favour with 66% of the population.The fact that both the Capitalists, and the Fascists are still bitterly divided. We have a non-fractured Government this month too!

Party Organisation:

- Communist Party: 51,80 (+0,24)
- Trotskyite: 15,40 =
- Bukharinite: 10,40 =

- Octobrist: 10,90 =
- Trudoviks: 7,60 =
- Social-Revolutionary: 1,00 =
- Kadets: 0,0 =

- Tsarists: 2,70 (-0,02)
- POA: 0,0 =
- NTS: 0,0

This Information is accurate on the morning of the 5th of November 1938, I hope it serves you well in fine-tuning your possible suggestions.
'Odin'

roverS3 · May 12, 2017

The 7th of November 1938, Vitsyebsk, 5,0°C, 2pm

Another meeting reviewing our Infrastructure, as current projects have come close to completion, the heavy Civil Engineering teams need new projects to continue improving our infrastructure, and after a dreary 4 hour meeting it seems the apparatchiks have decided on where to build next. The decision was delegated, but the guidelines came straight through Stalin, from the Secret Committee, along with a long wishlist of infrastructure to be built eventually. There were no surprises:

The 20 Infrastructure projects on which only the final touches are still to be done are the following:

-Western White Sea Coast, Archanglesk-Murmansk railroad:

Infrastructure will be upgraded to 'Level 6' in Kodino and Onega.

-Lovat East Bank Railroad:

Infrastructure will be upgraded to 'Level 6' in Andreapol, Toropets and Velikie Luki. To 'Level 7' in Parfino and Marevo.

-Memel Northern Bank, Minsk-Kaunas-Memel railroad:

Infrastructure will be upgraded to 'Level 6' in Uzda

-Southern Bug East Bank, Kyiv-Mykolaiv railroad missing link:

Infrastructure will be upgraded to 'Level 6' in Arbuzynka

-Dniepr East Bank, Mariupol-Dnipopetrovsk-Kyiv-Homel railroad:

Infrastructure will be upgraded to 'Level 5' in Slavutych, Boryspil and Chernihiv.

-Neva North Bank, Finnish border railroad:

Infrastructure will be upgraded to 'Level 7' in Osinovets.

-Narva East Bank railroad:

Infrastructure will be upgraded to 'Level 5' in Kingisepp.

-Volkhov East Bank railroad:

Infrastructure will be upgraded to 'Level 7' in Novaya Ladoga, Volhov, Malaja Vishera, and Proletariy.

-Vitba North Bank railroad:

Infrastructure will be upgraded to 'Level 7' in Drozdy and Dominikovo.

The same strategy has been followed to decide on the next 20 projects which will now start.

In the following 20 provinces work will begin (12) or continue (8), by adding an extra track or another hardened road.

-Western White Sea Coast, Archanglesk-Murmansk railroad:

Infrastructure will be upgraded to 'Level 6' in Nyukhcha and Kamenka.

-Lovat East Bank Railroad:

Infrastructure will be upgraded to 'Level 7' in Andreapol, Toropets, Velikie Luki and Mintzevo.

-Memel Northern Bank, Minsk-Kaunas-Memel railroad:

Infrastructure will be upgraded to 'Level 7' in Uzda

-Dniepr East Bank, Mariupol-Dnipopetrovsk-Kyiv-Homel railroad:

Infrastructure will be upgraded to 'Level 6' in Slavutych, Boryspil and Chernihiv.

-Narva East Bank railroad:

Infrastructure will be upgraded to 'Level 6' in Kingisepp.

-Vitba North Bank railroad:

Infrastructure will be upgraded to 'Level 7' in Drissa and Rasony.

2 entirely new Projects have been started

-Bjaresina North Bank Railroad:

Infrastructure will be upgraded to 'Level 7' in Biesankovicy, Chalopienicy, Bialynicy, Kirovsk, Parycy, and Rahachow.

-VItsyebsk-Smolensk Railroad:

Infrastructure will be upgraded to 'Level 7' in Dubrouna.

Luckily the civil service has people clever enough to understand and implement the followed (and imposed) strategy. The goal for now is to bring infrastructure up to 'Level 7' in all the Provinces behind strategic river lines (all rivers that are sort of well oriented to create a good defensive line, and provinces between the rivers, where forts will be built at a later date). Once this is done we will re-evaluate.

Greetings,

'Odin'

roverS3 · May 13, 2017

The 15th of November 1938, Just outside Vologda, -10,4°C, 10am Moscow Time

Report on the state of the Soviet Union for the ten day period between the 6th and the 15th of November 1938,

by 'Odin'

Army:

No changes in Army for the last ten days
Officers: 53.248 + / 63.650 needed / 83,658 %

Air Force:

No changes in VVS for the last ten days

Navy:

No changes in Navy for the last ten days

Politics / International:

No legislative changes
Nothing of note on the international scene

Industry:

Industry Numbers:

Infrastructure improvement projects were delivered in 20 provinces: Kodino, Onega, Andreapol, Toropets, Velikie Luki, Parfino, Marevo, Uzda, Arbuzynka, Slavutych, Boryspil, Chernihiv, Osinovets, Kingisepp, Novaya Ladoga, Volhov, Malaja Vishera, and Proletariy.
Infrastructure improvement projects were started in 20 provinces: Nyukhcha, Kamenka, Andreapol, Toropets, Velikie Luki, Mintzevo, Uzda, Boryspil, Chernihiv, Osinovets, Kingisepp, Drissa, Rasony, Biesankovicy, Chalopienicy, Bialynicy, Kirovsk, Parycy, Rahachow, and Dubrouna.
Working Industrial Capacity / Available capacity: 193 / 255
IC Usage: ( Allocated IC / Need )

Upgrades: 17,52 / 149,58
Reinforcement: 3,37 / 28,82 (some divisions are reinforcing following the implementation of the 3 Year Draft Policy)
Supplies: 0 / 12,28
Production: 129,06 / 129,06
Consumer Goods: 105,06 / 105,06

Stockpiles:

Energy: Maximum
Metal: 74.098 tonnes +
Rares: 25.107 tonnes +
Crude: 45.097 barrels +
Supplies: 36.984 tonnes -
Fuel: 90.450 barrels +
Money: 1.914 -

Intelligence:

Spy numbers, spies in (active / added / lost / caught by us):

France (Tech Espionage / Counterespionnage): 10 / 0 / 0 / 0

{ Germany (/): 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 }
{ Japan (/): 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 }

UK (Tech Espionage / Counterespionnage): 9 / 0 / 0 / 2
Other: 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Total: 19 / 0 / 0 / 7

Spy training leadership expenditure: 0,43
Reserve: 7

Research:

The Interception Tactics (Level 3) of our Fighter pilots have been brought up to date.
Research on Fighter Ground Control (Level 1) has started, this research is speculative as it looks into ways for Fighter squadrons to profit from ground radar stations
No changes to LS distribution

Statistics:

National Unity: 82,303 (+0,02)
Neutrality: 49,91 =
Dissent: 0,00 =
Manpower:

Available: 2.199.000 Men
To reinforce(need): 139.700 Men
To mobilize(need): 511.500 Men
Monthly gain: 40.100 Men (1 fully mobilised Infx3, AT Division every 8,5 days)

No changes in Party Popularity:
Party Organisation:

- Communist Party: 52,01 (+0,21)
- Trotskyite: 15,40 =
- Bukharinite: 10,40 =

- Octobrist: 10,90 =
- Trudoviks: 7,60 =
- Social-Revolutionary: 1,00 =
- Kadets: 0,0 =

- Tsarists: 2,70 =
- POA: 0,0 =
- NTS: 0,0

This Information is accurate on the morning of the 15th of November 1938, I hope it serves you well in fine-tuning your possible suggestions.
'Odin'

roverS3 · May 13, 2017

The 25th of November 1938, Just outside Vologda, -10,4°C, 10am Moscow Time

Report on the state of the Soviet Union for the ten day period between the 16th and the 25th of November 1938,

by 'Odin'

Army:

No changes in Army for the last ten days
Officers: 53.458 + / 63.650 needed / 83,987 %

Air Force:

No changes in VVS for the last ten days

Navy:

No changes in Navy for the last ten days

Politics / International:

No legislative changes
Nothing of note on the international scene

Industry:

Industry Numbers:

Working Industrial Capacity / Available capacity: 193 / 255
IC Usage: ( Allocated IC / Need )

Upgrades: 17,80 / 154,56
Reinforcement: 3,09 / 26,84 (some divisions are reinforcing following the implementation of the 3 Year Draft Policy)
Supplies: 0 / 12,42
Production: 129,06 / 129,06
Consumer Goods: 105,06 / 105,06

Stockpiles:

Energy: Maximum
Metal: 74.338 tonnes +
Rares: 25.111 tonnes +
Crude: 45.629 barrels +
Supplies: 36.466 tonnes -
Fuel: 91.321 barrels +
Money: 1.909 -

Intelligence:

Spy numbers, spies in (active / added / lost / caught by us):
France (Tech Espionage / Counterespionnage): 10 / 0 / 0 / 0

{ Germany (/): 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 }
{ Japan (/): 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 }

UK (Tech Espionage / Counterespionnage): 9 / 0 / 0 / 1
Other: 0 / 0 / 0 / 3
Total: 19 / 0 / 0 / 5
Spy training leadership expenditure: 0,43
Reserve: 8

Research:

Our Mobile Warfare (Level 3) Tactics have been brought up to date.
Spearhead Doctrine research will now focus on elaborating a better Operational Level Command Structure (Level 3)
The development of 22mm Sloped Medium Tank Armour (Level 2) has lead to the production of strange BT-7 model 'medium' tanks, the BT-7M 'special', a super armoured version of the BT-7 Light Tank with a 45mm Gun. The justification for exchanging the mighty T-28 for the smaller BT7-M 'special' was that the T-28 design could not be modified to use sloped Armour, while this was easy for the BT-7 design. Somehow this BT-7M 'special' is slower than the most recent T-28's while having thinner, but sloped armour, the same engine, gun, and a smaller size. (HOI3 baffling me with the implausibility) Let us hope this mongrel will soon be phased out, it might seem effective on paper, but it is even more questionable as a Medium tank than the multi-turreted T-28. Historically the BT-7M could go twice the speed of a T-28 on the road, both with versions of the Mikulin M-17 Engine (450, and 500 hp respectively), T-28 had 20-30mm Armour, and BT-7 had 6-40mm sloped armour. Off road the BT-7M was still faster (50 km/h compared to 37 km/h for the T-28)

A comparison between the puny BT-7M with it's sloped armour, and the mighty T-28. Left will replace right, and they call that progress...

After the BT-7M 'special' fiasco the Armour researchers were told to go and design the biggest, baddest, heaviest of Heavy Tanks they could come up with, in the hope to regain some prestige for out Tank Development program.
Our BRDM-1 Armoured cars will finally get some 15mm of Amour (Level 1), this can be fitted to existing BRDM-1's and the process of thickening the armour of all our AC Regiments' BRDM-1's will begin shortly.
The researchers weren't finished however, and continue to look into better Armour (Level 2) for Armoured Cars.
No changes to LS distribution

Statistics:

National Unity: 82,313 (+0,01)
Neutrality: 49,91 =
Dissent: 0,00 =
Manpower:

Available: 2.202.000 Men
To reinforce(need): 129.800 Men
To mobilize(need): 502.000 Men
Monthly gain: 40.100 Men (1 fully mobilised Infx3, AT Division every 8,5 days)

No changes in Party Popularity:
Party Organisation:

- Communist Party: 52,24 (+0,23)
- Trotskyite: 15,40 =
- Bukharinite: 10,40 =

- Octobrist: 10,90 =
- Trudoviks: 7,60 =
- Social-Revolutionary: 1,03 (+0,03)
- Kadets: 0,0 =

- Tsarists: 2,72 (+0,02)
- POA: 0,0 =
- NTS: 0,0

This Information is accurate on the morning of the 25th of November 1938, I hope it serves you well in fine-tuning your possible suggestions.
'Odin'

roverS3 · May 13, 2017

The 5th of December 1938, Just outside Vologda, -10,8°C, 10am Moscow Time

Report on the state of the Soviet Union for the ten day period between the 26th of November and the 5th of December 1938,

by 'Odin'

Army:

No changes in Army for the last ten days
Officers: 53.668 + / 63.650 needed / 84,317 %

Air Force:

No changes in VVS for the last ten days

Navy:

No changes in Navy for the last ten days

Politics / International:

No legislative changes
Nothing of note on the international scene

Industry:

Industry Numbers:

Working Industrial Capacity / Available capacity: 193 / 255
IC Usage: ( Allocated IC / Need )

Upgrades: 17,94 / 148,91
Reinforcement: 2,95 / 24,54 (some divisions are reinforcing following the implementation of the 3 Year Draft Policy)
Supplies: 0 / 12,76
Production: 129,06 / 129,06
Consumer Goods: 105,06 / 105,06

Stockpiles:

Energy: Maximum
Metal: 74.579 tonnes +
Rares: 25.116 tonnes +
Crude: 46.035 barrels +
Supplies: 36.622 tonnes +
Fuel: 92.173 barrels +
Money: 1.904 -

Intelligence:

Spy numbers, spies in (active / added / lost / caught by us):
France (Tech Espionage / Counterespionnage): 10 / 0 / 0 / 0

{ Germany (/): 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 }
{ Japan (/): 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 }

UK (Tech Espionage / Counterespionnage): 8 / 0 / 1 / 1
Other: 0 / 0 / 0 / 2
Total: 18 / 0 / 1 / 4
Spy training leadership expenditure: 0,43
Reserve: 9
We are slowly losing our British espionage operation due to having stopped sending replacements, but since we have changed their mission priorities to more spy-hunting and less tech-stealing, our spies have taken 3 British spies down for each one we have lost.
Our committee intelligence specialist Yan Berzin, estimates we will be able to reasonably send our first spies to Japan around the start of the new year.

Research:

No completed Research projects, no new projects
No changes to LS distribution

Statistics:

National Unity: 82,323 (+0,01)
Neutrality: 49,91 =
Dissent: 0,00 =
Manpower:

Available: 2.206.000 Men
To reinforce(need): 120.900 Men
To mobilize(need): 493.000 Men
Monthly gain: 40.100 Men (1 fully mobilised Infx3, AT Division every 8,5 days)

Party Popularity:

- Communist Party: 47 (+7)
- Trotskyite: 13 (-1)
- Bukharinite: 8 (-4)

- Octobrist: 9 (-1)
- Social-Revolutionary: 3 =
- Trudoviks: 2 =
- Kadets: 8 (+4)

- Tsarists: 2 (-1)
- NTS: 7 (-3)
- POA: 3 =
The Communist parties popularity is at an all time high, and communist factions have together reached 68% popularity, meanwhile no opposition party even reaches 10% popularity. The people of the Soviet Union seem to have durably embraced their rulers, let's keep up the good work...

Party Organisation:

- Communist Party: 52,09 (-0,15)
- Trotskyite: 15,30 (-0,1)
- Bukharinite: 10,30 (-0,1)

- Octobrist: 10,80 (-0,1)
- Trudoviks: 7,50 (-0,1)
- Social-Revolutionary: 1,00 (-0,03)
- Kadets: 0,0 =

- Tsarists: 2,70 (-0,02)
- POA: 0,0 =
- NTS: 0,0

This Information is accurate on the morning of the 5th of December 1938, I hope it serves you well in fine-tuning your possible suggestions.

'Odin'

roverS3 · May 14, 2017

The 15th of December 1938, Just outside Vologda, -10,8°C, 10am Moscow Time

Report on the state of the Soviet Union for the ten day period between the 6th and the 15th of December 1938,

by 'Odin'

Army:

No changes in Army composition for the last ten days
Officers: 53.877 + / 63.650 needed / 84,646 %
Active Leaders: 138 / 24 Reserve
As a year's worth of new leaders will be commissioned straight out of our Military Academies in the beginning of January next year, no more new Divisions will be delivered in 1938, and there are more Divisions than Commissioned Maj. Generals in our Army, the committee has issued guidelines to give all the available Army leaders suitable commands. These are the first results:
Special emphasis was given to putting good commanders on the Finnish front as we have claims over Karelia, and Stalin has voiced his intention to press these claims as soon as the international political climate is considered favourable, ie. no significant foreign intervention is likely...
Army leadership end of year changes part 1/2:

New leader Lt. General Kirponos SK3, DD has replaced Lt. General Gerasimov A.V. SK3 as commander of XI SK, 7ya Armiya, 3rd Army Group, Brjansk HQ.
New leader Lt. General Kondratchev SK3, OD has replaced Lt. General Purkaev M.A. SK3 as commander of XIII SK, 7ya Armiya, 3rd Army Group, Brjansk HQ.
New leader Lt. General Poluektov SK3, FB has replaced Lt. General Dement'ev SK2, FB as commander of XVIII SK, 8ya Armiya, 4th Army Group, Odessa HQ.

The leaders that were demoted and without assignment in the course of 1938 were given priority for reassignment at the Division level as a gesture of the continued faith the Red Army (and the committee) still puts in their capabilities. Sadly no adequate Army-level command was found for ex-Field Marshall Meretskov SK3, LW, who refused to take a corps, or Division level assignment after having lost his post as commander of 4th Army Group, Odessa HQ. He will be dedicating himself to improving supply handling within the Army, and to teaching new officers, retaining the honorary rank of General for now. Maybe next year he will reconsider.
All the ex-Lt. Generals accepted the following Division level commands on the Finnish front:

Now Maj. General Gerasimov A.V. SK3 has taken command of 46. GSD, XXII GSK, 1st Army Group, Leningrad-Archanglesk HQ. (Mtnx3)
Now Maj. General Gorbatov SK3 has taken command of 18. GSD, XXII GSK, 1st Army Group, Leningrad-Archanglesk HQ. (Mtnx3)
Now Maj. General Purkaev M.A. SK3 has taken command of 63. GSD, XXII GSK, 1st Army Group, Leningrad-Archanglesk HQ. (Mtnx3)
Now Maj. General Susaikov SK3 has taken command of 28. GSD, XXII GSK, 1st Army Group, Leningrad-Archanglesk HQ. (Mtnx3)
Now Maj. General Tiulenev SK3 has taken command of 104. SD, I SK, 1ya Armiya, 1st Army Group, Leningrad-Archanglesk HQ. (Infx3, AT)
Now Maj. General Trofimenko SK3 has taken command of 14. SD, I SK, 1ya Armiya, 1st Army Group, Leningrad-Archanglesk HQ. (Infx3, AT)
Now Maj. General Dement'ev SK2, FB has taken command of 23. SD, II SK, 1ya Armiya, 1st Army Group, Leningrad-Archanglesk HQ. (Infx3, AT)

Other Division-Level assignments on the Finnish front were given to particularly gifted new commanders:

New Maj. General Kurasov SK3 has taken command of 38. SD, II SK, 1ya Armiya, 1st Army Group, Leningrad-Archanglesk HQ. (Infx3, AT)
New Maj. General Tjernjakovskij SK3 has taken command of 142. SD, III SK, 1ya Armiya, 1st Army Group, Leningrad-Archanglesk HQ. (Infx3, AT)
New Maj. General Vatutin SK3 has taken command of 43. SD, III SK, 1ya Armiya, 1st Army Group, Leningrad-Archanglesk HQ. (Infx3, AT)

The other new Division-Level assignments will be presented by STAVKA on the 22nd of December, they will be listed in the 25th of December report.

Air Force:

No changes in VVS for the last ten days

Navy:

No changes in Navy for the last ten days

Politics / International:

No legislative changes
Nothing of note on the international scene

Industry:

Industry Numbers:

The first land fortifications in Moscow and Leningrad have been delivered, guns and communications are still being installed to make the forts fully operational.
Construction of a second layer of fortifications has started in both Moscow and Leningrad.
Working Industrial Capacity / Available capacity: 193 / 255
IC Usage: ( Allocated IC / Need )

Upgrades: 17,98 / 149,92
Reinforcement: 2,73 / 22,81 (some divisions are reinforcing following the implementation of the 3 Year Draft Policy)
Supplies: 0 / 12,57
Production: 129,23 / 129,23
Consumer Goods: 105,06 / 105,06

Stockpiles:

Energy: Maximum
Metal: 74.820 tonnes +
Rares: 25.121 tonnes +
Crude: 46.440 barrels +
Supplies: 36.315 tonnes -
Fuel: 93.042 barrels +
Money: 1.900 -

Intelligence:

Spy numbers, spies in (active / added / lost / caught by us):
France (Tech Espionage / Counterespionnage): 10 / 0 / 0 / 0

{ Germany (/): 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 }
{ Japan (/): 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 }

UK (Tech Espionage / Counterespionnage): 8 / 0 / 0 / 1
Other: 0 / 0 / 0 / 5
Total: 18 / 0 / 0 / 7
Spy training leadership expenditure: 0,43
Reserve: 9

Research:

No completed Research projects, no new projects
No changes to LS distribution

Statistics:

National Unity: 82,333 (+0,01)
Neutrality: 49,91 =
Dissent: 0,00 =
Manpower:

Available: 2.210.000 Men
To reinforce(need): 112.500 Men
To mobilize(need): 484.500 Men
Monthly gain: 40.100 Men (1 fully mobilised Infx3, AT Division every 8,5 days)

No changes in Party Popularity:
Party Organisation:

- Communist Party: 52,41 (+0,32)
- Trotskyite: 15,30 =
- Bukharinite: 10,30 =

- Octobrist: 10,80 =
- Trudoviks: 7,50 =
- Social-Revolutionary: 1,00 =
- Kadets: 0,0 =

- Tsarists: 2,70 =
- POA: 0,0 =
- NTS: 0,0

This Information is accurate on the morning of the 15th of December 1938, I hope it serves you well in fine-tuning your possible suggestions.
'Odin'