I agree that we should press on, now that we have the advantage. The Capitalists are divided, and we can catch them unawares!
- FV Sokolov
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I commend Comrade Anastasia Ivanovna for her comprehensive and aggressive plan. Surely success will spread the blessings of Communism to an ever expending slice of the world.
And yet, I have some concerns, mostly with regard to the sequence with which we proceed. I agree that Yugoslavia and Greece, particularly Yugoslavia, are necessary near-term targets. We all know that Nazi Germany but waits for the least slackening of our vigilance to unleash its slavering hordes upon the the peace-loving workers of the USSR. Installing a proper government in Yugoslavia will improve our defensive position against the Axis, and give us a sound jumping off position for other eventualities. Comrade Vatutin has spoken of this, and I think his arguments quite sound.
Norway, on the other hand, seems another proposition. Overland communications with the Rodina are as appallingly difficult as it is possible to imagine, and the sea lanes are easily blocked by whoever should want to. And defending that coastline seems to this uneducated eye to be a very difficult proposition. We should plan to pick up Scandinavia only after we are virtually unopposed, and not sooner.
Persia and Afghanistan seem to me to be more of a diversion of resources than an expansion of supply, but others more expert may have another opinion, of course.
Malenkov, NarKomFin
Production
Comrade Zverev,
The only special request of Stavka is that the units of the 100th Garrrison Corps, which were sent to the Eastern Direction, be upgraded. There are 3 Garrison Divisions which I would request the Garrison regiments be upgraded to Mountain regiments, and a Cavalry Division with 2 Cavalry regiments which I request be ugraded to 1 Medium Tank and 1 Motorised regiment. The reason for this is first to provide better equipment as the garrison TO&E has not kept pace with the regular army, and secondly to create a Theatre reserve - the Mountain Divisions will be deployed with 1 across the strait to Sakhalin Island and 2 in Vladivostok to provide a quick response force to any unexpected incursions from the Japanese. The converted Cavalry Division will ultimately form the basis of a 4th Shock Army to be deployed in Asia. Stavka would also ask that these conversions be given priority to the top of the queue as there may be a need for their services sooner rather than later.
As to the rest, the balance of the Self-propelled Artillery and Tank Destroyers already on order will take up the bulk of production for the next six months. I would suggest including an order for 4 Interceptors at the bottom of the queue to use any excess IC capacity. I am not up to date on these Rocket Launch sites which Comrade Yakushev mentioned but I have no objection to them if he could further explain their utility.
Foreign Affairs
Comrade Petrova,
Firstly, I ask that you not take offence to the comments which I am about to make. Unfortunately, due to matters of state security as will become apparent, I have not been able to discuss the full details of Stavka's plans for the next 6 months. It is only for that reason that I raise some points which diverge from your draft plan.
BALKANS - Stavka agrees, and in fact regards it as imperative to future operations that we act immediately to bring Socialism to Yugoslavia. As it is proposed to use their rail network to transport supplies in future operations, it is necessary to annex their state, as in the manner of Romania, rather than puppeting.
As to Greece, it is Stavka's view that the strategic benefits are outweighed by tactical detriment at this time. Greece is very close to the Anglo-French capitalist bloc. They are likely to move even closer once we liberate Yugoslavia. It is more probable than not that although we could overrun the Greek defences in 2 months, their government would align with the Western Allies before we had a chance to impose a peace on them, and that as a result, they would continue with the war, except this time with the backing of the capitalist Great Powers. Ultimately this is a confrontation which we will have to face. However, it is the view of Stavka that this is a fight for a later date once a more immediate threat to the Soviet Union is finally disposed of. Therefore, Greece should be left alone at this time.
MIDDLE EAST - Stavka has no objections to an attack on Persia and the 2nd Mountain Corps has be entrained to the Persian border to further this goal. Stavka estimates the Persian campaign will take the better part of 12 months to complete - there is no meaningful opposition but the road network is atrocious and the distance is vast. Stavka sees no strategic benefit to Afghanistan - in any event this opportunity will not arise until after Persia is conquered which will not be until the later part of the year.
ASIA - Stavka is agreeable to the plan as proposed. As will be apparent from the strategic plans to be disclosed later, steps have been taken by Stavka to help bolster the defence of the Eastern Direction with the dispatch of the 4th Army with 4 Rifles Corps, in addition to the 100th Garrison Corps referred to above.
EUROPE - As already alluded to by Comrade Malenkov, Stavka does not believe military resources should be diverted to Sweden and Norway at this time. If the Germans chose to attack first, Stavka would be the first to celebrate as any German Division in Scandinavia will be one less Division to defend Germany. Which is the exact reason why Stavka does not wish to lose any of its troops to theatres which pose no immediate threat and which can be dealt with at our leisure once the main threat is disposed of. Which leads me to...
Just the other day, Comrade Marshal Tukhachevsky and I were on our way to a gay Gypsy bar mitzvah for the disabled at the Bolshevik Club when I suddenly thought "Gosh, the Third Reich's a bit rubbish. I think we should kill the Fuehrer."
I will outline the planning of Stavka in due course when it is our turn to present to the Politburo. And it may be that the relevant preconditions may not present themselves over the next 6 months to June....
However, Stavka asks that the Foreign Affiars Bureau consider the implications of including an authorisation to.... attack Germany.
NF Vatutin
Comrade Zverev,
The only special request of Stavka is that the units of the 100th Garrrison Corps, which were sent to the Eastern Direction, be upgraded. There are 3 Garrison Divisions which I would request the Garrison regiments be upgraded to Mountain regiments, and a Cavalry Division with 2 Cavalry regiments which I request be ugraded to 1 Medium Tank and 1 Motorised regiment. The reason for this is first to provide better equipment as the garrison TO&E has not kept pace with the regular army, and secondly to create a Theatre reserve - the Mountain Divisions will be deployed with 1 across the strait to Sakhalin Island and 2 in Vladivostok to provide a quick response force to any unexpected incursions from the Japanese. The converted Cavalry Division will ultimately form the basis of a 4th Shock Army to be deployed in Asia. Stavka would also ask that these conversions be given priority to the top of the queue as there may be a need for their services sooner rather than later.
As to the rest, the balance of the Self-propelled Artillery and Tank Destroyers already on order will take up the bulk of production for the next six months. I would suggest including an order for 4 Interceptors at the bottom of the queue to use any excess IC capacity. I am not up to date on these Rocket Launch sites which Comrade Yakushev mentioned but I have no objection to them if he could further explain their utility.
Foreign Affairs
Comrade Petrova,
Firstly, I ask that you not take offence to the comments which I am about to make. Unfortunately, due to matters of state security as will become apparent, I have not been able to discuss the full details of Stavka's plans for the next 6 months. It is only for that reason that I raise some points which diverge from your draft plan.
BALKANS - Stavka agrees, and in fact regards it as imperative to future operations that we act immediately to bring Socialism to Yugoslavia. As it is proposed to use their rail network to transport supplies in future operations, it is necessary to annex their state, as in the manner of Romania, rather than puppeting.
As to Greece, it is Stavka's view that the strategic benefits are outweighed by tactical detriment at this time. Greece is very close to the Anglo-French capitalist bloc. They are likely to move even closer once we liberate Yugoslavia. It is more probable than not that although we could overrun the Greek defences in 2 months, their government would align with the Western Allies before we had a chance to impose a peace on them, and that as a result, they would continue with the war, except this time with the backing of the capitalist Great Powers. Ultimately this is a confrontation which we will have to face. However, it is the view of Stavka that this is a fight for a later date once a more immediate threat to the Soviet Union is finally disposed of. Therefore, Greece should be left alone at this time.
MIDDLE EAST - Stavka has no objections to an attack on Persia and the 2nd Mountain Corps has be entrained to the Persian border to further this goal. Stavka estimates the Persian campaign will take the better part of 12 months to complete - there is no meaningful opposition but the road network is atrocious and the distance is vast. Stavka sees no strategic benefit to Afghanistan - in any event this opportunity will not arise until after Persia is conquered which will not be until the later part of the year.
ASIA - Stavka is agreeable to the plan as proposed. As will be apparent from the strategic plans to be disclosed later, steps have been taken by Stavka to help bolster the defence of the Eastern Direction with the dispatch of the 4th Army with 4 Rifles Corps, in addition to the 100th Garrison Corps referred to above.
EUROPE - As already alluded to by Comrade Malenkov, Stavka does not believe military resources should be diverted to Sweden and Norway at this time. If the Germans chose to attack first, Stavka would be the first to celebrate as any German Division in Scandinavia will be one less Division to defend Germany. Which is the exact reason why Stavka does not wish to lose any of its troops to theatres which pose no immediate threat and which can be dealt with at our leisure once the main threat is disposed of. Which leads me to...
Just the other day, Comrade Marshal Tukhachevsky and I were on our way to a gay Gypsy bar mitzvah for the disabled at the Bolshevik Club when I suddenly thought "Gosh, the Third Reich's a bit rubbish. I think we should kill the Fuehrer."
I will outline the planning of Stavka in due course when it is our turn to present to the Politburo. And it may be that the relevant preconditions may not present themselves over the next 6 months to June....
However, Stavka asks that the Foreign Affiars Bureau consider the implications of including an authorisation to.... attack Germany.
NF Vatutin
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Regarding the Foreign Affairs I agree with comrade Vatutin's opinions in all points besides annexation of Yugoslavia. I think that even the complete annexation of the Romanian Kingdom was a bit to extreme but necessary given the extremely peculiar borders as this country was axed by the fascist block. Yugoslavia does not prove the same case. I would also like to remind the Yugoslavia still has an army and infact the country is not connected with USSR, since People's Republic of Bulgaria maintains her sovereignty.
In 1936 we set the goals to liberate the oppressed proletariat and spread socialism. Accumulating vast amounts of lands and turning countries in SSRs is one way of doing it, but it is the path of most resistance by internal and external sources. Also these countries will be more efficient in their contribution towards the inevitable war if they are encouraged to assist as equals and not forced as slaves. There is a very thin line we have to cross if we want to be viewed as liberators and not as oppressors. Naturally the Politburo here knows that we are liberators, however foreign propaganda will use it against us, and we really do not have the leadership resources to try to influence them back.
Regarding the Rocket Launch Site I am happy to inform the Politburo that our research team managed to move from the ramblings of an eccentric scientist and drawings of a device which resembled a child's toy (a very smart and with a tendency to burn things child nevertheless). We are now in possession of a scaled model device that can be launched for the ground and travel some meters and the research team now is fully staffed and capable of producing more advanced designs based on the initial work of those pioneers. Still, I am being told that they need proper space to build some of their designs so they can test their weakness. This process has been proven invaluable so-far as even the construction of very simple rockets contributed hugely in the evolution of the initial designs. Hence, I would request for NK Defence to use the Rocket Launch Site as a production buffer and below it the Interceptors.
A.Y.
In 1936 we set the goals to liberate the oppressed proletariat and spread socialism. Accumulating vast amounts of lands and turning countries in SSRs is one way of doing it, but it is the path of most resistance by internal and external sources. Also these countries will be more efficient in their contribution towards the inevitable war if they are encouraged to assist as equals and not forced as slaves. There is a very thin line we have to cross if we want to be viewed as liberators and not as oppressors. Naturally the Politburo here knows that we are liberators, however foreign propaganda will use it against us, and we really do not have the leadership resources to try to influence them back.
Regarding the Rocket Launch Site I am happy to inform the Politburo that our research team managed to move from the ramblings of an eccentric scientist and drawings of a device which resembled a child's toy (a very smart and with a tendency to burn things child nevertheless). We are now in possession of a scaled model device that can be launched for the ground and travel some meters and the research team now is fully staffed and capable of producing more advanced designs based on the initial work of those pioneers. Still, I am being told that they need proper space to build some of their designs so they can test their weakness. This process has been proven invaluable so-far as even the construction of very simple rockets contributed hugely in the evolution of the initial designs. Hence, I would request for NK Defence to use the Rocket Launch Site as a production buffer and below it the Interceptors.
A.Y.
((I'm not sure which bit has bemused me the most, the blindingly obvious pop culture reference or the fact that we've again forgotten about the historical rocket program that the Soviets had pre-'36.))
Comrades, while I understand the logic behind STAVKA's request to incorporate the Yugoslav region into the USSR itself, I fear that Comrade Commissar Yakushev will be proven correct regarding the risk of unrest at our benevolent rule. If we are to expand the foreign lands we are directly administering, I would seek for an expansion of the NKGB regiments so that State Security has the tools to deal with potential uprisings.
- P. P. Teterev
Comrades, while I understand the logic behind STAVKA's request to incorporate the Yugoslav region into the USSR itself, I fear that Comrade Commissar Yakushev will be proven correct regarding the risk of unrest at our benevolent rule. If we are to expand the foreign lands we are directly administering, I would seek for an expansion of the NKGB regiments so that State Security has the tools to deal with potential uprisings.
- P. P. Teterev
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Meanwhile, the everpresent Prosecutor General continued going about his duty faithfully as ever.
))Meanwhile, the everpresent Prosecutor General continued going about his duty faithfully as ever.
((Do you have any idea how long I have been waiting to use that quote in a proper context? I was going to use it in the Stavka plan but I was worried we wouldn't get to there before 23 November. Now, I can't say anything more. Spoilers....))
Comrades
I accede to the arguments to install a friendly government in Yugoslavia rather than annexation. The supply planning may become interesting but what is life without its little challenges.
I am also agreeable to Comrade Yakushev's suggestion regarding the rockets.
NF Vatutin
I oppose the annexation of Yugoslavia, Comrade STAVKA. My investigations into the region on foreign trips has proven that they are 100% incapable of participating in a sovereign union of nations without separatism thought. The Ustashe and other radical groups opposed to our way or even capitalist ways of monarchy have all attempted to destroy that nation, and by annexing them, we will introduce that poison to the Soviet Union. So I advise against annexation of the Yugoslavian nation.
That being said, I will omit the Northern Plan of Expansion from my foreign ministry plan.
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Foreign Plan 2
BALKANS: At earliest convenience, the Soviet Union will march her glorious armies in Yugoslavia with the aim of installing a cooperative regime under Comrade Josip Broz Tito. Upon completion of this plan, we shall move onto deploy forces along the front-lines to the Axis.
ASIA: Move some forces to defend the Mongolians against Xibei San Ma invasion should we go to war with Germany, and embargo the Ma Warlord to ensure he cannot do further damage.
EUROPE: I, as Foreign Minister, authorize STAVKA and all other government groups to begin preparations for an IMMEDIATE invasion of the German Reich. At Stalin's order, we will launch the invasion (Use Codename: Uranus in all sensitive documents. The Germans may have spies watching our diplomatic cables and such, you know those rat-bastards.)
MIDDLE EAST: All invasion plans for this region will involve a liberation of Persia as a new SSR ((Annex)).
Any further suggestions?
That being said, I will omit the Northern Plan of Expansion from my foreign ministry plan.
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Foreign Plan 2
BALKANS: At earliest convenience, the Soviet Union will march her glorious armies in Yugoslavia with the aim of installing a cooperative regime under Comrade Josip Broz Tito. Upon completion of this plan, we shall move onto deploy forces along the front-lines to the Axis.
ASIA: Move some forces to defend the Mongolians against Xibei San Ma invasion should we go to war with Germany, and embargo the Ma Warlord to ensure he cannot do further damage.
EUROPE: I, as Foreign Minister, authorize STAVKA and all other government groups to begin preparations for an IMMEDIATE invasion of the German Reich. At Stalin's order, we will launch the invasion (Use Codename: Uranus in all sensitive documents. The Germans may have spies watching our diplomatic cables and such, you know those rat-bastards.)
MIDDLE EAST: All invasion plans for this region will involve a liberation of Persia as a new SSR ((Annex)).
Any further suggestions?
((Persian SSR? *immediately begins to prepare Islam as informed by Marxist doctrine*))
((If the decayed capitalists of the Third Reich can do it then so can we
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((Sorry about the delay, I just finished writing two papers worth te majority of two of my classes. Plans should be up before Monday morning EST))
Then I vote for the plan. Uranus will bring us victory, as long as we remember to penetrate hard and deep into enemy lines.