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TURN 18

YEAR 1962 

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WORLD EVENTS:

-India annexation of Goa is completed
 * Portugal asks for the luso community speak against India

-End of the Algerian War
 * FLN political victory, arab nationalist government rises in Algeria
 * Algeria sides with Nasser in Arab cold war being a sympathizer friend of the USSR and with Hashemites in Islamic cold war (making groups like Muslim Brotherhood angry)
 * Europeans of Algeria (pied noirs) flee en mass to France
 * Crisis of the French colonial empire
 * Collapse of the Fourth French Republic and establishment of the Fifth Republic

-Bay of Pigs Invasion failed
 * Cuban governments wins and declares Cuba free of "traitors and American imperialists"

-Bizerte crisis failed
 * Tunisia fails in retaking the city and France continues with occupation
 * Tunisia sides with Nasser in Arab cold war.

-North Yemeni Civil War:
 * Arab nationalist uprising against Saudi puppet North Yemenite monarchy
 * Arab nationalists demand help from Nasser

-Dhofar War
 * After Omani civil war and victory of pro British monarchy that betrayed arab nationalist movement, arab nationalists and marxists revolted there and started civil war
 * The war is part of the Arab-Islamic cold war in one side conservative Saudi backed pro west monarchies and on the other side arab socialists and nationalist backed by Nasser.

-Arab Nationalist uprising in Bahrain
 * Following Dhofar war an arab nationalist uprising happened also in Bahrain
 * Saudis sent 20.000 soldiers to stop the uprising

-Hashemite Civil War:
 * War between two different sides of the Hashemite dynasty
 * The war is because of a land strip known as Mafraq between the two countries and Syria
 * Jordanian Hashemites are pro USA and anti-arab nationalist movement

-Communist insurgency in Sarawak
 * Communist rebels against Malaysia government backed by the USA and UK

-Brunei revolt
 * Revolt in Brunei by socialists wanting the country full independence of UK

-Morocco crisis
 * Things changed in Morocco after Algerian independence
 * Moroccan king made the kingdom in a pro USA arab country affliated with Saudis
 * So far relations with Spain deteriorate
 * USA ensures protection for Moroccan government
 * Moroccan government demands Spanish withdrawal of Western Sahara
 * Western Sahara arab population begs to international resolution at least

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UPGRADES:

-Situation in Papua: 
 * East Papua communist government backed by USSR starts occuppying regions of West Papua.
 * Indonesia must have some interest there.

-Situation in Gibraltar:
 * UK claims in only killing fascist rebels.
 * UK offers referendum to Spain.

-Situation in Afghanistan:
 * Even if it had been good for the Afghan government that had a lot of victories in war, the international community condemns Afghanistan for not making conscious use of weapons of mass destruction, including the nuclear project that Afghanistan is interested in developing and the nuclear missiles that Afghanistan has been using.
 * USA wants Afghanistan to be heavily damned because of this.

-Situation in Brazil:
 * Please correct me if I'm wrong but according to the history the military of Brazil became divided after Dutra rule in a pro American front and a nationalist front under Vargas control.
 * Since Dutra never came to power the military must be only more divided and the risks of a civil war are great in view of the USA's dissatisfaction with the nationalist government of Vargas.

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USA:

-Full support to Oman and Jordan, however doesn't send troops.

-With civil war in Afghanistan coming to end, wants Pakistan to attack Afghanistan and starts giving them weapons, the plan must be concluded next year

-Support to Malaysia against communists.

USSR:

-Tries to moderate situation with Afghanistan.

-Condemns China for purging opposition.

-Support for marxists in Arab world in Oman and Bahrain and for North Yemeni arab nationalists.

-Keeps backing Papua and helps with a basic modernization of the country that invests in a good military.

-Helps communists in Malaysia.

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