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TURN 30 - Year 1974

Historical events:

-Second Iraqi-Kurdish War

-Turkish Invasion of Cyprus

Information for Players:

Algeria: The government asks for help from the french and international community in the fight against rebels who have gone too far in the country.

Ethiopian Empire: Despite being a country with a reasonable economy, Ethiopia is in a difficult situation, the country has been plagued by civil strife that has been devastating the country, which is one of the most influential in the african continent. After the separation with Somalia the situation did not improve much, the conflict in the Ogaden began and the somali government is not exactly gentle with the imperial government of Ethiopia, on the other hand, the Somaliland government proves to be more tolerant. Three conflicts have made Ethiopia totally unstable, the conflict in Eritrea, in the Ogaden and with the oromos.

Sudan: The rebels are being successful and the government troops try to make a new attack while calling for international aid.

Libya: Gadaffi asks for more help to the soviets and finally manages to advance after some defeats, the king of Libya says that Gadaffi needs to be stopped immediately. Gadaffi wants to make alliances and get military support from Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.

Syria, Lebanon, Palestine: After they begin to lose the war for Israel, they give up the war.

Indonesia: Indonesia invades the East Timor and then Papua New Guinea, two conflicts begin in the region and the USSR is fighting with its troops against Indonesia and its allies. What makes the situation critical in the region.

Uganda: Amin Dada and his guerrilla group attack again, surround the presidential palace, Ugandan is without a government and chaos begins to appear in the country. Then Zaire, an anticommunist country and close ally with USA, ruled by the dictator Mobutu Sese Seko appears and supports Amin Dada, the army of Zaire is sent and says that Mexico is a disgusting country that must withdraw from Africa immediately (Zaire hates Mexico because of Katanga).

Iraq: New war against kurdish rebels starts, Saddam Hussein prepares its army and a strong arsenal of arms and mercilessly bombs the kurdish armies, also bombards kurdish villages which cause the Iraqi to earn accusations in the united nations of violation of human rights.

Cyprus: Turkey invades the Cyprus, initiating a new dispute in the region.

USA Diplomacy

-Is supporting algerian and sudanese government, is now giving weapons to them.

-USA says that the conflicts in the East Timor in Papua New Guinea shouldn't be so serious while criticizing the position of Vietnam in its daring decisions.

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">-USA is neutral in the Cyprus issue.

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">-USA is supporting the Ethiopian Empire in its conflicts.

-USA tells Mexico to police on the matter of Africa and doesn't want any more fighting between its two allies, Mexico and Zaire (since Zaire is of extreme importance because it's very rich in precious stones and also because it is anti-communist in Africa).

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">-USA is supporting Thailand, Cambodia, Burma, Malaysia and Philippines in its civil conflicts. The new military bases were installed and the american troops in the region are in combat. The USA, as well as China, are together fighting and politically controlling the Southeast Asia.

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">-USA is still supporting the Kingdom of Libya.

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">-USA is giving weapons to Indonesia.

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">-USA criticizes Iraq and Saddam Hussein.

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">-USA condemns the soviet actions and says that killing civilians is too much and that if USSR continues shooting missiles the USA will retaliate along with China.

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">Soviet Diplomacy

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">-USSR is supporting socialist rebels in Algeria and Sudan.

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">-USSR declares war on Indonesia and Vietnam, some indonesian islands are bombed and missiles (with little destructive effect) are fired at Vietnam, killing civilians in both countries, the USSR says this was a warning. Soviet troops have done everything to protect East Timor and Papua New Guinea.

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">-USSR is supporting and giving weapons to the rebels in Ethiopia. The USSR wants to destabilize the Ethiopian Empire and is also supporting and creating socialist groups in the region to do this.

- -USSR is heavily supporting the rebels against the Kingdom of Libya. More tanks and troops are sent to help Gadaffi. A Soviet bombardment against the royal troops of Libya is done, causing many casualties and giving the possibility of Gadaffi to advance.

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">-USSR is still supporting communists groups in Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia and in the Philippines.

-USSR c alls for new elections in the czechoslovak communist party. And then will give a lot of support to the construction of the canal.