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U.K. 1958 Jan-Apr

- In a public adress, Prime Minister Macmillan emphasises that Britain does not want war with France (well maybe not 100% true). Thus, Britain will meet with French delegates in Dublin or somewhere similar for a peace conference.

- At the Dublin conference, British, Irish, Páirtí Cumannach (communist) and French delegates meet to draw up a partition of the island. Obviously from the beginning, the Irish delegates are opposed to the whole idea; this is an ulawful occupation of their country. Towards the end of the conference, when it becomes clear that the Irish will not retain all their nation, the Irish delegates leave out of protest. The final borders and partitions are so:

Precautionary measures in the event of a doublecross:

- A General Emergency is declared in Britain. Nuclear bunkers from the Anglo-American War era are thrown open and refurbished. There is a shortage of supplies and food in supermarkets as people stockpile and panic. Gas masks are issued to the public.

- British missile silos are put on standby for the next six months.

- The Royal Air Force is scrambled to intercept and shadow French fighter jets, whilst anti-air installations along the south coast are put to full alert.

- The Prime Minister and the Cabinet are evacuated to the Scottish Highlands. They might otherwise have been evacuated to Taiwan, but both Britain and France have ICBMs so ah well.

- The Royal Navy is assembled in the Channel, also around Ireland where there are tense standoffs with the French.

- In a completely unrelated event, the British space program Project Whittaker launches a probe to orbit the moon, committing to a statement they'd made the previous year that Britain would go to the moon in 1965. It doesn't work out and the probe crashes upon landing. First man-made object on the Moon, sure, but it exploded.