"In my opinion while we have a workable military structure, the second world war exposed every flaw and issue with british military doctrine. Hence we'll need change and apply a new doctrine to ensure it remains effective. If that means changing the rank structure then we'll have to make those adaptations.
Now with the USSR and yugoslavia, we'll need aid from both. See if we can't get scavenged german equipment out of that deal though; it'll lessen our reliance on soviet aid and provide an incentive to reverse engineer the equipment to modify and to learn how to build our own, better equipment from that since we know well that we cannot expect many spare parts, or even production, to be running. As for the USA, I say we go with a full-scale condemnation for interference, especially if we find out they've been shipping weapons and the like to them.
Infrastructure and Industry are two things we'll need to develop rapidly to ensure we are strong. Being able to out-produce our neighbours in both quantity and quality will guarantee that no-one will be able to challenge us.
Now, in regards to nationalisation, and the guerrillas. We send most of them to greece to ensure the bourgeois are destroyed and the proletariat is triumphant. However, given the failure of the voluntary nationalisation I'd propose we use a few units to bring down one of the various landowner's organisations, with no holds barred. We need to set an example that, if they resist the will of the people, they will be destroyed in a spectacularly violent fashion. After that we institute a full nationalisation of their holdings by force. The soft approach was never going to be viable, either realistically or politically. Unless we strike now we will only breed more dissent in both the party ranks and our people.
Now, a taxation system and the like would be handy to have, in case we ever need such a system. And odds are we would in regards to international trade. Something of a reserve thing though, and not important to actually pursue.
English would be an acceptable primary language. "Nigerian" only exposes the fact none of you seem to have been here long. There are atleast a few hundred languages used by the ethnic groups that make up nigeria alone, let alone our neighbours. Instead, we can simplify language issues by just relying on english alone. Religion is a bigger issue, since we have both Christians and Muslims to deal with along with local beliefs. To ban it outright would be a very thorny issue, so just restricting it from public events and keeping an eye on the larger two would be sufficient
For land reform, the only issue is that land is still owned by the bourgeois. After that we don't need anything further; we're communist, and we're the only option for the farmers to sell their crops to barring directly selling them. Our agricultural situation is also reliant on better infrastructure as well.
A census I have no idea why'd we be voting on that, as it seems like everyone is in accordance about it being done.
Now, Comrade Eoin, we're better off calling it the education ministry; cultivation has agricultural connotations and that'd confuse people. As for the curriculum, we don't need russian, and it's likely the local public servants would've already taken the local language into account. Furthermore accounting seems like a waste with maths already being in there. The primary school education should be geared into preparing them for the subjects we'd teach in secondary, with maths, english, science and history & geography being primary focussed, with more specific subjects like the arts being optional. Add in a small dose of political propaganda and the entire system should be solid.
As I am running for first chairman, despite my reluctance to do so after seeing no-one else wants it apart from the one person who would be politically disastrous in the role, I will take up the role if necessary. Between the fact I am local and that I am not associated with the outrage of the voluntary nationalisation would make me a far more suitable choice for stability, and would ensure the nationalists are satisfied."
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