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[Nunzillor]

Ministry of Truth -> Ministry of AD

Dear Minister of Advanced Defence,

It is of course our ministry's pleasure to assist.  Soon we will destroy the loyalist fools!  With your permission, it would indeed be helpful if 100 of our Arbiters received conventional military training through your training program.

In addition, would you consider hiring experts in deception and politics, stealth, and lockpicking to train the additional 100 arbiters if it is not too much of a burden?  We would certainly appreciate the support, but if that is not possible it is no problem.

Sincerely,
Minister of Truth

[hector13]

Ministry of AD -> Ministry of Criminality

Dear Minister of Criminality,

My marines were tasked with searching for the secret royal heir who we believe can get us access to Royal family money. The heir in question is the father of your unofficial advisor and we are asking your ministry how we shall proceed to get access to the money.

Yours Sincerely,
Minister of Advanced Defence.

MoC -> Minitrue

How much money are we talking here? He's quite useful to me, so I'd rather avoid any unnecessary violence.

[flazeo25]

Ministry of AD -> Ministry of Truth

Dear Minister of Truth,

We will gladly take on Instructors who expertise in subterfuge, Training wont be much of a burden but it will take between 12 or more weeks for Arbiters to fully trained if they sign up as they will either undergo basic military routine and training or under Subterfuge teachers. If you have any other needs please ask.

Yours Sincerely,
Minister of Advanced Defence.

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Ministry of AD -> Ministry of Criminality

Dear Minister of Criminality,

Previous Intel from my Marines indicate the cash hidden away in Swiss bank accounts is somewhere around 22 million which would benefit our government.

Yours Sincerely,
Minister of Advanced Defence.

[SaberToothTiger]

Ministry of Ideology.

(MiniIde --> MiniTru) Would it be feasible to gain a portion of your tax income in order to set up an internal intelligence service? 2% of the tax, perhaps? The income would greatly increase the internal safety of the nation as well as give us more diplomatic influence. If you are willing to do so, I shall propose an amendment to the Budget Act.

(MiniIde --> MiniHlth) Would you be willing to part with 1% of your alloted tax income in order to help establish the Ministry of Ideology? The funds diverted from you would be used to improve the internal stability of the nation.

[Nunzillor]

MiniTrue -> MiniIde

Dear Minister of Ideology,

Welcome to Apland, the most glorious country of all!

We at the Ministry of Truth would certainly not be opposed to revising the Budget Act to provide your ministry with funding.  Technically, however, only the Executor (the Minister of Graft and Corruption Issues) can call for a vote to alter tax redistribution.  We would be open to changing that rule, however, if it is too bureaucratic and the Minister of Graft and Corruption Issues is open to it.

Truthfully,
Minister of Truth

[TopHat]

Ministry of Engineering -> Ministy of Agriculture:

Dear Minister of Agriculture,
Many thanks for your financial support last week, it was greatly appreciated. If you see require my department's services feel free to ask.
- The Minister of Engineering

Minister of Engineering -> Ministry of Truth:
Dear Minister of Truth,
My thanks for permitting us to utilise some space in the Government HQ, I have little doubt we shall continue to work side by side for the good of Apland into the future. My thanks also for your promise of introduction to the Soviet ambassador, which will doubtless prove very useful for co-operation on any major infrastructural investment we can encourage them to take in our country.

I am slightly concerned, however, about the prospect of pulling Palushka into what i hope will be the last phase of our civil war. Although a defensive alliance will doubtless be beneficial, I do not believe we should ask them to get involved - for reasons as you outlined against asking for Russian intervention. In addition, it would be a show of weakness I do not think it would be wide to make, as well as the fact that this is Apland's war - with your encouragement to the people it would probably be best for morale if we are able to defeat this threat without external aid.

Finally, although I know it is not my affair, I feel I should warn you against attempting to purchase Free Thought at this stage. It is highly likely they will see this as proof you are trying to distort the news by taking over competition, and say as such in their paper - potentially providing more fuel for the protesters.
Just some thoughts,
The Minister of Engineering.

Ministry of Enginerring -> All other Ministries:
Dear Ministers:
Once again I must ask for funds, this week $46,970 AD - although some leeway would be appreciated in case tax income again falls. I will soon be making proposals to ensure these funds are covered directly in the future.
My thanks in advance,
The Minister of Engineering.

Spoiler: MoEng Votes (click to show/hide)

1. OPPOSE: Although the Ministy supports an alliance with Palushka, it does not believe we should ask them for help against the loyalists (for reasons see my message to the Ministry of Truth above)

Spoiler: MoEng Actions (click to show/hide)

- Contact the second privatised facility and inform them of the Ministry's existance and our role and present operations. Ask how business is at present; also ask / offer to send a few experts around to see the state of the power plant and provide expertise to deal with any issues they may be having.
- Contact all known companies which own or have stakes in power plants and call them to a meeting at the Government HQ. Once there, inform them of the Ministry's intention to institute a levy of 10% on profits (in the case of Iskra and others who do not deal only in power, only on profits from electrical operations) - paid weekly - beginning at 5% next week and rising to 10% the week after that. These funds will be used to maintain government - run sections of the electrical network. Collect any objections / suggestions to address next week before the levy is enforced; agree to postpone enforcement of the levy by a week if the companies need more time to prepare for the taxation.

- Discuss with the ministry's foremen the possibility of setting up an apprenticeship scheme, to help educate the next generation of technicians. Ask for their opinions, suggestions, and estimates as to the number of such apprentices their plants will be able to support.
- Also ask the foremen if they have any suggestions as to improvements or complaints in any way, shape, or form. Inform them that my door is always open should they have any ideas.

- Get in contact with all construction companies and architectural practices in and around the capital. Invite them to a general meeting in the Government HQ as to the task of fully rebuilding the capital's damaged infrastructure. Attempt to at least get some sort of organised plan set up. More importantly, Would any of them be willing to contribute to the reconstruction efforts, in the form of volunteer (or at least discounted) work? Subtly hint that such gestures of solidarity and patriotism now may well affect how the Ministry views them as regards any future major state construction projects requiring contractors...

Spoiler: MoEng Proposal (click to show/hide)

When tax income is collected, if any ministries do not (after their own income) have enough money to cover their costs, these costs are to be paid directly from tax income. The surplus is then distributed as per the Budget Act.

READY
EDIT - Two actions added, more to come
EDIT 2 - Another action added, more to come
EDIT 3 - Some more actions and a proposal added. Should be finished now.

[Nunzillor]

Minister of Truth -> Minister of Engineering

Dear Minister of Engineering,

Your concerns about Palushka's involvement in Aplandian affairs are reasonable, and as a result of your points I will have our ministry change its vote from Support to Oppose.  It's increasingly looking like such intervention wouldn't be necessary anyway, considering the recent strides we have made against the loyalist scum!  I am, however, going to keep a defensive pact with Palushka on the table for future consideration, because I do agree with you that such cooperation could be useful.

Also, you raise another good point about the purchasing of Free Thought, so we'll just monitor the situation for now.  I certainly appreciate your advice, so please feel free to let me know of such things without worry.  We are all working together for Apland, naturally.

Lastly, please accept $25,000 towards your funding amount.  If this turns out to not be enough when combined with disbursements from other ministries, please do not hesitate to let me know.

Truthfully,
Minister of Truth

[flazeo25]

Ministry of Advanced Defence

Spoiler: Votes (click to show/hide)

1.  OPPOSE

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

Seize $20,000 from Ministry of Health funds.
Meet with Russian Ambassador about ideas on or assisting in communizing sectors of Ministry of AD, also ask him about setting up work exchange program to help communize the technicians and give them experience in Russia and lastly ask if any joint research could be set up.

Defense Force:
Hire on 140 Soldiers and 1 Brigadier.
Hire on 15 additional Drill Instructors and lower pay to $60/week, as well as hire 5 Subterfuge Experts for $60/week.
Have 2 companies join those already training, give military training to 100 of MoT Arbiters, and subterfuge training to other 100 Arbiters.
Have most of 3 remaining companies and volunteers surround from distance the Loyalist fort to starve them out and search for tunnels.
While sending in small group pretending to be injured civilians to sabotage.

Air Corps:
Have Pilots/ 6 Postal Masters continue assisting development of postal system and capital map.
Have Joint Chief Ruml and 4 Postal Masters meet local businesses in capital and other two towns to set up delivers and deals.
Buy another cheap van and both repaired/repainted and have them deliver post to other two towns.
Fix up airfield conditions if possible.

Navy:
Have some of Marines spy on Bogdan Milovanović and his son for most of week. While rest will ask his neighbours and friends about him and his family.
Invite Mr Milovanovic after spying done to discuss the developments, use what any dirt are Marines dig up to help us in persuading Mr Milovanovic.

Advanced Research:
Refurbish both supply stations into physics lab calling it ATP [Advance and Theoretical Physics].
Hire 1 Physicist lead at $100/week and 15 Physicists at $ 80/week from America, Hungry and Germany
Have Physicist spilt into three teams for three projects.

Development:
Inform my advisers to go ahead with setting up trade deals with both Karsthum and Jedinstven if possible.
Try to expand the factories if possible and hire on additional Technicians to fill capacity if expanded.
Ask American ambassdor if any companies are will assist or set up investments in weapon factories.

Next:
Hire on 10 Editors for $40/week and 10 Mangaka for $30/week.
Have it print out in issues at with each issue containing 100 pages/5 manga when printing press ready.
Have Mangaka draw up manuscripts for when printing press is built it can publish.

Coalite:
Hire on 5 more Forestry Inspectors and have them focus on licencing leaving other 10 for surveying.
Hire on 50 Rangers from former soldiers for $25/week to patrol forests to stop illegal logging operations.
Meet any company that sells sawmill equipment and ask to purchase such equipment in weekly instalments.

Spoiler: Research Section (click to show/hide)

ICL [Information and Communication Labs].
Continue researching on creation of computer.
Continue researching on creation of packet networking/switched.
Continue researching on creation of fused silica and optic fibre.

ATL [Arms and Transport Labs].
Continue researching on modern sub machine gun prototype.
Continue researching on reverse engineering purchased guns.
Continue researching on creation of modern assault rifle.
Continue researching on creation of kevlar.

BEL [Bioengineering Labs].
Continue researching on creation of measles vaccine.
Continue researching on creation of portable defibrillator.
Continue researching on creation of pacemaker.

ATP [Advance and Theoretical Physics].
Research into development of rocketry and theories.
Research into radar based technology.
Research into radiation theories.

Spoiler: MoAD Proposal (click to show/hide)

Formal renaming of the Capital to Apicity, while renaming the largest town to Truthistan and second town to Zenit.

Status: Ready
Edit: Added airfield fixing.
Edit:2 Added proposal

[Beneviento]

Spoiler: Votes (click to show/hide)

OPPOSE

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

1: Clarify boat registration:
Boats without commercial use for fishing, transport, or any other commercial activity will have information collected on who owns them, displacement in tons, and passenger capacity.
Fishing boats, ferries and other commercial boats that are not cargo transports will have information collected on who owns them, displacement in tons, and commercial use (what they are used for, not just "fishing", but "trout fishing in the Ibar river").
Cargo transports will have information collected on who owns them, displacement in tons, and cargo capacity in tons.
Registration fee will be set at twenty AD for non-commercial boats, forty AD for non-cargo commercial boats, and ten AD per ton of displacement for cargo transports.
2: Census Clarification
Census taking will begin in the capital and be based on families. Information will be collected on the number of people in a family, the residence of the family, number of adult males and females, and employment of each family member.
3: Have ten Scouts return to the capital to talk with the longshoremen and teamsters, to find out what their working conditions and pay are like, and whether they have unionized. Have ten find out if and where shoes are manufactured in Apland, and the quality and price of those shoes. Have the rest continue the national map.
4: Have constables continue their assigned jobs from last week.
5: Have the architects and laborers continue building waystation and border post infrastructure, as they finish send them to build constable stations in the cities.
6: Forward 20,000 AD to the Ministry of Engineering
7: Purchase four ARO cars, forward two to the Ministry of Criminality, two will be for use by the constables.

Messages
Ministry of Transportation -> Ministry of Engineering
We will gladly cover $20,000 of your shortfall, in thanks for the work you've done on the capital's infrastructure, and I hope we can work together on infrastructure projects in the future. If it is absolutely needed, we can cancel our purchase of vehicles this week and provide about 12,000 AD more.
Ministry of Transportation -> Ministry of Advanced Defense
Just out of curiosity, fellow minister, what were your motivations for setting up an eastern comic book company and a forestry management organization?
READY

[flazeo25]

Ministry of Advanced Defence -> Ministry of Transportation

Dear Minister of Transportation,

We setted them up to to expand revenue for defence programs as defence tends to costs absurd amounts of money and very rarily generate income that we need more means of procuring income. The forests also need to be managed to stop non government sanctioned activates stealing national resources and the other is to sell comics is influence state of creativity and nationalism in our country.

[SaberToothTiger]

Ministry of Ideology

Spoiler: Votes. (click to show/hide)

1.SUPPORT

Spoiler: Actions. (click to show/hide)

Seek funds from ministries not involved in a current investment ((inactive ministries)) in order to establish an intelligence service.

If funds are acquired, I shall contact some old friends that were in the Revolutionary Army to serve as representatives of Ministry of Ideology. Four men will suffice, with intelligence, charisma and language ability being important factors in choosing them.

Then send one of them to look for stressed out officials or bureaucrats to observe. The remaining men will contact their associates and potential informants in order to secure contacts with my potential worker base for the future.

Spoiler: Proposal. (click to show/hide)

THE INTELLIGENCE ACT - The act proposes creation of an intelligence and counterintelligence agency in order to remove potential foreign spies and threats in Apland.
/Proposed points are as follows:                                                                         \
1. The agency would be administered by the Ministry of Ideology.

2. The branches of the agency would be divided as follows:
 * Foreign Intelligence (A)

   - Political Intelligence - (A1) To secure Apland's independence we would collect information about foreign policies, politicians and intended diplomacy towards us or other countries.

   - Economy Intelligence - (A2) To secure Apland's industry and economy from foreign control and influence, we would collect information about state- and privately owned factories abroad that compete or supply the Apland's markets.

   - Military Intelligence - (A3) To secure Apland's sovereignty we would collect information about enemy military plans and officers in order to prepare the nation to defend against foreign threats.

   - Criminal Intelligence - (A4) To secure Apland's justice we would collect information about known criminals and fugitives in order to bring law into the post revolutionary state.

   - Technological Intelligence - (A5) To secure Apland's future we would collect information about industrial methods, obtain patents and designs, of both civilian and military nature. Acquiring schematics and inviting skilled scientists in order to let Apland become the power it deserves to be.

 * Domestic Intelligence (B)

  - Counter Intelligence - (B1) The counter intelligence service would seek to uproot any foreign espionage from the soil of our nation in order to become a stable country in a peaceful region.

  - Political Intelligence - (B2) To monitor and potentially even hamper the scope of any political parties and organisations deemed dangerous, aggresive or seeking harm upon the citizens of Apland, the Domestic Political Intelligence section would be created. The goverment of Apland would also be observed for corruption, treasonous behaviour and espionage by other nations.

3. The information collected by the agency would be distributed to other ministries, it being granted if the request is deemed reasonable by the Ministry of Ideology.

4. The agents working for the intelligence service would be granted money, property and other materials in order to complete their assignments by the Ministry of Ideology.

5. For acts of extraordinary heroism and bravery the agents could be rewarded by honorary ranks, posts, or medals. Financial gain is also a potential reward.

6. For any potential crimes that were necessary to commit in order to preserve the country and nation of Apland the agents would be granted amnesty and absolved of the crime. Crimes commited by agents that were deemed minor and if the agent was involved in an operation which he was a crucial part of would be forgiven. Major and unjustified crimes commited by agents against citizens of Apland during an operation will be considered fully illegal and the agent would go through the justice process as if he was considered not employed by the agency.

7. Any necessary changes to the structure of the agency would be made by the Ministry of Ideology by hiring and reassigning personell will be performed by the Minister with his authority being unchallenged.

8. The proposed name for the intelligence agency is AIB - Apland Intelligence Bureau.
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Signed,
SaberToothTiger, the Minister of Ideology.

Ready.

[TopHat]

Ministry of Engineering -> Ministry of Truth:
Dear Minister of Truth,
My thanks for your funding - though an additional $1,000 AD is required to fully cover the Ministry's costs, so would you mind increasing it by that amount?

If you have any advice or requests of your own, just say and I will do the best I can to deal with them.
- The Minister of Engineering.

Ministry of Engineering -> Ministry of Transportation:
Thanks for your funding, it is greatly appreciated. I also look forward to is working together in the future to modernise our country.
- The Minister of Engineering.

[Nunzillor]

Ministry of Truth -> Ministry of Engineering

I have instructed our employees to increase the payment by $1,000.  Thank you for keeping the door open for Minitrue's requests.