The Dutcheese Game Continues Here

[TheBirdMan]

Turn to Klair 7 hours ago.

Sorry - my youngest (10 years) wanted me NOW (edit my car - she didn't want to go only 2½-3 km home ). Therefore no post.

Ohhh - a vacation is a peaceful time.

[King Thor]

It was a wise decision Chairman Bird, to remove your cannon battalion from our soil. I am greatly pleased with your actions, and though my troops remain vigilant against further trespasses , I welcome your effort to try and normalize relations and avoid any embarrassing international incidents.

[St Jon]

Turn 134 to Frazer.

The PDRI seems to have attracted tourists from Russia as well as France to our beautiful beach resorts. It is to be hoped that both remember that a Visa is required before entry into the Worker's State. The stationing of many Brigades of Marines around Kabna Latna does nothing to reassure me of Mayan good faith. It would be regarded very positively on Dublin if these offensive Units were to be taken out of attack range.

Chairman Jon, PDRI.

[TheBirdMan]

Turn to Klair.

Chairman Bird is now spending most of his time in the study.

It is a hard job to go through the old papers, left by the now forgotten Mr. Sophix, the man whos name will be as Deleted for ever .

Bird has to do that job by himself - with so many confidential papers here, no one else could be trusted.

Bird are looking for correspondance/maps from the time of the english/viking war and the time short after - something that can prove, if Mr. Fraze of the vikings has "the right" on his side - or to prove that he is just a joker.

[St Jon]

PDRI Statement.

Be very careful, my Mayan friends, for you are very close to provoking another unfortunate incident which could adversely affect the life expectancy of the citizens of Chichen Itza. If your Sub is not removed this Turn it will be sunk and three more Mayan Cities will be flying the Flag of the PDRI.

My Canadian, French and Russian friends, the PDRI is becoming very clautrophobic due to the 'goodwill' visits of just so many Subs in our Waters. A Russian one was detected last Turn and we note that this Turn it has been joined by both French and Canadian ones. These Units are hard by the extreme South of PDRI and far from the legitimate areas of concern of the
SFU or Canada. Please let us not have any unsavoury episodes clouding the history of centuries of peace between our peoples. Also please note that during Irish stewardship of Uaxatum and Kabna Latna the channel between these Cities and the PDRI mainland has ceased to be regarded as 'International' Waters and is closed to 'all' traffic for the duration unless prior permission has been sought and granted. Nervousness caused by the prescence of a French Destroyer so close to Uaxatum has forced me to delay the journey home of 5
Divisions of weary Irish Marines as well as remaining at 'War Readiness'. Ireland is the poorest and weakest of all Nations and can ill-afford to spend what little she has upon weopons of war but when we sense further Superpower aggression there is no choice.

I caution all Capitalist Nations that the consequences of turning Irish nervousness into Irish paranoia would be 'severe' upon all parties involved.

Chairman Jon, PDRI.

[King Thor]

Statement to the Irish Government:


Please accept our sincere apologies for having entered your territorial waters without prior notice. We found the offending sub, and the Captain of the vessel is being interrogated. Apparently, he inadvertently ran into an Irish Patrol fleet while on a training mission.

The purpose of the submarine in those waters was to escort French vessels that were on a peace keeping mission near the Irish-Mayan region of conflict. Now that the conflict is over, the Russian submarine will be withdrawn. Rest assured it is back on its way to patrol SFU waters.

You have no reason to be concerned Chairman Jon, as Russia respects its alliances with all governments, including yours. We will stay out of the business of our allies, as long as that "business" does not involve agression towards another ally.

[St Jon]

PDRI Statement

We are pleased that the Mayans have chosen to withdraw their Sub and that both the Russians and Canadians have seem to have adopted the path of prudence. Concern is however growing as to the presence of at least 3 French Battleships plus a Sub and Destroyer in our territorial waters. When this is coupled with the adoption of a state of 'War Readiness' Irish nervousness creeps ever nearer to paranoia.

Next Turn an Irish Diplomat will arrive to re-establish full diplomatic relations with the Mayans. He will be welcomed! It is to be hoped that as per our previous request Mayan Troops will cease to hover menacingly along the roads to Kabna Latna. My dear friend Slamp, this is not the pathway to Peace that my people long to tread.

Chairman Jon, PDRI.
'Workers of the World Unite'!

[King Thor]

Though we realize that the Irish need their heavy industries, we cannot help but be concerned by the fact that all of the most polluting cities of the world are Irish. Surely this is suggestive of the carelessness with which the Irish are treating the fragile environment. We once again urge the world leaders to help us persuade the Irish to stop this destruction of our ecosystem. Russian scientists recently finished running a simulation of the World Ecosystem, and the results show that at the present rate there would be a major catastrophe in 50 years. However they also warn that pollution is increasing dramatically and the time left before such a disaster could be much shorter than 50.

[TheBirdMan]

Turn to Klair.

[slamp]

turn 137 to Jon yesterday

Dear Jon, leader of Irish,
I'm not sure it's a great idea to send a diplomat to a Mayan city. The diplomat will be welcome when the 2 cities will return back to Mayan government.

[St Jon]

Turn to Frazer.

PDRI Statement.

The resumption of formal diplomatic relations with Ireland will be welcomed. Our Envoy will be treated with all due courtesy. The consequences of any rudeness on the Mayan part lie open to view.

Think well for a decision taken in haste is often proven unwise.

[King Thor]

Russian Statement:

We find the return of tensions between the Mayans and the Irish very disturbing. Although we are a military government, we believe peace must be ensured at all costs.

We want to warn the people of Ireland and Maya that a war would certainly mean a holocaust that will consume both your nations. There is no doubt that all the powers involved in this conflict are well armed with weapons of mass destruction, and most likely one of you will find yourselves in a position that necessitates the use of these awful weapons. the harm it will cause to your people and the planet as a whole is unfathomable. We pray that all those involved in this conflict think wisely before they take their next step.

As a peace loving nation we would like to help resolve this conflict between our two neighbors. We suggest that the Irish take a more tolerant stance of the Mayans by allowing a reasonably sized force to remain near the border in order to gaurd their homeland. Surely the Irish defense force cannot be threatened by a small Mayan security patrol.

In turn, we ask of the Mayans to help ease tensions by removing any unnecessary military units back to their cities and leaving only a skeleton gaurd to protect against tresspasses.

Although we once again wish to hold a neutral stance in this conflict we will monitor it closely. To set an example, Russia continues to hold its military status at peace time levels, this has been despite the fact that all our neighboring countries have increased military readiness to war time. We hope others will also see the voice of reason and lower the military readiness. Rest assured Mayans and Irish, as long as no SFU unit comes to harm, we will stay out of this 'business'. However, the nation that shows an effort to diffuse tensions will have our support.

To Chairman Jon of the Irish:
Although we consider you as our friends Chairman Jon, your allies, the English are a pestilence to us. They have trespassed on SFU land before, we think it prudent to remain vigilant against further incursions by the English. Rest assured the only reason they have not yet been punished is out of our friendship and respect for you. The Battleships that you speak of are not in English waters, but instead they patrol SFU waters to catch any intruding English ships red handed. This would also be a good time to state, that if any English vessel is caught in SFU waters it will be immediately sunk without any prior notice. I am sure that you would understand the legitimacy of my actions considering that you too saw it fit to treat tresspassing ships in the same way. But the bottom line is, that as long as the English behave, Russia will not harm them.

[TheBirdMan]

Sorry - for the time being, I am not able to reach my mailserver
[This message has been edited by TheBirdMan (edited January 09, 2001).]

[slamp]

I also got some problems with my mail server

[TheBirdMan]

Turn 139 to Klair.

I see the russian Bear is pissing off his territory? Or more correct - he is trying to.

Sorry mr. Bear - I will not respond with force. Not yet.

But for the sake of peace, please keep your navy and airforces a little closer to your own land.
[This message has been edited by TheBirdMan (edited January 13, 2001).]