F1901M Press from A to A

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Message from [agtomlinson_at_ntlworld.com,knave_at_sympatico.ca as] Austria to
Austria in 'teachme3':

> Press duly sent to both parties - urging Russia to support the Austrian
> claim to Greece, which hopefully will then allow freedom for Serbia to do
> other things.

Yeah, offhand I didn't like that, gave Russia info about Greece which he
really didn't need to know. Furthermore, he has no reason to create peace
between Austria and Italy, it helps him if we are fighting. If I was
Russia, I would now press Italy saying that Austria would not be supporting
himself into Greece. That way perhaps both of AI could get screwed out of a
build and Russia would be that much better for that.

Russia's concern is with Turkey, there is no need to include him in
discussions about Italy. Germany was different because he was not a
possible immediate enemy, so the information was less likely to come back
and bite us in the ass. For Russia though, the information about the Greek
struggles will help him a lot. He now knows that Italy wants Greece, and he
can flavour his press accordingly.

If you want to include another country, do it in press to both countries at
once. You will get nothing out of Russia, he has no reason to help you.

> Message to Turkey giving moderately precise indications of what Austria
> could do, but onus is on him to come back with clear proposals of the
moves
> for this turn. If I don't hear from him in the next 12-24 hours, I will
> follow this up with clear proposals of my own, asking him to accept or
> decline - if he prevaricates then, Russia will be our ally.

Well.. again, your choice :). He may have been unsure of what he wants as
well. You did ask for specific proposals though, so if he ducks these and
you are not comfortable with that, then perhaps you will have to side with
Russia. Slightly unfortunate, I'm worried about an IR squeeze after we take
out Turkey, but for now short term considerations are more important than
long term.

> I have adjusted the actions of A Bud to support the Russian Fleet in
> Rumania, which based on the current situation, is probably the action I
> would take. Ideally this would be combined with A Ser-Bul supported by
> Russia, but we will see how things develop. These moves guarantee us 2
> builds, and if nothing else maintain the status quo between Turkey and
> Russia - which will keep them at loggerheads, though by doing this we
> instinctively have sided with Russia.

Yeah, the support is not a passive move at all, its a blatant siding with
Russia, and Turkey will be pissed. By the same token, not supporting Russia
would also probably piss Russia off, so either way you will have an enemy
after this season. Normally that would be great, but I still can't get a
read on the Italian, and that sucks!

> Further message also sent to Italy confirming my intention of supporting
> Alb-Gre, which would make any move there on his part totally fruitless. He
> should get the message now!

I said be subtle, talk about the attack on France; you went for the blatant.
Offhand, I think your approach might be better :).

> Will probably press Germany tomorrow asking for his view on developments
in
> the west - coud be interesting to know how things are shaping up there -
> whether we will get an answer I don't know.

Nah, he won't tell you. The EFG situation is really none of Austria's
business. That is not to say that it is something Austria can ignore, the
more you are aware of alliance structures the better, but if I was Germany I
wouldn't be blabbing about who I was siding with... info has a sneaky way of
getting around to the person you least want to hear about it ;)

I wonder what ITR will say... curiosity abounds.

David
Austrian Advisor
Received on Sat Dec 7 06:56:27 2002