Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Marseilles

[Flamelord]

Citizens of France, we stand in an hour of greatness. For seven years the world was thrown into chaos by the spectre of a German dictator, and by his machinations for a world empire. Our beloved nation was invaded and put to the sword, looted and pillaged for the sake of one man's greed. Our homeland was bound in chains, and the darkness stretched on as we toiled under his dark visage.

We thought the darkness had lifted. The German tyrant has fallen, his empire lying in ruins. Now should be the time to rebuild, to mourn the dead and move forwards into a new dawn for all of France.

Instead we find ourselves divided once again. A people previously one, who have now been torn in two. We should not be fighting each other, should not be looking between north and south with such hostility. And yet we are. The declaration of this 'Commune of France' has made it so.

Back in that time before those fateful days on Normandy shores, those who believed in the cause and the ideals of a Free France had come together in a National Council of Resistance. Resistance organizations, trade unions, political parties, all came together to discuss an immediate plan of action to be taken towards the liberation of France from the Germans, and the measures to establish a more just social order once this had been accomplished.

This Council, which seated and saw approval from the French Communist Party, the Radical Socialists, the General Confederation of Labor, and others, laid down a program for social reform as well as the establishment of a Provisional Government that would oversee the re invigoration of the French national spirit and economy. This was the agreement made in March of 1944.

This program did not, however, accept the presence of two Frances, divided against each other along ideological lines. Where we should be working together to rebuild and restore our broken land, the seeds of conflict have instead been sown. Thorez and his ilk, driven by a lust for power and the whispers of the serpent in Moscow, have cast their lot in with the Reds. Where once they were allies, they have instead turned their back on what we fought so hard to accomplish, to instead serve a new master in far off Russia instead of Berlin.

The shadow of a tyrant falls upon France once more. It is clear that the task of Liberation has not yet been completed. We must be prepared to do whatever is necessary to ensure that France regains what has been lost, and that its people are able to stand tall and proud and tall on the world stage once again.

As such, we will commence the great undertaking. Here in Marseilles we will begin again, La République born again from the ashes of defeat. The ideals of liberté, égalité, fraternité will flourish once again. The French people believe in democracy, believe in freedom, and it is that spirit we shall foster. We need not listen to the tyrant in Moscow, or his mouthpiece in Paris, to decide how the people of France should govern themselves.

Together, with our American and British allies who stood with us during the dark times of the Resistance, we will not rest until France has been reunited and brother can stand with brother once more. We have overcome many challenges in the past, and we shall overcome this one as well.

Vive La France, Vive La République!

[Snacks]

While I had hoped to relay the congratulations of the Soviet Union and the commendations of Comrade Stalin to the Free French Forces and General De Gaulle, I am instead dismayed to find the sacrifices of not only the Red Army's soldiers in their support of French liberation, but the deaths and atrocities suffered by your fellow Frenchmen so easily dismissed because they dare to express a desire for a flowering of worker's rights and of democracy.

Having served as my government's representative to your National Council of Liberation during the war, it is particularly troubling to be informed that the General slanders the Soviet people as serpents and tyrants, even moreso that he unilaterally proclaims France divided, yet charges leftists who have made no such proclamations with disloyalty to France, especially in light of our American ally's public commitment to a peaceful diplomatic dialogue and supportive relationship with both his reconstruction efforts and those of Thorez and the Left.

While the Soviet Union express our wholehearted rejection of Charles de Gaulle's inexplicable declaration to divide France and his insults to the Soviet Union, I nonetheless extend my government's formal request to reopen diplomatic missions in the south of France, the Consulate General in Marseille and the offices of our Vice-Consulate in Biarritz, in the interest of encouraging cooler heads to prevail. Whatever has prompted this hostility, I find it hard to believe that the General's entire staff supports it, much less the people he claims to represent.

Respectfully,
Aleksandr Bogomolov
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

[Gesar]

Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier, Acting Commissioner for Foreign Affairs
Commune of France

The Commune of France echoes the Soviet disappointment at the rhetoric coming from our beloved General de Gaulle, especially considering the sacrifices made by millions of Russians and the partisans who remained in France during his exile, but continues to express hope that wayward Marseilles is willing to cooperate in two particular matters, that of reconstruction and the trial of the traitorous Marechel Pétain. Now more than ever France requires strong leadership and unity, so that the splendor of the nation may regain its lost luster and serve as an example to the other nations of the world.

General de Gaulle's guidance in this matter, as ever, would not only be appreciated but commended as necessary to restore France to its natural glory: although recent events have led him to imply without provocation that the Communist Party and the Francs-Tireurs et Partisans are now his enemies, we find such a sentiment to be one developed rashly out of his love for France and the memory of the Republic. Indeed, we share this sentiment, the same love for the Republic-that-was, warts and all!

This is why both parties, the so-called "North" and "South", must form a Joint Committee for the Reconstruction of France, attended by our allies in the Soviet Union and United States as observers and guaranteed by a neutral party, so that we might allocate a matched sum of funding for rebuilding the nations. In time, this committee can determine the status of the traitor Pétain at a joint trial, and serve as a negotiating table for the status of our beloved France - should the General choose to cooperate with the Commune in this matter, of course.

Lastly, we return to the Soviet request for the establishment of diplomatic missions via consulates in the south of France, and offer to do the same in Paris for the United States if they, as we predict, do not choose to return to their embassy in the capital. We are eager, as ever, to see our American allies act with the friendship that has always existed between France and their young nation, and spit at the idea of enmity between the government of France and the democracy we helped create.

Long live France.

[Flamelord]

While I had hoped to relay the congratulations of the Soviet Union and the commendations of Comrade Stalin to the Free French Forces and General De Gaulle, I am instead dismayed to find the sacrifices of not only the Red Army's soldiers in their support of French liberation, but the deaths and atrocities suffered by your fellow Frenchmen so easily dismissed because they dare to express a desire for a flowering of worker's rights and of democracy.

Having served as my government's representative to your National Council of Liberation during the war, it is particularly troubling to be informed that the General slanders the Soviet people as serpents and tyrants, even moreso that he unilaterally proclaims France divided, yet charges leftists who have made no such proclamations with disloyalty to France, especially in light of our American ally's public commitment to a peaceful diplomatic dialogue and supportive relationship with both his reconstruction efforts and those of Thorez and the Left.

While the Soviet Union express our wholehearted rejection of Charles de Gaulle's inexplicable declaration to divide France and his insults to the Soviet Union, I nonetheless extend my government's formal request to reopen diplomatic missions in the south of France, the Consulate General in Marseille and the offices of our Vice-Consulate in Biarritz, in the interest of encouraging cooler heads to prevail. Whatever has prompted this hostility, I find it hard to believe that the General's entire staff supports it, much less the people he claims to represent.

Respectfully,
Aleksandr Bogomolov
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

The French government accepts the offer extended by the Soviet Union of reopening diplomatic relations and the establishment of a diplomatic mission here in Marseilles. With the war we have just emerged from, one should always be open to dialogue and diplomacy.

This is why both parties, the so-called "North" and "South", must form a Joint Committee for the Reconstruction of France, attended by our allies in the Soviet Union and United States as observers and guaranteed by a neutral party, so that we might allocate a matched sum of funding for rebuilding the nations. In time, this committee can determine the status of the traitor Pétain at a joint trial, and serve as a negotiating table for the status of our beloved France - should the General choose to cooperate with the Commune in this matter, of course.

Despite our ideological differences, the French government still holds the interests and well being of the people at heart. We can rise above our differences, so long as we do not let ideology divide us. We can agree to the formation of and participation in such a Committee and express our sincerest hope that it will serve to better the condition of the French people regardless of whatever else may happen in the years to come.

[Snacks]

I was pleased to hear the readiness of Marseilles for the return of a Soviet diplomat, and having been honored with a request from my party to fill the position, I look forward to helping continue the grand history of our nations' cultural and diplomatic ties.

Knowing the great effort to rebuild that the people of France face, I stand ready to offer them any insight I have gleaned in my efforts to restore the Ukrainian SSR and my observations of the reconstruction of Kaliningrad. It is my sincere hope that working together, the people of France and the Soviet Russia will sculpt a Europe future generations can take pride in.

Your Comrade in Seeking A Brighter Future,
Nikita Kruschev
Consul-General

[Huojin]

Republic of China

The Republic of China wishes to lodge a formal complaint with the High Commissioner of Indochina and the commander of the Forces Françaises d'Indochine in relation to the naval bombardment of Haiphong.

Northern Indochina is and remains under the military occupation of the National Revolutionary Army following the end of the Global Anti-Fascist War. Haiphong remains firmly in territory under the occupation, and therefore the protection, of the Chinese government. We firmly condemn in no uncertain terms the actions taken by ships of the French Navy in bombarding that city, and inflicting the terrible casualties suffered there. The situation on the ground remains chaotic, but beyond the civilian loss of life it remains unclear whether any Chinese troops were also killed in the attack.

Suffice to say, the Republic of China will not tolerate such an action taking place again, and reaffirms its solidarity with the Vietnamese people following this strike. We encourage the High Commissioner to issue a full apology in this matter, and take all other steps necessary to ensure that this does not occur in the future.

[Flamelord]

The events that took place in the city of Haiphong was an unfortunate necessity of the ongoing conflict in Indochina, and would not have been undertaken had it not been deemed absolutely necessary y events on the ground. Nonetheless, we appreciate the concern shown by the Chinese government towards maintaining stability for the civilian populace there. However, Haiphong was believed to have been under the control of anti-French rebel groups, and as such their eviction from the port was deemed essential.

We formally apologize for any danger your soldiers may have been placed in, and will begin an internal review into our procedures in order to ensure that such situations are approached properly in the future. But we will continue to battle this radical insurgency wherever it may be found, so as to restore peace and prosperity to Indochina.