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West Kazakhstan Region: 7/7
 
The military governor officially resigned his post, marking the final conversion of the region to civilian rule, and the final step in the process of statehood. The local Soviets in this particular region were currently in the process of convening a Kazakh Supreme Soviet. The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (KSSR) was almost a reality.
 
Central Kazakhstan Region: 7/7
 
The proceedings that occurred in the WKR also happened in the CKR, with local Soviets working in tandem with their western counterparts to convene the Kazakh Supreme Soviet. Turnout was pretty high, reaching over 95 percent in some areas, especially Astana. The city and its officials continued to champion itself as the "vanguard of the working classes of Kazakhstan" -- effectively touting itself as the ideal candidate for Republican capital-hood.
 
East Kazakhstan Region: 7/7
 
As the KSSR was being finalized, the Alma Military Base continued to be expanded and revitalized. Various military defenses -- ranging from fixed SAM launchers to RADAR stations -- were being moved into the base or constructed there. A further two fighter squadrons were in the process of relocation to the AMB, along with a full division (the 57th Mechanized Division).
 
Uzbekistan: 2/7
 
Negotiations continued between the Turkestan Protectorate Bureau and Karakalpakstani officials in Nukus regarding the possibility of autonomous status for the Karakalpakstan region. So far, both sides have made little progress, mainly because they are laying out their expectations and doing some probing to see if their interests align with each other or not.
 
Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan: 2/7
 
In an unprecedented move, the People's Commissariat for Infrastructure was formed to oversee matters pertaining to the region's infrastructure on a Republic-level basis. This move is unusual because the formation of a "Commissariat usually takes place after the formation of a Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR), and there is no SSR yet. Even so, the Infrastructure Commissariat began forming an "Emergency Commission" to conduct a detailed inspection over the Tajik and Kyrgyz road and railway networks and draft a comprehensive report to make any recommendations. Both Dushanbe and Bishkek have begun petitioning the Soviet federal government for an increase in short-gap funding to cover the planned infrastructure expansion project.
 
Turkmenistan: 2/7
 
Controversy erupted when officials in the city of Ashgabat announced plans to open a Museum of Remembrance, a museum dedicated to Tianxian atrocities, as part of the revitalization of the tourist industry. The city's Chinese minority, descendants of Tianxian officials, decried what they called the "slander of Tianxia's glorious contributions to the region's development." Choy Nurmameow, the city's local deputy governor, vowed to block any funding for the proposed Museum, prompting officials from the Turkestan Protectorate Bureau to be called in to resolve this impasse.
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Uzbekistan: 3/7
 
Both sides have not made much progress in the negotiations over Karakalpakstani autonomy. The insistence of regional rule from Tashkent by Uzbek officials have not helped matter much, although the head of the Turkestan Protectorate Bureau have indicated that he would step in to resolve the impasse. More interesting were the profession of several Karakalpakstani officials for their preference for a full-fledged Soviet Republic for the Karakalpakstani people.
 
Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan: 3/7
 
Several anti-Soviet protests have broken out in Tajikistan, particularly the Kulob region. Several pro-Tajik independence groups have united under the banner of the 'Committee for the Independence of the Republic of Tajikistan'. KGB agents took swift action to contain the protests, arresting several ringleaders in a series of lightning raids in Kulob. Attempts by Kyrgyz nationalists to launch an uprising in their region were aborted by joint cooperation between the FSB and the KGB. The Soviet government will be closely monitoring the situation on the ground there.
 
Turkmenistan: 3/7
 
When the Turkestan Protectorate Bureau failed to resolve the impasse facing the proposed construction of the Museum of Remembrance in Ashgabat, the city officials took the unprecedented steps of going over their superiors' heads to petition the Soviet government for assistance. The Politburo duly did so, issuing a special decree ordering the Museum to proceed and threatening Mr. Choy Nurmameow with "appropriate disciplinary action" for "bureaucratic obstruction."
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Uzbekistan: 4/7
 
The Tashkent Soviet passed a special decree repudiating all foreign debts except those held by Soviet allies. All forieign-owned entities in the 'Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic' were nationalized without compensation, except for those held by allies. Anyone who protested were quickly prosecuted by the FSB. Karakalpakstani officials, however, dragged their feet in enforcing the decree.
 
Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan: 4/7
 
The so-called Kulob uprising petered out, crushed under the iron heels of the Soviet security services. The KGB imposed a 'special state of emergency' over the city of Kulob and other regions affected by the uprising, and the FSB established internal checkpoints around said cities. The same went for the Kyrgyz region, where both the protectorate authorities and the police began establishing a dragnet throughout the region. Biskek, in fact, became the locus of attention of security efforts, with several dozens of ringleaders and participants arrested and charged with terrorism.
 
Turkmenistan: 4/7
 
After defying the Politburo's order, Mr. Choy Nurmameow was arrested by the FSB today. He was relieved of his position and charged with not only "bureaucratic obstruction" but also "nationalistic recidivism". Several of his patrons, one of them Nikoy Yuanull, in the Ashgabat local government were also arrested and charged as well. The prosecution presented evidence of Mr. Nurmameow voicing his desire to "resurrect the glorious Tianxian Empire" as to "smash Soviet power."
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Uzbekistan: 5/7
 
Uzbek officials agreed to allow a form of cultural autonomy for the Karakalpakstani autonomous region. This marks a breakthrough, even although both sides remain deadlocked on many, major issues such as taxation, defense policy, debt, and so on. On a semi-related note, Karakalpakstani officials began questioning the legality of the Tashkent Soviet's repudiation of most foreign debts, saying that the authority of that Soviet extended no farther than the city's limits. 
 
Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan: 5/7
 
In the aftermath of the Kulob uprising, the Party sent over detachments of agitators to whip up public support for Soviet power. A special commission was formed under the aegis of the Public Relations Bureau of the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD) to wage a media onslaught for that purpose. In Kyrgyzstan, arrests of the perpetrators continued, with several more unmasked by informants and anonymous denunciators; they would be arrested and brought before a People's Court. In Bishkek, a couple of the ringleaders were found guilty of terrorism under Article 58 of the Soviet criminal code and publicly hanged.
 
Turkmenistan: 5/7
 
As with other parts of Soviet Central Asia, military bases throughout Turkmenistan continue to undergo modernization. At least dozens of Army and Air Force bases were deemed acceptable and put back into operation, while several more remained closed down. Millions of rubles were being channeled into the region, and Soviet defense officials hoped to revitalize the region's old defense network.
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At the orders of Stavka, over 75,000 troops would be earmarked for the occupation of Iran. Troops stationed in Azerbaijan, as well Georgia and Armenia, would be deployed to Iran, prioritizing military bases and strategic locations all over the region. Over half of this force would be transported via An-124s and Il-76s, while the other half would go over land. They would be shadowed by several squadrons of Su-35s and MiG-31s, as well as E-3 AWACs and MiG-25 reconnaissance aircraft. Part of this force would be used to link up with the Northlandic base in southeastern Iran. 
 
At roughly the same time, another 75,000 troops -- mostly from the Russian SFSR itself as well as a few divisions stationed in Turkestan -- were ordered to take over Pakistan and Afghanistan. As the latter brought back memories, Stavka decided to keep the troop presence in Afghanistan to a low as to avoid rousing the locals. Much of this force would be transported over Afghanistan to Pakistan, prioritizing military bases and strategic locations. A contingent of mountain troops would be stationed in Afghanistan, and over ten squadrons of Su-35s, Su-34s, and MiG-31s, along with AWACS, UAVs, helicopters, and others, would shadow this expeditionary force.
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Uzbekistan
 
Both sides continue negotiation efforts on many matters, particularly debt. Uzbek officials agreed to assume Karakalpakstan's debts on behalf of the Soviet Union in exchange for increased taxes and Karakalpakstani acceptance of the Tashkent Soviet's repudiation of most foreign debts.
 
Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan
 
Buttressed by the propaganda campaign conducted by the NKVD, local Soviets across the Tajik region began forming, starting in Dushanbe and moving on to the other cities. A small crowd of protestors that assembled outside the Dushanbe Soviet building were dispersed with force. In Kyrgyzstan, formation of the Bishkek Soviet, let alone the Kyrgyz Soviet, was slow in coming, thanks in part to the ongoing security efforts in and around the city. In the other cities and towns, formation of the Soviets continued on as normal.
 
Turkmenistan
 
Turkmen officials would temporarily suspend their efforts on the region's tourist sector for classified reasons. A state of emergency would be imposed in the border regions and auxiliary police mobilized to the scene, but little else. Soviet officials were tight-lipped about the reasons for this.
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Uzbekistan
 
In Tashkent, the Uzbek Autonomous Soviet Republic (UASR) was proclaimed as part of the greater Turkestan Soviet Federated Socialist Republic (TSFSR). As a sop to the Karakalpakstani government, that region was organized as the Karakalpakstan Autonomous Region within the UASR, and given wide-ranging autonomy on a number of domestic matters.
 
Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan
 
In Tajikistan, the local Soviets convened the Tajik Soviet, which then proceeded to claim for itself the mantle of executive leadership of the Tajik Autonomous Soviet Republic (TASR) of the Turkestan federated polity. The city of Dushanbe, ringed with security forces, would be declared the Tajik capital. The process of Soviet formation went pretty much the same in neighboring Kyrgyzstan, with a "Soviet republic of the Kyrgyz people" formed in Bishkek. One of the first things the Kyrgyz Soviet was to order the scaling down of security efforts in the city of Bishkek.
 
Turkmenistan
 
In the city of Ashgabat, Mr. Choy Nurmameow was found guilty under Article 58 of the Soviet criminal code. The prosecutors wanted him to be executed by public hanging, to be carried out immediately, but Nurmameow's defense attorney managed to convince the procurator to sentence him to life imprisonment in a regular prison camp. 
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In an attempt to combat what he perceived as the departmentalization of the Soviet government in economic affairs, First Secretary Volgin formed the Supreme Soviet of the National Economy (Vesenkha). The USSR was divided into over a hundred economic regions, each managed by a regional Economic Council (Sovnarkhoz) convened by local Soviets in the aforementioned regions. Greater priority was placed on the development of the USSR's consumer sector, with funding, capital, and other assets invested in companies specializing in food production, packaged goods, automobiles, electronics, and many others. As for agriculture, collectivization (which was officially referred to as kibbutization) would be done on a voluntary basis, with farmers allowed to combine their lands with others if they so wished, and incentives (technical assistance, preferential price supports, access to mechanized goods and resources, etc) provided for those who did so.
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Following the declaration of Ukrainian independence, the Defense Ministry would activate protocols for the gradual withdrawal of the 20,000-strong Soviet garrison. The plan (Plan Orange) was to withdraw 10,000 troops in the three months following Ukrainian independence and the relocation of many Soviet military equipment, technology, and other assets to the Crimean SSR and the RFSR in that time period. In the next six months, the reminder of the force would be withdrawn back home, along with the remaining equipment, technology, and other assets. Any citizens that wished to go back to the USSR would be welcomed. Whatever technology that couldn't be removed would either be turned over to the Ukrainians or if sensitive enough, vaporized. Border guards on the now-old western frontier would receive instructions to close up and rotate back home.
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Private Diplomatic Correspondence to Soviet Union

 

While our provisional government is not authorized to offer or accept Defense Pacts, at least not until after Parliamentary Elections in a week's time, we are however authorized to offer your nation both an embassy in Kiev and a Non-Aggression Pact between our nations.

 

If interested, we invite you to send an ambassador or other representative to Kiev, or let us know and we can instead appoint an ambassador to meet with you in your own capital.

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Noting the lack of inactivity from neighboring Ukraine, and after further confirming it with embassy officials in Kiev, the government would proceed to fold the Ukraine back into the Union ("saving their Ukrainian brothers and sisters from anarchy," Party officials called it in internal communiques). Two divisions would be sent into the Ukraine from their positions in the Crimea and southern Russia, along with two squadrons of fighters and interceptors to provide cover. 

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