Diplomacy Zine -- EP #187 Chapter Six From: Eric_S_Klien@cup.portal.com Date: Sat, 28 Jul 1990 03:11:00 +0000 Issue #187 of ELECTRONIC PROTOCOL: ************************************************************************ "Everybody I talked to on both sides expected that the next step would be that the case would go back to trial to find out what the facts are and whether the facts showed a taking", says First English's attorney Michael Berger. "Most people were surprised by the Court of Appeal's conclusion that it didn't need to know any facts." ************************************************************************ Chapter One contains: BLITZKRIEG, GETTYSBURG, RED STORM RISING, and PASSCHENDAELE And is published by daybell@aludra.usc.edu/Donald Daybell Chapter Two contains: DRAGONSLAYER, JACAL, MANHATTAN, VERSAILLES, DRESDEN, and KHAN And is published by tedward@cs.cornell.edu/Ted Fischer Chapter Three contains: MULHOUSE, DAWN PATROL, SNIKKEL-2, BERLIN, SNIKKEL-1, EL ALAMEIN, SQUALANE, UNGAWE, CAPTAIN CAVEMAN And is published by cwekx@htikub5.bitnet/Constantijn Wekx Chapter Four contains: BIG WILLIE, NICKEL, and OZARK And is published by dm8sstaf@miamiu.bitnet/Douglas M. MacFarlane Chapter Five contains: ARCHANGEL, BORDEL, ERIS, MASADA, and YALTA And is published by uunet!bnrgate!bmers1!dgibbs/David Gibbs ----------- Chapter Six ----------- Summer '05 of the game TOKUGAWA (EP #29) (GM is cbm@phy.duke.edu/C. B. Mckee) Not received yet, switching GMs. Winter '03 of the game GROUND ZERO (EP #47) (GM is Eric_S_Klien@cup.portal.com/Eric Klien GROUND ZERO results. ITALY DIES! Autumn '03 results: England disbands F EDI Italy retreats A TUN-NAF Turkey disbands F CON Winter '03 results: Italy disbands A NAF and F ION (Let me know if you still wish to be on the Ground Zero mailing list.) Austria builds A TRI, A BUD and is one short Germany builds A MUN Try to send me Spring '04 moves by Sunday. Germany will be going on vacation from 7/23 to 5/8, so it would be great if people could submit orders by 7/22, allowing Germany to submit his retreats and moves for the next turn before he goes on vacation. Eric Klien Spring '03 of the game DEADLY DAGGERS (EP #48) (GM is ae22@dkauni2.bitnet/Thomas Klaus) Subject: Spring03 results for deadly daggers Hello warlords, here's the result of the Spring campaign. It's getting more interesting now! Austria: A Bul - xxx, F Gre sup A Bul - xxx, A Ser sup A Bul - xxx, A Vie - Gal, A Bud sup A Vie - Gal, A Tri - Vie. England: A Lon - Yor, F NTH - NWS, <F SKA - Swe>. France : A Gas sup F Mar - Spa(SC), <A Par - Bur>, A Pic sup A Par - Bur, F Bre - MAO, F Mar - Spa(SC). Germany: <A Mun - Bur>, A Bel sup A Mun - Bur, A Den - xxx, F Ber - BAL, F Kie - HEL, F Hol - NTH. Italy : A Pie - Mar, F WME con A NAf - Spa, F LYO sup A Pie - Mar, <A NAf - Spa>. Russia : A Nor sup F Swe - xxx, <A Fin - Nor>, <F Swe sup A Den - xxx>, F BLA con A Sev - Con, <A Sev - Con>, <A Arm - Ank>, A Rum - xxx. Turkey : <A Con sup A Ank - xxx>, A Ank sup A Smy - Arm, A Smy - Arm. Retreats: Russian army in Armenia. I'm not sure if Syria is possible, if not the army is disbanded. Unit positions: Austria: A Vie, Bul, Bud, Ser, Gal F Gre, England: A Yor, F SKA, NWS, France : A Gas, Par, Pic, F MAO, Spa(SC), Germany: A Den, Bel, Mun, F BAL, HEL, NTH, Italy : A Mar, NAf, F WME, LYO, Russia : A Nor, Fin, Rum, <Arm>, Sev, F Swe, BLA, Turkey : A Arm, Con, Ank, F - . Ownership of supply centers: Austria: Vie, Tri, Bud, Ser, Gre, Bul England: Lon, Lvp, Edi France : Bre, Par, Mar, Spa, Por Germany: Ber, Mun, Kie, Den, Hol, Bel Italy : Ven, Rom, Nap, Tun Russia : Sev, Mos, War, StP, Nor, Rum, Swe Turkey : Smy, Ank, Con History: 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 Pulliam (A): 3 5 6 Krekoski (E): 3 3 3 Leszczynski (F): 3 5 5 Meyer (G): 3 4 6 Lorr.-Rob. (I): 3 4 4 Copeland (R): 3 6 7 Honeybone (T): 3 4 3 Press: French Military Looking for More Tricks. Having pulled rabbits out of a hat for the previous two years, the French Army is not optimistic about its continued ability to thwart the combined forces of her neighboring opponents, Germany and Italy. Despite the lack of hope, the Emperor and President, Leszczynski, continues to lead his troops in the inspired defense of France. "If we could just get bit of the pressure taken off, France could pos- sibly survive this next onslaught. We look to the neighbors of our two nemises for aid in this manner, for certainly if France were to fall, then they would inevitably be next, and stronger because of our death." So said President Leszczynski to the Free World Press. {++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++} Philip is absent between 21.7 and 6.8. The game will be delayed then. He is replaced in September for 4 weeks by Rik Beard (rb1@uk.ac.ukc) {++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++} Deadline for retreats is Friday next week. Deadline for Fall 1903 is 10.8. {++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++} Bye Tokla. Fall '02 of the game YORKTOWN (EP #54) (GM is gfj@attunix.att.com/Garry Johnson) Results, Yorktown Fall 02 Retreats Due 7/23 Adjustments Due 7/24 Spring 03 moves Due 8/5 (I will be on vacation till then) -Garry Moves: Turkey A Armenia Supports F BlackSea -> Sevastapol works F BlackSea -> Sevastapol works F Constantinople -> BlackSea works A Bulgaria -> Rumania fails Austria A(Bud) s A(Ser) - Tri fails (ann) A(Ser) - Tri fails F(Alb) - Gre fails Italy A Venice -> Trieste works A Vienna support Trieste-Budapest works A Trieste -> Budapest works A Tyrolia support Venice-Trieste works F Apulia -> Adriatic works F Ionian -> Greece fails French A Bur-Ruhr works A Belg sup Bur-Ruhr works A Par-Bur works A Mar sup Par-Bur works A Pic sup A Belg works F Spa (sc) sup A Mar works Russia F Fin to Swe fails F Gob to Bal fails A War to Ukr works A Gal supp Itl A at Tri to Bud works F Rum supp F at Sev. fails Sev stays at Sev. fails (ann) England A Swe S F Nth-Den fails F Nth-Den works F Hel S F Nth-Den works F Norway-St. Pete (nc) works Germany A Hol S E F NTH-Bel fails F Den H fails (r: ska,kie,OTB) F Bal S F Den H fails A Mun H works Press: <St. Petersburg> A stern warning was issued from the Russian Government to Sultan Rob this week for the unprovoked attack on Rumania. The warning issued reminded Sultan Rob of Turkey that -No- attack upon it's friends, or Russia will be tolerated. Any further unprovoked attacks will be dealt with on the Battlefield. <Bulgaria> A major victory was scored by the Austrian backed underground against the Turkish oppresors. An attack upon the a Turkish Army base left hundereds of dead Turkish soldiers. A spokesman for the underground called it a Major victory for all Freedom loving Bulgarians. <New York> A rumor leaked to the Daily News has been confirmed. Brooklyn will attempt an invasion of Paris this weekend. French leaders deny any knowledge of the rumored attack and state firmly that if any such attack were to be attempted, they would cancel their season tickets to the Yankees. George Steinbrenner was unavailable for comment due to his court appearances. Centers: England: lon, lvp, edi, swe, stp, nwy, den (+ 3) Russia: mos, war, rum (- 3)(1 already disbanded) Turkey: ank, bul, con, sev, smy (+ 1) Italy: rom, nap, ven, tun, vie, bud, tri (+ 1) France: par, bre, mar, spa, por, bel (+ 0) Germany: ber, kie, mun, hol (+ 0) Austria: ser, gre (- 1)(already disbanded) (In case anyone is wondering, the numbers don't add up because this is the first fall that holland was occupied.) Autumn and Winter '02 of the game YORKTOWN (EP #54) (GM is gfj@attunix.att.com/Garry Johnson) Retreats: Germany retreats F Den - OTB Adjustments: Italy builds A Ven Germany builds A Kiel England builds F Lon, F Edi, A Lpl Turkey builds F Con Russia Disbands F Sev and F Baltic Spring '01 of the game HELM'S DEEP (EP #57) (GM is eric_s_klien@cup.portal.com/Eric Klien) THE GAME BEGINS! AUS: A Budapest - Serbia F Trieste - Albania A Vienna - Budapest ENG: F Edinburgh - Norwegian Sea F London - North Sea A Liverpool - Yorkshire FRA: F Brest - Mid-Atlantic Ocean A Marseilles - Spain A Paris - Picardy GER: A Berlin - Kiel F Kiel - Denmark A Munich - Ruhr ITA: F Naples - Ionian Sea A Rome - Apulia A Venice H (prays for guidance) RUS: A Moscow - Ukraine F Sevastopol - Black Sea F St. Petersburg(SC) - Gulf of Bothnia A Warsaw - Galicia TUR: F Ankara - Constantinople A Constantinople - Bulgaria A Smyrna - Ankara Position Report Spring 1901 Game HEL AUS: F ALB A BUD A SER = 3 ENG: F NTS F NWS A YOR = 3 FRA: F MAO A PIC A SPA = 3 GER: F DEN A KIE A RUH = 3 ITA: A APU F ION A VEN = 3 RUS: F BLA A GAL F GOB A UKR = 4 TUR: A ANK A BUL F CON = 3 Press: [Sevastopol] RUSSIAN NAVY PARTICIPATES IN RACE - Off the sundrenched shores of the Black Sea, the Russian navy today participated in an international speed boat event. While all nations were invited to participate, most had elected to decline. It was thought that the event might be called off, but news that Turkey might participate led to Russia fielding a team. "We did not want to be shown up by those land-loving Turks", said Admiral Caparov. -Sean Fitts Czar's Assistant A calm settled upon the gallery as the young man took to the stage. After a brief fondling of the microphone, and a short burst of feedback, these words were heard: "The following game has a new GM, me! Send me your Spring '01" Followed by a pause, and then a short, but muffled, outburst of derisive laughter... The Weekly World News, Vatican Edition. (All the News that's not censored by the Church.) POPE GIVES QUEST TO LEADERS OF THE WORLD. Pope Franjesco I gave a rousing sermon today calling the leaders of the world to find out what happened to the leader of Austria. The Pope has been concerned about the Austrian Kaiser's whereabouts since no word has come from Vienna in some time. Said the Pope, "Leaders of the World! It is a prime necessity to find our lost brother and bring him back to us. He is needed most desperately in the South." The Pope later added that he will send a "search party" if the Kaiser does not show up soon. SECOND ARMY TO HUNT FOR PAVAROTTI The Holy Second Army of Rome has been sent by Military Commander Archbishop Louie Linguini to Apulia to search for soon-to-be famous Tenor Luciano Pavarotti after an accident that made him disappear Tuesday. The accident occured when Pavarotti poked himself with his fork, thus causing his stomach to rapidly lose air pressure and send him off like a toy balloon into the mountains. Said the Archbishop, "He really should take more care when eating like a starving pig." AND NOW, A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR: Italy -> World. Well, perhaps this game will be played! Best wishes to all. Italy -> Austria. (Hello?) Italy -> Turkey. Please disregard any mail about me attacking you. It was all a hoax... :) From our illustrious Editor: Pope Franjesco I of Italy, Helm's Deep, #57, the Ghost Game. Paris - intense negotiations are going on with the English, German, and Italian leaders. Efforts to forestall war seem to be failing, so the French President has decided to act, by securing the western border of France and by bringing the Iberian peninsula under French protection. Zurich - the Swiss government state that they wish to remain neutral in the upcoming conflict, and hope that the other nations of the world respect their wishes, and the wishes of any other neutral nation. Summer '01 of the game HELM'S DEEP (EP #57) (GM is eric_s_klien@cup.portal.com/Eric Klien) Nothing happened. Autumn and Winter '01 of the game BERLIN WALL (EP #58) (GM is leszczyn@cpsin.cps.msu.edu/Jon Leszczynski) Not received. Looking into this. Summer '02 of the game MONTREUIL-SUR-MER (EP #59) (GM is brapp@vax1.udel.edu/Brian Rapp) Turkey's A Bulgaria goes bye-bye! Fall '02 of the game MONTREUIL-SUR-MER (EP #59) (GM is brapp@vax1.udel.edu/Brian Rapp) ******************************** * MONTREUIL-SUR-MER, Fall 1902 * ******************************** ((( Headlines ))) Russia takes the Poison Pill! Will this be a "kill or cure" remedy? Heroic Austrians return to Trieste but lose Greece and Bulgaria! German Empire invades Warsaw! The English assume a role of uncontested dominance in the north! French fleet drops anchor in North Africa! Turks reclaim Bulgaria! Italian navy conquers Greece! ((( Moves ))) ----- Austria ------------------ A Vienna - Trieste A Budapest Support Vie-Tri A Serbia Support Vie-Tri F Bulgaria(sc) hold (fails, DESTROYED by Turkey!) -------------------------------- ----- England ------------------ A Finland - St. Petersburg F Norway Support Fin-StP F Sweden hold F North Sea hold -------------------------------- ----- France ------------------- A Spain - Marseilles A Gascony hold F Mid Atlantic - North Africa F West Med Support MAO-NAf (cut, Italy) F Gulf of Lyon Support WMe -------------------------------- ----- Germany ------------------ A Prussia - Warsaw A Silesia Support Pru-War A Kiel - Holland A Belgium Support Kie-Hol F Denmark hold F Baltic Sea Support Den -------------------------------- ----- Italy -------------------- A Trieste - Vienna (fails, DISLODGED by Austria!) A Venice - Trieste (fails, insufficient support) F Tunis Support TyS-WMe F Tyrrhenian Sea - Western Med (fails, insufficient support) F Ionian Sea - Greece -------------------------------- ----- Russia ------------------- A Sevastopol - Moscow A Galicia - Warsaw (fails, insufficient support) F Black hold F Rumania - Sevastopol F St.Pete(sc) - Gulf of Bothnia -------------------------------- ----- Turkey ------------------- A Ankara hold F Constantinople - Bulgaria(sc) F Aegean Sea Support Con-Bul(sc) -------------------------------- ((( Retreats ))) The Italian army in Trieste retreats to Tyrolia. ((( Unit Positions ))) Austria: A: Tri, Bud, Ser F: England: A: StP F: Nwy, Swe, NtS France: A: Mar, Gas F: NAf, WMe, GoL Germany: A: War, Sil, Hol, Bel F: Den, Bal Italy: A: Ven, Tyl F: Tun, TyS, Gre Russia: A: Mos, Gal F: Rum, Bla, GoB Turkey: A: Ank F: Aeg, Bul(sc) ((( Ownership of Supply Centers ))) Austria: Tri, Vie, Bud, Ser ( build 1 ) England: Lon, Lvp, Edi, Nwy, Swe, StP ( build 2 ) France: Par, Bre, Mar, Por, Spa ( even ) Germany: Ber, Kie, Mun, Bel, Hol, Den, War ( build 1 ) Italy: Ven, Rom, Nap, Tun, Gre ( even ) Russia: Mos, Rum, Sev ( disband 2 ) Turkey: Ank, Con, Smy, Bul ( build 1 ) ((( Press ))) ************************************************************************ Subject: Poison Pill Pact Press Publication (PPPPP) Greetings to all European heads of state from the headquarters of Mikhail Tuthechiv! Alas, we have fallen victim to a neighbors folly - specifically the lack of belief on the part of a certain self-deluder that I would have the possibility or the balls to take the Poison Pill. The babbling drooler at the helm of the doddering German state has deemed now to be a propitious time to attack our fair land. As has been stated with some degree of perverse pride by the fools and toadies at his feet, the responsibility for action now falls to me. What he has not bargained for is my own attitude towards negotiation, betrayal, and geopolitics. For reasons perhaps even beyond the scope of Life Itself, I fully intend to make good on the Poison Pill Pact. The benighted Hun had the clarity of vision borne of ignorance to see that I could not directly attack him in response to his aggression; what he did not see is that I could allow his potential future enemies to gain more than he does. I therefore offer up for public scrutiny my intended moves for the Fall season of 1902: F Bla H F Rum - Sev A Sev - Mos A Gal - War F St.P(sc) - Bot With proper cooperation from a few of you, notably England and Austria, I will be able to keep Germany from gaining anything more than Warsaw. I hereby call publicly upon Italy and Austria to put aside the differences caused by Italys initial attack. I accept full blame for talking Italy into this course of action. Given the advances you two have made against Turkey, and the bottleneck you currently have him in, I think you can kill him while keeping the French and Germans off your land (and seas). I hereby call publicly upon England to position himself to fall on Germanys northern flank, which will be rather vulnerable. I am looking forward to seeing the dynamics resulting from an Anglo-French alliance fighting it out with an Austrio-Italian alliance. I offer my apologies to Miowara, seeing as he will also get the shaft under this current situation, but also offer him the consolation that I know some excellent bars along the eastern shores of the Caspian which should remain untouched by current fighting. With the hopes that other men may realize that agreements are seen as honorable by some, even to their own detriment, I remain, as ever, {scrawl} Mikhail Tuthechiv Caspian Seacoast Speculator **************************************************************************** Fellow European Powers: The King of England is planning to holiday from Sunday July 22 to Wednesday July 25. He will be able to reply to your messages at that time. Now that the European Breakfast Crisis is well under control, the King felt it was a suitable time to holiday in America. While there, the King plans to meet with a Mr. Thomas who left England for America years ago. Hopefully, Mr. Thomas will return to England bringing his secret recipe for nooks and crannies. (No one is sure if it is the nook or the cranny which is the most important.) According to Ed McHam, a national hero of sorts, Mr. Thomas has already won ten-million toasters. All he has to do is claim his prize. Please excuse the inconvenience, and please, no fighting while the King is gone. Minister of Holidays Minister of Meals Before Tea **************************************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Brian Rapp | rapp@freezer.it.udel.edu | brapp@vax1.udel.edu | Ferret | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spring '01 of the game HIROSHIMA (EP #61) (GM is okamoto@hp-ses.hp.com/Jeff Okamoto) AUSTRIA F Trieste to Albania OK A Budapest to Serbia OK A Vienna to Budapest OK ENGLAND F Edinburgh --> Norwegian Sea OK F London --> North Sea OK A Liverpool --> Yorkshire OK FRANCE A Paris-Picardy OK F Brest - English Channel OK A Marseilles - Spain OK GERMANY F Kiel -> Denmark OK A Berlin -> Kiel OK A Munich -> Ruhr OK ITALY F Nap-Ion OK A Ven-Trl OK A Rom-Apu OK RUSSIA F StP(sc) -> Bot OK A War -> Gal OK A Mos -> Sev FAILS, 1-1 F Sev -> Arm FAILS, 1-1 TURKEY A Const - Bulg OK A Smyr - Arm FAILS, 1-1 F Anka - Black Sea OK Final positions: Austria: A Bud, A Ser, F Alb England: F Nrg, F Nth, A Yor France: A Spa. F Eng, A Pic Germany: A Ruh, A Kie, F Den Italy: A Trl, A Apu, F Ion Russia: F GoB, A Gal, A Mos, F Sev Turkey: A Bul, A Smy, F Bla PRESS: THE KING IS DEAD; LONG LIVE THE KING! Rome, Italy (AP) - King Vittorio-Emmanuele III died today along with all the members of his immediate family, trampled to death by a herd of stampeding camels. It is unknown why the camels were loose in the streets of Rome. Vittorio-Emmanuele's cousin was named as the successor to the crown, as he is the closest living relative. Pope Leo XIII gave King Hall I the crown of the Kingdom of Italy and the full support of the Catholic church. During his inaugural address to the nation, as his first act of office, King Hall vowed "Death to all camels! I don't know what these camels were doing in Italy, but I do know where camels come from. The brave Italian armed forces will be sent wherever there are camels to exterminate these vermin from the face of the Earth!" The grief-stricken crowd attending his inaugural speech cheared in support. Funeral ceremonies for King Vitterio-Emmanuele III will be held on Saturday. ----- Fall 1901 turn is due Sunday, July 15th at 10:00 pm PDT. Not due yet. Spring '02 of the warp game GENGHIS KHAN (EP #63) (GM is 74270.2276@compuserve.com/Bob Aube) ------------------------------------------- Game #63 - Genghis Kahn - Spring 1902 GM: Bob Aube/74270.2276@compuserve.com ------------------------------------------- -----> Fierce fighting erupts in the East! -----> Czar having trouble finding friends! Austria: Augie Kuo/akuo@scam.berkeley.edu England: Thom Burnett/V117GV8R@ubvmsc.cc.buffalo.edu France : Larry Hardouin/att!druwa!hardlj or hardlj@druwa.att.com Germany: Douglas M. MacFarlane/dm8sstaf@miamiu.bitnet Italy : John Murphy/murphy@dg-rtp.dg.com <-----New player Russia : Tim Krekoski/krek@mcmaster.ca Turkey : Ziad Munson/muns@midway.uchicago.edu Spring 1902 Results: Austria: F Tri-Alb; A Ser S A Bud-Rum; A Bud-Rum; <A Vie-Gal> England: A Nwy-Swe; F Nth-Nwy; F Nrg S F Nth-Nwy; F Lon-Nth France : F Por-Spa(sc); F Bre-Mid; A Bur H; A Spa-Gas; A Par S A Bur Germany: A Den S A Nwy-Swe; A Ber-Pru; F Kie-Bal; F Hol-Kie; A Bel-Ruh; A Mun-Sil Italy : A Trl S Ven-Tri; A Ven-Tri; F Tun-Ion; F Nap-Apu Russia : <F Swe H[r-Bot,Ska,OTB]>; A Stp-Fin; A Mos-Stp; <A War-Gal>; <A Rum-Ser[r-Sev,Ukr,OTB]>; <F Bla-Con> Turkey : F Aeg-Gre; A Bul S F Aeg-Gre; F Con-Aeg; <A Smy-Con> Units by Owner - Spring 1902: Austria (4): F Alb; A Ser; A Vie; A Rum England (4): A Swe; F Nth; F Nrg; F Nwy France (5): F Spa(sc); A Bur; A Gas; A Par; F Mid Germany (6): A Ruh; F Bal; A Den; A Pru; A Sil; F Kie Italy (4): A Trl; F Ion; A Tri; F Apu Russia (6): F ???; A Stp; A ???; F Bla; A Fin; A War Turkey (4): A Bul; F Gre; A Smy; F Aeg Adjustments - Summer 1902: Russia retreats F Swe, A Rum Centers by Owner - Spring 1902: Austria has 4: Bud Tri Vie Ser England has 4: Edi Lon Lpl Nwy France has 5: Bre Mar Par Spa Por Germany has 6: Ber Kie Mun Bel Den Hol Italy has 4: Nap Rom Ven Tun Russia has 6: Mos Sev Stp War Rum Swe Turkey has 4: Ank Con Smy Bul ------------ Deadline ------------ The deadline for Summer 1902 adjustments is Monday, July 23 at midnight EDT. Summer '02 of the warp game GENGHIS KHAN (EP #63) (GM is 74270.2276@compuserve.com/Bob Aube) ------------------------------------------- Game #63 - Genghis Kahn - Summer 1902 GM: Bob Aube/74270.2276@compuserve.com ------------------------------------------- Adjustments - Summer 1902: Russia retreats F Swe-Bot; A Rum-Ukr ------------ Deadline ------------ The deadline for Fall 1902 orders is Wednesday, July 25 at midnight EDT. Fall '02 of the warp game GENGHIS KHAN (EP #63) (GM is 74270.2276@compuserve.com/Bob Aube) ------------------------------------------- Game #63 - Genghis Kahn - Fall 1902 GM: Bob Aube/74270.2276@compuserve.com ------------------------------------------- -----> Turks feel the squeeze! -----> Italy carves up Austria, but France sets sail for Italy! Austria: Augie Kuo/akuo@scam.berkeley.edu England: Thom Burnett/V117GV8R@ubvmsc.cc.buffalo.edu France : Larry Hardouin/att!druwa!hardlj or hardlj@druwa.att.com Germany: Douglas M. MacFarlane/dm8sstaf@miamiu.bitnet Italy : John Murphy/murphy@dg-rtp.dg.com Russia : Tim Krekoski/krek@mcmaster.ca Turkey : Ziad Munson/muns@midway.uchicago.edu Fall 1902 Results: Austria: A Vie-Gal; <F Alb-Gre>; A Ser-Bul; A Rum S A Ser-Bul England: A Swe S F Nwy; F Nwy S A Swe; F Nrg-Bar; F Nth S F Nwy France : F Spa(sc)-Lyo; F Mid-Wes; A Bur-Mar; A Gas-Spa; A Par H Germany: F Bal C A Den-Lvn; <A Den-Lvn>; <A Pru-War>; A Sil S A Pru-War; F Kie H; A Ruh H Italy : F Ion-Eas; F Apu-Ion; A Tri S A Trl-Vie; A Trl-Vie Russia : A War H; A Ukr S A War; F Bot-Lvn; A Stp S F Bot-Lvn; A Fin H; F Bla-Ank Turkey : <A Bul S A Ukr-Rum[d]>; F Aeg S F Gre; <F Gre S A Bul[att]>; A Smy-Con Centers by Owner - Fall 1902: Austria has 4 (nc): Bud /Tri/ /Vie/ Ser *Bul* *Rum* England has 5 (+1): Edi Lon Lpl Nwy *Swe* France has 5 (nc): Bre Mar Par Spa Por Germany has 6 (nc): Ber Kie Mun Bel Den Hol Italy has 6 (+2): Nap Rom Ven Tun *Tri* *Vie* Russia has 5 (-1): Mos Sev Stp War /Rum/ /Swe/ *Ank* Turkey has 3 (-1): /Ank/ Con Smy /Bul/ *Gre* Adjustments - Fall 1902: England builds 1 Italy builds 2 Russia removes 1 Units by Owner - Fall 1902: Austria (4): F Alb; A Bul; A Gal; A Rum England (4): A Swe; F Nth; F Bar; F Nwy France (5): F Lyo; A Mar; A Spa; A Par; F Wes Germany (6): A Ruh; F Bal; A Den; A Pru; A Sil; F Kie Italy (4): A Vie; F Eas; A Tri; F Ion Russia (6): F Lvn; A Stp; A Ukr; F Ank; A Fin; A War Turkey (3): F Gre; A Con; F Aeg --------- Press --------- Angry riots are occuring in St. Petersburg, Warsaw and Moscow as peasants complain of czarist brutality. London and Berlin warn that if the Czar cannot recognize basic human rights for the citizens of Russia then foreign powers will take steps to protect the freedom loving people of Russia from a Bolshevik revolution. ------------ Deadline ------------ I'll be in Montreal until Sunday afternoon, so you have until Sunday morning to submit your Winter '02 adjustments. The spring deadline will still be on Monday, though, so get a head start on negotiations. Spring '01 of the blind game SEA LION (EP #64) (GM is jdshaw@sun.udel.edu/John D Shaw) Not due yet. Spring '01 of the game VIOLENT PEACE (EP #66) (GM is mike@x.co.uk/Mike Moore) Not due yet. Publisher comments: Quote is from: Insight magazine - July 30, 1990. Article was dealing with the issue of government seizing property rights and paying the owner of the property nothing to make up for his loss. The County of Los Angeles won against the First English Lutheran Church in this case. I have permanently switched to EP numbers in this issue. Neither the BNC or MNC custodian made my deadline. I would like to correct some misinformation contained in issues #184 and #185. It turns out that Kapor's e-mail protection group only protects BBSes that will give him good PR, if he thinks protecting them will give them bad PR, he will not protect them against Big Brother. So, please, don't bother him to protect your BBS unless you know you will give him good PR. I asked CompuServe, BIX, Genie, and Plink the following question, let me know if you are able to find any BBSes that will say yes (I will let you know what these BBSes said in issue #190.) Also, if anyone wants to make some taxfree donations, send me e-mail for more info. Question: Would GENIE be interested in allowing donations to be added to GENIE bills as the Portal BBS did in the following message? Who should I ask about this? Eric Klien The message: Read article (text) .../News and Announcements/General Portal News and Announcements 143.3.2.269 The Price of Liberty 7/23/90 13:07 90/4894 CS Lines 1 to 15 of 90 (16%) ----- One day you try to log in, and it's PORTAL OFFLINE. After a day or two, the word gets around on other systems that the Feds have "searched" Portal, carrying off all its computers, disk drives, modems, phones, manuals, paper files, printers, even a box of blank paper. Why? Sorry, the warrants are sealed, and you won't be able to even find out for six months or more. The guess (because of some simultaneous arrests) is that someone told the Secret Service of proprietary files being transferred through Portal. Portal's computers (and anything *you* have there) are now locked up as evidence in a case unlikely to come to trial for a year or more. Is this a paranoid fantasy? No, everything in the story, even the box of blank paper, has happened to someone in the last three years. Could it happen to Portal? All too possible. Even if the staff wanted to snoop on everything that goes through Portal, they couldn't; there is just too much. Is there anything we can do now to prevent these raids from cutting into our access to the net? John Little, the owner of Portal, thinks we can. That is why this is being posted. There is a law, passed in 1986, called the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. This law requires warrants if law enforcement agents want to take electronic mail which is less than 180 days old. To get a warrant, a law enforcement agent must show a judge that there is "probable cause" of a crime before he permits the agents to violate the privacy of your email, or to deny access to it by confiscating the computer on which your email is stored. The legal question is: does a warrant for a computer automatically include all the electronic mail which might be found within it? (Kind of like getting a warrant to search a post office and using it to open and read all the mail found within the walls.) Or should law enforcement agents be required to get warrants for the each person's email before they can confiscate a computer? Truthfully, no one knows. Law is as much a hodgepodge of precedents as it is the statutes. And since 1986 (as far as I know) no precedent setting cases on this point have gone to trial. It is unlikely in the extreme that one law enforcement agency would go after another for violating the provisions of the ECPA, and generate the precedent. However, the act provides for civil action against those who violate its provisions. A civil win would be just as effective in setting precedent. Two and a half years ago there was an incident in which the email of 15 persons was taken by law enforcement agents with a warrant for the computer, but without a warrant for email. This happened on a small system used by the Alcor Life Extension Foundation (a non-profit cryonics organization). A suit against the law enforcement agents and agencies was filed early this year. Filings, motions, etc. are posted on Portal (go 9449.3.12). So far things are going well. The lawyers for the agents filed for dismissal; the judge told them we have a case. Originally Alcor was going to fund the suit, but an endowment they were counting on turned out to be about 1/4 of the expected size. The email case, though important, is one of the things which had to be pared from the budget. It has fallen to me, one of the plaintiffs, to raise money to fund the case, which could cost up to $75,000. None of the plaintiffs is wealthy, and the potential award from winning the case is only $1000 each. We have already spent around $15,000. (However, if we win, they have to pay our legal expenses.) What we are looking for is donations to help pay for the suit. John feels strongly enough about this matter to offer the use of the Portal billing system to collect small donations. (For large donations, contact me directly for details on how to make them tax deductible, or returnable if we win.) All you need to do is to send a note to CS, stating the amount you wish to donate and have added to your Portal account. And why should you part with your hard earned dollars? If net access, netnews, or email is important to you, consider it a small insurance policy. A win on the Alcor email case would make the story in the first paragraph much less likely to occur. If everyone on Portal gave a few dollars, it would go a *long* way in helping to pay for the suit. Of course, if you can afford more, it would be greatly appreciated. All donations will be acknowledged. If we win and get the legal fees back, anything donated through Portal will be returned to a Portal legal defense fund. Thank you very much for taking the time to read this. Sincerely, H. 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