Here's one quirk about diplomacy... if you have a whole chain of orders, and the very front order doesn't succeed, neither do all the rest. So, hypothetically, if you support yourself into Kazakhstan, but the defense there is supported, it MAY mean (five moves down the chain) that the Indian fleet in Sri Lanka does not occupy the Arabian Sea. Less dramatically, a small move like A War-Liv can leave Western Siberia shivering in a standstill.

The ongoing partition of Japan seems likely to provide another center to the SIN alliance, as Beijing and Korea are occupied.

There are two retreats and a RealPolitik correction. I need a retreat from Japan. Siberia *may* submit a retreat, but as there is only one option, I only need an order if you intend to retreat OTB. There is a definite error in the AsiaIV.map file, which places Hokkaido adjacent to Bering Sea but not to Honshu. So, if you are duplicating adjudications at home, your RealPolitik will misadjudicate the Japanese F Hok S F Yel-Hon. Therefore, let me be clear: Hokkaido IS adjacent to Honshu. It CAN support F Yel-Hon. Hokkaido IS NOT adjacent to Barents. [Note: you can edit the AsiaIV.map file using Notepad... the format is pretty self-explanatory; just make sure to add an adjacency to Honshu, remove an adjacency from Bering, and change the adjacency in Hokkaido].

Retreats:
Siberian F Honshu to Sea of Okhotsk (unless OTB is requested)
Japanese F East China Sea may retreat to Sea of Okhotsk or Yellow Sea or OTB

The retreats are due tomorrow. F1905 will be on Friday, just before the Labor Day weekend. I will be gone from Sat-Tues, just so you know.

Spring 1905:

India:
F Bombay Supports F Pakistan
A Chongqing - Tibet
A Delhi Supports F Pakistan
A Hong Kong Supports F Shanghai
A Mongolia Supports A Tibet - Beijing
F Pakistan Hold
F Sri Lanka - Arabian Sea (*Fails*)
A Tien Shan - Afghanistan (*Fails*)
A Tibet - Beijing

Indonesia:
F Borneo - South China Sea
F Celebes Sea - Philippines (*Fails*)
F Eastern Indian Ocean Hold
F South China Sea - East China Sea
F Seychelles Supports F Pakistan - Arabian Sea (*Void*)
F Shanghai Supports F South China Sea - East China Sea
F Sumatra - Central Indian Ocean
A Vietnam Hold

Japan:
F East China Sea Supports F Philippines (*Dislodged*)
F Hokkaido Supports F Yellow Sea - Honshu
F Philippines Supports F East China Sea (*Cut*)
F Yellow Sea - Honshu

Persia:
A Afghanistan Supports A Iran - Uzbekistan (*Cut*)
F Arabian Sea - Persian Gulf (*Fails*)
F Caspian Sea Supports A Uzbekistan - Kazakhstan
F East Africa - Egypt
A Iran - Uzbekistan (*Fails*)
A Moscow Supports A Warsaw - Livonia
F Persian Gulf - Iran(sc) (*Fails*)
A Uzbekistan - Kazakhstan (*Fails*)
A Warsaw - Livonia
F Yemen - Oman

Siberia:
F Honshu Hold (*Dislodged*)
A Irkutsk - Manchuria
F Kamchatka - Bering Strait
A Kazakhstan Supports A West Siberia - Urals (*Cut*)
A Manchuria - Korea
A Novosibirsk Supports A Kazakhstan
A St. Petersburg - Livonia (*Fails*)
A Urals - St. Petersburg (*Fails*)
A West Siberia - Urals (*Fails*)

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