Denmark of 9 April 1940 ISOT to 1 February 1864.

Ministry of Justice 23 July 1940/ 15 May 1864

Min. of Justice Vilhelm Buhl, Chief Commissioner National Police E. Thune Jacobsen

Vilhelm Buhl: Do we have any contact with the Geheimer Polizeiverein(Secret Police Union of the 7 major states of German Confederation)?

E. Thune Jacobsen: Not at the moment and we never were invited to the cooperation.

VB: Do contact the Foreign Office we need to establish a link to it – could go by the Austrian Embassy.

E. TJ: (confused)What do we want from such cooperation?

VB: We need to establish a link to some authority regarding German Confederation memberstates Nationals that is to be expelled or wanted by us. I'd guess the GC would like some kind of like.

E. TJ: Ehem, well of course the 1940 agreements on handling other nationals of course don't apply now and certainly not regarding the German states though Austria might be an exeption.

VB: If You remember Your Aliens Division have some unfinished business with a couple of German Nationals convicted of terrorism serving their sentences – I for one would like to be able to get rid of them when thats finished.

E. TJ: Well I wouldn't like to interrupt on legislation work in progress but of course as a practical means and as long as legislation is amiss.

VB: My dear TJ – how sensible a thought. Yes I would very much like such discreet arrangements being made so that I may get some annoying cases off us. Please leave I expect You will have to set some gears in motion.

Government meeting 14 August 1940/ 6 June 1864

PM Stauning, Min of Procurement Johannes Kjærbøl, Min of Trade Ole Bjørn Kraft, Min of Agriculture Kristen Bording, Min of Justice Vilhelm Buhl, Treasurer Vilhelm Fibiger

PM Stauning: Kristen how did the Agrarian Council meeting go?

Min of Agriculture Kristen Bording: There was a very healthy discussion between the producers and the retailers however I'm unsure all the fine words will be honored when the crisis hits sometime during fall at least if we lift rationing though meat can be lifted.

PM Stauning: Meat?

Min of Agriculture KB: Meat, yes. You know we talked about it following the event. We have a surplus of non-exported Beef that the Danes just don't eat because its too expensive. Also we have a surplus of Bacon as the British export is much lower than what we are geared towards as is the case of Butter. I expect us to sell some if not most of the Butter to Germany or Russia but generally we have problems with the large animal sector. See problem is beasts have to be fed and our regular supplier of fodder mainly the Netherlands don't produce in quantity we need but then we are not able to sell what we produce.

PM Stauning: I see – what will be longer term consequenses?

Min of Agriculture KB: The small producers will end up in an economic squeeze; the major producers have had the means to switch to livestock export or find niche products. We do face some bankruptcy among the small producers due to the situation.

Treasurer Vilhelm Fibiger: Exactly. A lot of the small producers it seems have been reluctant to shift to cereals production to feed the livestock as well as the populace. We will be lacking cereals during winter if we lift ration but come through on meat cooked in butter on Rye bread!

PM Stauning: Dear Vilhelm lets stay on track.

Treasurer VF: Sorry couldn't resist – well the thing is that if the producers don't cut back and I understand their economy may not be geared to do so and the event wasn't their fault BUT they had been warned for the past 4 months.

PM Stauning: As You say they had been warned. So how do finances look – can we afford an aid package?

Treasurer VF: We can afford such though I wouldn't be too generous. Thing is Industry is going haywire – the London Underground is build with Danish Concrete Tunnels to be run by Electric trains produced by Frich's, Thrige and Titan. Thrige is very involved in rebuilding the London grid which is a mess something about more than a hundred suppliers around. Every small backyard Shop is pumping out crude-oil or kerosene engines for export to power fishing boats. Burmeister & Wain have resumed building their ship steam-engines which have seen lots of attention mostly so by Russia. The Water-turbines for Sweden-Norway is in production. Thrige also have their hand into steam-engines for trains which is a must in any German State as well as Belgium and the Netherlands.

PM Stauning: Isn't there any good news of farming?

Min of Agriculture KB: The cooperatives have joined hands with their canning operation and is exporting all the canned Beef available as well as salted Pork to the US Army and Navy. Seems somebody did some calculations on the transported amounts of Arms and Ammunition and found room for that on the ships but mainly so because the Shippingmen had some large steamers sitting idle due to size. The Americans began dredging New York Harbour to take the ships and off they went.

PM Stauning: I see – is the Arms export to the USA going out of hand – Ole?

Min of Trade Ole Bjørn Kraft: Its been increasing since the start but it isn't worse than during the Great War. The plusside is that the Americans have been able to increase their production of crude oil which we ship back for refining here. Kalundborg is experiencing a building boom due to the expansion of the refinery. Actually I guess some of the problems of Agriculture as Vilhelm related is eased by the migration of farm hands to Industry. Kristen may have figures on this?

Min of Agriculture KB: The Statistics isn't compiled yet but hearsay have it that farm hands are leaving for the cities Industries which may accelerate the shift from Animal to Crops production mostly on small units.

Treasurer VF: My own experience says so. In the interest of the Nation if there is such demand for Industrial labour let Industry build Tractors to free up more farm hands?

PM Stauning: So You Estate-owner is ready to let your farmhands join my constituency? Now, I'll never..

Treasurer VF: Well their Party(Liberals) deserted us all. Would only be fair and square..

Min of Procurement Johannes Kjærbøl: Well in that case we will need more crude oil for Gasoline and Diesel. As well as rubber for tyres. Are we ready to mobilize the Russian masses? Understand that Thrige and consorts are already building drilling machinery and pipes but on some modest scale. They'll need shipping for the Volga and generally more infrastructure..

PM Stauning: I know, I know – I told His Imperial Majesty so but it was in our own interest as we lacked oil. We had our own transition almost 100 years ago but we are a kind of Germans and follow the rules of the game. Also the men that shaped the Sovietunion haven't if I recall correctly been born yet so a lot is still in the unknown.

Min of Justice Vilhelm Buhl: It is not our job to speculate on a distant future; we have a country still in a major supply crisis even though we won't face starvation though the masses will have to learn to eat Beef. We can make an aid package for the smaller agricultural producers but if as rumoured they may end up on their feet by own means so I suggest we bide for time. Regarding the surrounding World – we can't force our system upon them. We know what happened in our prehistory since 1864 and may tell our story to them but we are not to be held responsible for how they act to cope with the information we give them – which their embassies well know too and if not may look up at a public Library or ask a History Scolar.

Eastern Theatre of War USA June 1864 II

General Grant was building up forces at Confederate Capital Richmond and complained about the lack of sufficient numbers of Danish Machineguns.
Madsen Works responded that the initial deliveries had been taken from stock but production needed metals crude oil from the USA to really get going. Ammunition production was somewhat better running.

A.P. Møller asked the Danish Government of exporting a number of the old 9cm Krupp-guns former Field Artillery of the Danish Army of which some was still in the depots. It would give the US Artillery much longer range and rate of fire.
What A.P. Møller didn't tell Government was his negotiating the US Government of building an Ammunition and Rifles Factory in the USA to ease supply; though that would also necessiate building an Electric Powerplant and a Bessemer Converter later a Siemens-Martin oven.
Thrige Factories was invited to partner in the establishment of the Works in the USA which the management was only too pleased to go along.

PM Stauning was hesitant about an official Arms export. He leaned to the British position though he also wanted to give the USA a hand in freeing the Slaves – so he decided that a one piece 9cm Gun be lended to Madsen Works for inspection and copying for being produced by the Madsen Works for export.
That way Stauning hoped the British wouldn't be adverse to the ongoing Danish (Private) arms export.

A.P. Møller had dug up Engineer L.A. Duus Hansen, B&O Radio employee who in the present situation of Denmarks had been a kind of Wizard in being able to get his hands on source material for radio's building. (OTL a member of the Resistance who did exactly this)
Duus Hansen wasn't able to quit his job at B&O but B&O management was certainly interested in getting into the boat and A.P. Møller would be able to deliver more Fieldphones to the US Army.
A.P. Møller also asked the Danish Army and Navy of any surplus sales – no matter how old as long as it worked – and obtained some more Fieldphones and Binoculars!