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GeneralTacticus
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of Melbourne, Australia
Dec 2001
time: 15:28
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[Live from the ABC Offices in Poyais, ABC anchor Rick Baxton]
Officials from the Marmo agreement on Freedom of Trade and Investment today publicly stated that delegations from all MAFTI members would be arriving tonight in Poyais, Greater Chimerica, to begin the process of finally figuring out how to convert the currencies of member states to a single standard. Our reporter on the spot, Maria de Lanza, will be giving live coverage. Over to you, Maria.
*Cut to a young woman standing in front of the Ministry of Finance building in downtown Poyais, with police helicopters hovering in the background*
"Well Rick, in advance of the meeting, central Poyais seems to have been converted into virtually an armed camp; there are soldiers patrolling the streets and police helicopters hovering above them, as I'm sure you can see behind me. It's kind of scary, really; it reminds me of when Chimerica was still a Compulsory Consumerist State and practically every city in the country was like this.
"Needless to say, the city has been considerably emptier than usual with all this extra security around; the streets around the Finance Ministry complex are pratically deserted, and those elsewhere in the city centre are much quieter...
"Anyway, enough of that. The media and general populations of the seven MAFTI member nations have been wondering for quite a while when the single currency was actually going to be organized, and it seems we've finally got an answer: now, or in the near future. Most of the delegates have yet to arrive, but the Chimerican Finance Minister Rosario Rosanes is, naturally enough, already here, and Finance Minister Alice Beadle of Centralis arrived in an armoured limo about twenty minutes ago; I hear the Dakmoristani Trade Minister Robert Salgado will be here soon too. I don't know anything about the other delegates."
*Cut back to Rick Baxton at ABC Headquarters*
"Thanks for that, Maria. We'll be asking for more from you as the meeting continues.
"Now, in other news, the esteemed historian at Centralis University, Hal Gandolfo, has sated that he expects his new book, A Brief History of Centralis - From the Stone Age to the Present, to be completed and published within the next few months. Mr. Gandolfo is a world-renowned academic and has written many best-selling books and articles on the history of Centralis and many other nations."
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