The Chester Concession

In 1923, the newly founded Republic of Turkey ratified and approved a piece of legislation allowing us to develop the other nation's oilfields and railways. The United States Senate, taking into consideration the toll the Great Depression was taking on the American economy, decided not to ratify the treaty. the other nation has reversed their annulment of the treaty, and asked us once again to fulfill the stipulations of the concession that was originally drafted up by us. It cannot be denied that economically we are in a much safer place than we were in 1923, and it would be a great boon to have the other nation ideologically and militarily aligned to us. However, war looms over the entire globe and even from our position of strength we must be economical about how we devote our resources. Having oil available in the other nation might in the future be quite valuable as leverage against Russia, but in the short-term we must also consider the possibility of how that unearthed petroleum might fall into the hands of our enemies. It might be wise to leverage their need for our help to further our own aims. the other nation contains a lot of chromium, while our nation unfortunately does not. The choice is ours.