Slitherine

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WiF FE Rule Clarification Summary
Q5.1-2 For at-start Trade Agreements, must the RP and BPs provided by JA, US, GE, and RU come from their respective home countries?

Harry Rowland's Answer
No, but they must satisfy rule 5. Lending Stage that is they must be delivered if possible.

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WiFFE-RAW-7.0.pdf
To avoid US entry penalties (see below), the USA must have enough convoy points in the West Coast, Mendocino, Hawaiian Islands and Central Pacific ocean sea areas to transport the resources to Japan. Similarly, Japan must have enough convoy points in the Japanese Coast sea area to transport the build point to the USA.

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ORIGINAL: composer99

If memory serves, when that issue came up on the mailing list recently, it was agreed that as long as the main convoy chain remained intact, the US could still send the Philippines resource to Japan.

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ORIGINAL: SewerStarFish

I've always wondered about the wording of that rule too. But rules are rules: it says the pipeline must be in specific sea zones. So it seems the Filipino ore is an unsatisfactory substitute in the treaty.

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ORIGINAL: paulderynck

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ORIGINAL: composer99

If memory serves, when that issue came up on the mailing list recently, it was agreed that as long as the main convoy chain remained intact, the US could still send the Philippines resource to Japan.

Right.

At start, put the CPs out as per the rule. Put your 3 CPs in the Caribbean to get the Venezuelan oil. You still have 4 left over. Put 1 in the Bismarck Sea and 1 in the Marianas. Voila!

Another thing people may not realize. The US can put 4 in each of the mandatory sea zones, their obligation is to deliver 2 resources and 2 oil. If they don't pick up their BP, that's their affair but it is not a violation of the Trade Agreement. Likewise, Japan only needs 1 CP in the Japanese Coast to avoid the penalty.

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ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur

no you cant do that ...your spare 4 Cp have to setup within range of the setup area... USA

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ORIGINAL: paulderynck

Right.

At start, put the CPs out as per the rule. Put your 3 CPs in the Caribbean to get the Venezuelan oil. You still have 4 left over. Put 1 in the Bismarck Sea and 1 in the Marianas. Voila!

1) Another thing people may not realize. The US can put 4 in each of the mandatory sea zones, their obligation is to deliver 2 resources and 2 oil. If they don't pick up their BP, that's their affair but it is not a violation of the Trade Agreement. Likewise, Japan only needs 1 CP in the Japanese Coast to avoid the penalty.

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ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur

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ORIGINAL: paulderynck

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ORIGINAL: composer99

If memory serves, when that issue came up on the mailing list recently, it was agreed that as long as the main convoy chain remained intact, the US could still send the Philippines resource to Japan.

Right.

At start, put the CPs out as per the rule. Put your 3 CPs in the Caribbean to get the Venezuelan oil. You still have 4 left over. Put 1 in the Bismarck Sea and 1 in the Marianas. Voila!

Another thing people may not realize. The US can put 4 in each of the mandatory sea zones, their obligation is to deliver 2 resources and 2 oil. If they don't pick up their BP, that's their affair but it is not a violation of the Trade Agreement. Likewise, Japan only needs 1 CP in the Japanese Coast to avoid the penalty.

no you cant do that ...your spare 4 Cp have to setup within range of the setup area... USA

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ORIGINAL: Extraneous

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ORIGINAL: paulderynck

Right.

At start, put the CPs out as per the rule. Put your 3 CPs in the Caribbean to get the Venezuelan oil. You still have 4 left over. Put 1 in the Bismarck Sea and 1 in the Marianas. Voila!

1) Another thing people may not realize. The US can put 4 in each of the mandatory sea zones, their obligation is to deliver 2 resources and 2 oil. If they don't pick up their BP, that's their affair but it is not a violation of the Trade Agreement. Likewise, Japan only needs 1 CP in the Japanese Coast to avoid the penalty.

1) Why would you want to do this?

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RAW7scaenario.pdf
24.1.6 Setting up
After you have finished setting-up, you can make naval moves out to sea with your naval units. Treat this as a naval action you conducted last turn, so the units must finish their move, then drop to a lower sea-box section as if they had stayed at sea last turn (see 13.4). Neutral major powers can only make these moves with convoy (CoiF option 76: and tanker) points.

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ORIGINAL: paulderynck

Especially for Japan it means the Russkis have a much harder time with a late turn surprise DoW to cause Japan US entry troubles by using their subs from Vlad to attack the Japanese CPs in the Japanese Coast Sea Zone. They have to get them all and if the turn continues, JP only needs to get back in with one; which may be all they have in reserve.

For the US "To avoid US entry penalties (see below), the USA must have enough convoy points in the West Coast, Mendocino, Hawaiian Islands and Central Pacific ocean sea areas to transport the resources to Japan." This is 4 CPs for the first 3 sea zones of the route, since the Philippine resource joins up in the Central Pacific. So in fact you don't need 20 CPs, only 17. Yes one of the CPs is really carrying a BP back to the US, but no you have not violated the Trade Agreement because you meet the quoted rules condition.

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WiFFE-RAW-7.0.pdf
If, for whatever reason, either side has not met its obligation to provide its resources or build point in the production step and US entry option 31. Oil embargo has not been chosen then:

That side does not get its promised resources or build point that turn, and the other side can use those points themselves;

If Japan was in default, the USA may add 2 entry markers to the Japanese entry pool; and

If the USA was in default, Japan must randomly remove 2 entry markers from the Japanese entry pool (returning them to the common entry pool). If there aren’t enough markers to remove, the USA can never declare war on Japan and must now start taking markers from the Ge/It pool. If there aren’t enough markers there, the USA can never declare war on Germany or Italy.

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ORIGINAL: Centuur

After carefull rereading of the whole section today, I've come to the conclusion that the USA can't send the Phillipines resource to Japan, without Japanese assistance... RAW on trade agreements:

Shipment
Where possible, these resources (or build points) are transported by
rail (see 13.6.1). If this isn't possible, the recipient must provide the
convoys required to receive them (exception: the joint Japan-USA
convoy, see above). If the recipient cannot provide the convoys, they
do not receive the resources (or build points).

The joint Japan-USA convoy is especially mentioned as being the convoy line form mainland USA to Japan. Therefore, the Phillipine resource can't be transported by US convoy points. And if the Japanese elects not to use his convoy points for transportation, the US has to remove entry chits if the convoy line can't transport the specified number of resources to Japan from mainland USA

Agreed?

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ORIGINAL: Centuur

After carefull rereading of the whole section today, I've come to the conclusion that the USA can't send the Phillipines resource to Japan, without Japanese assistance... RAW on trade agreements:

Shipment
Where possible, these resources (or build points) are transported by
rail (see 13.6.1). If this isn't possible, the recipient must provide the
convoys required to receive them (exception: the joint Japan-USA
convoy, see above). If the recipient cannot provide the convoys, they
do not receive the resources (or build points).

The joint Japan-USA convoy is especially mentioned as being the convoy line form mainland USA to Japan. Therefore, the Phillipine resource can't be transported by US convoy points. And if the Japanese elects not to use his convoy points for transportation, the US has to remove entry chits if the convoy line can't transport the specified number of resources to Japan from mainland USA

Agreed?

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ORIGINAL: paulderynck


Certainly not.

(Agreed) There is nothing there that says where the resources come from. FREX the wording for Entry Option 9 for Lending Resources to China seems to imply much moreso that the resources must come the USA, ("The US can use its convoy points to transport resources to China from the USA.") and yet the FAQ says it does not matter where they come from. By the same token the same is true for sending the resources to Japan.

(Agreed) You have two separate concepts. The first is to come up with 2 oil and 2 resources to provide to Japan. The second is to maintain 4 or more CPs in each of the four sea areas to avoid a US Entry penalty.

(Disagree) There is no way any actions by Japan can cause the US to be penalized for not upholding its end of the bargain - which is to provide 2 oil and 2 resources. If Japan wants them, she must have 4 CPs in the Japanese Coast sea zone. There is no way for Japan to be penalized because of something the US does or doesn't do. Japan's minimum responsibility under the Trade Agreement is to put 1 CP in the Japanese Coast Sea Zone so the BP going to the US can get that far.

The reason it says the Japan USA Trade Agreement is an exception is that instead of the passage cited, the rules specifically say how many CPs are provided by each party and where they must be placed.

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WiF FE Rule Clarification Summary

Q5.0-1 When is the control of resources and build points changed for Trade Agreements?

They may be transported as either the giver's or recipient's resources and/or build points at the giver's discretion, until they arrive in any city or major port controlled by the recipient that they can be transported to, at which point they become the recipient's (if not already). Date 09/03/2009

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ORIGINAL: paulderynck

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ORIGINAL: Centuur

After carefull rereading of the whole section today, I've come to the conclusion that the USA can't send the Phillipines resource to Japan, without Japanese assistance... RAW on trade agreements:

Shipment
Where possible, these resources (or build points) are transported by
rail (see 13.6.1). If this isn't possible, the recipient must provide the
convoys required to receive them (exception: the joint Japan-USA
convoy, see above). If the recipient cannot provide the convoys, they
do not receive the resources (or build points).

The joint Japan-USA convoy is especially mentioned as being the convoy line form mainland USA to Japan. Therefore, the Phillipine resource can't be transported by US convoy points. And if the Japanese elects not to use his convoy points for transportation, the US has to remove entry chits if the convoy line can't transport the specified number of resources to Japan from mainland USA

Agreed?

Certainly not.

There is nothing there that says where the resources come from. FREX the wording for Entry Option 9 for Lending Resources to China seems to imply much moreso that the resources must come the USA, ("The US can use its convoy points to transport resources to China from the USA.") and yet the FAQ says it does not matter where they come from. By the same token the same is true for sending the resources to Japan.

You have two separate concepts. The first is to come up with 2 oil and 2 resources to provide to Japan. The second is to maintain 4 or more CPs in each of the four sea areas to avoid a US Entry penalty.

There is no way any actions by Japan can cause the US to be penalized for not upholding its end of the bargain - which is to provide 2 oil and 2 resources. If Japan wants them, she must have 4 CPs in the Japanese Coast sea zone. There is no way for Japan to be penalized because of something the US does or doesn't do. Japan's minimum responsibility under the Trade Agreement is to put 1 CP in the Japanese Coast Sea Zone so the BP going to the US can get that far.

The reason it says the Japan USA Trade Agreement is an exception is that instead of the passage cited, the rules specifically say how many CPs are provided by each party and where they must be placed.

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ORIGINAL: Centuur

How is the US going to transport the Phillipine Resource into the Sea of Japan? He isn't allowed to do so, because even if he puts a CP into the sea area's to transport the resource to the Sea of Japan, the US convoys there are not part of the joint US-Japan convoy (which is described in the rules as being in the stated sea areas). Only convoys part of the joint convoy in the stated sea areas can be used to transport resources to Japan by the US.

This means that US convoy points cannot be used to transport the Phillipine resource because convoys from the recepient (Japan) have to be used for this. If the Japanese elects not to use his convoys for this (and he decides which resource is moved through which convoy) the US has to send all resources from the USA. If the US player has 4 CP in each sea area of the joint convoy line, he will lose the build point, if the Japanese doesn't want to transport the Phillipine resource. That build point can than be used by Japan...

Is this the right interpretation of the rules? I think it is...

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ORIGINAL: Centuur

than there is the question of being in default, when this happens:
RAW:
If, for whatever reason, either side has not met its obligation to
provide its resources or build point in the production step and US
entry option 31 has not been chosen then...

What are the obligations? For the USA to provide the resources and for Japan to provide the build point. It doesn't say that the USA has to receive the build point and Japan has to receive the resources. So I'll side with Paulderynk on this one (how strange this appears to be...).

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ORIGINAL: Centuur


Point is not the origin of the resources, but the transportation of the Philippine resource.

I'll rephrase this...

RAW: 13.6
Transporting resources
Apart from the Japan-US agreement, a Major Power may only transport resources that it controls and, if active, resources for other active major powers on its side.
The transportation of US resources to China by US convoys is specifically stated as an exception to this rule.

For trade agreements in place at start of the game, it is always the recipient who has to provide the convoys, according to RAW, except for the joint USA-Japan convoy...

1) How is the US going to transport the Philippine Resource into the Sea of Japan? He isn't allowed to do so, because even if he puts a CP into the sea area's to transport the resource to the Sea of Japan, the US convoys there are not part of the joint US-Japan convoy (which is described in the rules as being in the stated sea areas). Only convoy's part of the joint convoy in the stated sea areas can be used to transport resources to Japan by the US.

This means that US convoy points cannot be used to transport the Philippines resource because convoys from the recipient (Japan) have to be used for this. If the Japanese elects not to use his convoys for this (and he decides which resource is moved through which convoy) the US has to send all resources from the USA. If the US player has 4 CP in each sea area of the joint convoy line, he will lose the build point, if the Japanese doesn't want to transport the Philippine resource. That build point can than be used by Japan...

Is this the right interpretation of the rules? I think it is...

2) Then there is the question of being in default, when this happens:

RAW:
If, for whatever reason, either side has not met its obligation to
provide its resources or build point in the production step and US
entry option 31 has not been chosen then...

What are the obligations? For the USA to provide the resources and for Japan to provide the build point. It doesn't say that the USA has to receive the build point and Japan has to receive the resources. So I'll side with Paulderynk on this one (how strange this appears to be...).

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5.1 Trade agreements
Japan-USA
The USA and Japan start the game with an agreement in place to exchange a Japanese build point for US resources. The USA must supply Japan with 4 resources each turn. Two of them must be oil resources. These amounts can be reduced, or avoided entirely, by certain US entry options (see 13.3.2). Japan must lend lease the USA with 1 build point a turn until the USA embargoes strategic materials (see 13.3.2, entry option 13).

To avoid US entry penalties (see below), the USA must have enough convoy points in the West Coast, Mendocino, Hawaiian Islands and Central Pacific ocean sea areas to transport the resources to Japan. Similarly, Japan must have enough convoy points in the Japanese Coast sea area to transport the build point to the USA.

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WiF FE Rule Clarification Summary
Q5.1-2 For at-start Trade Agreements, must the RP and BPs provided by JA, US, GE, and RU come from their respective home countries?

Harry Rowland's Answer
No, but they must satisfy rule 5. Lending Stage that is they must be delivered if possible.

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WiF FE Rule Clarification Summary
Q5.0-1 When is the control of resources and build points changed for Trade Agreements?

They may be transported as either the giver's or recipient's resources and/or build points at the giver's discretion, until they arrive in any city or major port controlled by the recipient that they can be transported to, at which point they become the recipient's (if not already). Date 09/03/2009

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WiFFE-RAW-7.0.pdf

If, for whatever reason, either side has not met its obligation to provide its resources or build point in the production step and US entry option 31. Oil embargo has not been chosen then

That side does not get its promised resources or build point that turn, and the other side can use those points themselves;

If Japan was in default, the USA may add 2 entry markers to the Japanese entry pool; and

If the USA was in default, Japan must randomly remove 2 entry markers from the Japanese entry pool (returning them to the common entry pool). If there aren’t enough markers to remove, the USA can never declare war on Japan and must now start taking markers from the Ge/It pool. If there aren’t enough markers there, the USA can never declare war on Germany or Italy.

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WiFFE-RAW-7.0.pdf
5. Lending Stage

If, during production (see 13.6 Production), it is possible for the promised resources (or build points) to be delivered then they must be delivered. If you cannot meet the promise you made (for example because the convoy points were not set up, were destroyed, or a railway line cut), you still cannot use them yourself this turn.

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ORIGINAL: paulderynck

How does Japan claim the agreement is broken when everything gets through, regardless of who owns it in which sea zone?

In the 3 sea zones where the US can place 4 CPs, they carry the following:
2 oil, 1 resource, 1 BP

In the Central Pacific the 5 CPs there carry the following:
2 oil, 2 resources, 1 BP

(Concerning the FAQ Q5.0-1 citation, the only discretion Japan has is the ownership of the BP; the rest are at the discretion of the US.)

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ORIGINAL: Extraneous

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ORIGINAL: paulderynck

How does Japan claim the agreement is broken when everything gets through, regardless of who owns it in which sea zone?

In the 3 sea zones where the US can place 4 CPs, they carry the following:
2 oil, 1 resource, 1 BP

In the Central Pacific the 5 CPs there carry the following:
2 oil, 2 resources, 1 BP

(Concerning the FAQ Q5.0-1 citation, the only discretion Japan has is the ownership of the BP; the rest are at the discretion of the US.)

Yes you are correct, I wanted it to read BP and not "BP and Resources". But the USA can turn over control of the resources at the Central Pacific Ocean sea area and the statement would be correct.



Is this what you mean? If not please post your Convoy Lines.

Japanese
Convoy Line: 1BP starts Japan ~ exits Central Pacific Ocean
1 CP the Japanese Coast

Convoy Line: 2 oil and 2 Resources starts Central Pacific Ocean ~ exits Japan
4 CP the Japanese Coast


USA
Convoy Line: 1BP starts the Japanese Coast ~ exits USA
1 CP West Coast > 1 CP Mendocino > 1 CP Hawaiian Islands > 1 CP Central Pacific Ocean

Convoy Line: 2 oil and 1 Resource starts USA ~ exits the Japanese Coast
3 CP West Coast > 3 CP Mendocino > 3 CP Hawaiian Islands > 3 CP Central Pacific Ocean

Convoy Line: 1 Resource starts the Philippines ~ exits the Japanese Coast
1 CP Bismarck Sea > 1 CP The Marianas > 1 CP Central Pacific Ocean

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WiFFE-RAW-7.0.pdf

Japan-USA
The USA and Japan start the game with an agreement in place to exchange a Japanese build point for US resources. The USA must supply Japan with 4 resources each turn. Two of them must be oil resources. These amounts can be reduced, or avoided entirely, by certain US entry options (see 13.3.2). Japan must lend lease the USA with 1 build point a turn until the USA embargoes strategic materials (see 13.3.2, entry option 13).

(My Note: The following states that the USA must have Convoy Points in certain sea areas to transport the Resources to Japan but it doesn't say the Resources have to come from the USA. Therefore the Resources can come from the Philippines but must go to the Central Pacific Ocean to reach Japan.)

To avoid US entry penalties (see below), the USA must have enough convoy points in the West Coast, Mendocino, Hawaiian Islands and Central Pacific ocean sea areas to transport the resources to Japan. Similarly, Japan must have enough convoy points in the Japanese Coast sea area to transport the build point to the USA. If, for whatever reason, either side has not met its obligation to provide its resources or build point in the production step and US entry option 31. Oil embargo has not been chosen then:

(My Note: The following is after the semicolon above so they are the steps taken when there is a default. Notice it states that you must get the BP or Resources.)

That side does not get its promised resources or build point that turn, and the other side can use those points themselves;

If Japan was in default, the USA may add 2 entry markers to the Japanese entry pool; and

If the USA was in default, Japan must randomly remove 2 entry markers from the Japanese entry pool (returning them to the common entry pool). If there aren’t enough markers to remove, the USA can never declare war on Japan and must now start taking markers from the Ge/It pool. If there aren’t enough markers there, the USA can never declare war on Germany or Italy.

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ORIGINAL: Extraneous

Yes you are correct, I wanted it to read BP and not "BP and Resources". But the USA can turn over control of the resources at the Central Pacific Ocean sea area and the statement would be correct.

Is this what you mean? If not please post your Convoy Lines.

Japanese
Convoy Line: 1BP starts Japan ~ exits Central Pacific Ocean
1 CP the Japanese Coast

Convoy Line: 2 oil and 2 Resources starts Central Pacific Ocean ~ exits Japan
4 CP the Japanese Coast


USA
Convoy Line: 1BP starts the Japanese Coast ~ exits USA
1 CP West Coast > 1 CP Mendocino > 1 CP Hawaiian Islands > 1 CP Central Pacific Ocean

Convoy Line: 2 oil and 1 Resource starts USA ~ exits the Japanese Coast
3 CP West Coast > 3 CP Mendocino > 3 CP Hawaiian Islands > 3 CP Central Pacific Ocean

Convoy Line: 1 Resource starts the Philippines ~ exits the Japanese Coast
1 CP Bismarck Sea > 1 CP The Marianas > 1 CP Central Pacific Ocean

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ORIGINAL: Extraneous

When at war with Japan:

The USSR DOESN'T want to do a Search and Seizure on the USA resource convoys to Japan in the Central Pacific Ocean sea area.

The Search and Seizure would generate a 20% chance to remove a chit from the USA entry pool (would this be USA choice?).
And since Japan didn't receive the Trade Agreement resources 2 entry markers would be removed from the Japanese entry pool.


Now if the USSR were to sink Convoy Points (count as one ship: 5 convoy points or SiF option 9: 2 convoy points ) in the Japanese Coast sea area:

If the USA has released control of the Resources in the Japanese Coast sea area they are not in default of the Trade Agreement because they don't control the resources.

If the USA has NOT released control of the Resources in the Japanese Coast sea area they are in default of the Trade Agreement because they still control the resources.

Note to self: Always have the USA release control of Convoy Points as soon as possible.

If the Japanese BP Convoy Point in the Japanese Coast sea area is sunk Japan is in default of the Trade Agreement.


My preference is ignore who controls Convoy Points.

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ORIGINAL: paulderynck

JP has from 1 to 5 CP in Japanese Coast - ideally 5 if they want their resources and oil.

US has 4 each in West Coast, Mendocino, Hawaiian Islands and 5 in the Central Pacific as well as the 1 CP in each of the Bismarck Sea and Marianas.

No US Entry penalties to either side this way.

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ORIGINAL: Extraneous

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WiFFE-RAW-7.0.pdf

Japan-USA
The USA and Japan start the game with an agreement in place to exchange a Japanese build point for US resources. The USA must supply Japan with 4 resources each turn. Two of them must be oil resources. These amounts can be reduced, or avoided entirely, by certain US entry options (see 13.3.2). Japan must lend lease the USA with 1 build point a turn until the USA embargoes strategic materials (see 13.3.2, entry option 13).

(My Note: The following states that the USA must have Convoy Points in certain sea areas to transport the Resources to Japan but it doesn't say the Resources have to come from the USA. Therefore the Resources can come from the Philippines but must go to the Central Pacific Ocean to reach Japan.)

To avoid US entry penalties (see below), the USA must have enough convoy points in the West Coast, Mendocino, Hawaiian Islands and Central Pacific ocean sea areas to transport the resources to Japan. Similarly, Japan must have enough convoy points in the Japanese Coast sea area to transport the build point to the USA. If, for whatever reason, either side has not met its obligation to provide its resources or build point in the production step and US entry option 31. Oil embargo has not been chosen then:

(My Note: The following is after the semicolon above so they are the steps taken when there is a default. Notice it states that you must get the BP or Resources.)

That side does not get its promised resources or build point that turn, and the other side can use those points themselves;

If Japan was in default, the USA may add 2 entry markers to the Japanese entry pool; and

If the USA was in default, Japan must randomly remove 2 entry markers from the Japanese entry pool (returning them to the common entry pool). If there aren’t enough markers to remove, the USA can never declare war on Japan and must now start taking markers from the Ge/It pool. If there aren’t enough markers there, the USA can never declare war on Germany or Italy.

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ORIGINAL: Extraneous
Why has Japan not defaulted in the Trade Agreement if they don't have 5 Convoy Points in the Japanese Coast sea area?