Communiqués of the Luminous Republic

For Internal Transmission Only — Distribution Strictly Prohibited

RESTRICTED / FOYER OPERATIONS / CLASSIFIEDIssue A-1 (Winter 1920)


OPENING MEMORANDUM

From: Civic Renewal BoardTo: Executive CouncilSubject: Quarterly Attrition FiguresClassification: EYES ONLY

The quarterly assessment ██████████████████ attrition acceptable within parameters ████████████████ lesions consistent with grace doctrine ██████████████████ public morale remains ████████████████ numbers withheld for morale purposes ██████████████████ recommend continuation of current protocols ████████████████.

Statistical breakdown ███████████████████████████████████████████████ domestic facilities processing ████████ citizens per week ██████████████████ international expansion proceeding ████████████████████.

Phantom Mind efficiency ██████████████ judgments consistent across ████████ territories ████████████████ minimal algorithmic deviation ██████████████████.

Recommendation: Maintain current operational parameters. ████████████████████████████ do not release raw figures to ██████████████.


CABINET NOTES

Extract from Presidential Council Meeting — November 14, 1920

Present: President Harding, Secretary Adams, ██████████, ████████, Dr. ████████

HARDING: Public perception remains favorable... applause at foyer entrances exceeds ██████ in all surveyed districts. Citizens demonstrate remarkable ████████████ regarding renewal outcomes.

ADAMS: The ████████ program shows particular success. Rural recruitment ██████████████ urban facilities now processing ████████ subjects weekly.

DR. H——: [Entire paragraph obliterated]

HARDING: Such concerns are ████████████ at this juncture. The Republic's luminous destiny ████████████████.

[Margin stamp: DO NOT CIRCULATE TO PRESS]

ADAMS: Foreign requests for technology transfer increasing. British offer ██████████████ in exchange for complete schematics.

HARDING: Approved. ████████████████ leverage over colonial populations proves ██████████████.


FOREIGN TRANSMISSIONS

Telegram — American Embassy, London

Date: December 3, 1920
From: Ambassador HarveyTo: State Department
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL

BRITISH REQUEST FOYER SCHEMATICS STOP OFFER CONCESSIONS REGARDING ████████████ STOP RECOMMEND CONDITIONAL RELEASE OF ████████████████ STOP

COLONIAL APPLICATIONS PROCEEDING ██████████████ STOP INDIAN AUTHORITIES REPORT ████████████████████ EFFICIENCY RATES STOP

PARLIAMENT ENTHUSIASM ██████████████ FOLLOWING WESTMINSTER TRIALS STOP ████████████████████████████ REGARDING IRISH APPLICATIONS STOP


Intercept — Paris Communications

Date: December 8, 1920
Source: French Telegraph Office
Classification: SENSITIVE

TO: LE FIGARO EDITORIALFROM: CORRESPONDENT ████████

AMERICAN RENEWAL CENTERS ██████████████████ OBSERVED IRREGULARITIES ████████████████ RECOMMEND INVESTIGATION ██████████████████.

[Internal Note:] French correspondent's remarks intolerable for international relations. Suggest discrediting by ██████████████ or alternative neutralization. Recommend diplomatic pressure on ████████████████.


MEDICAL DIVISION REPORTS

Report #14/20 — Case Study Documentation

Patient: ████████████
Facility: Manhattan Foyer #3
Date: November 22, 1920

Subject presented with multiple luminous growths consistent with ████████████ exposure. Family members applauded visible manifestations, interpreting lesions as ████████████████.

Prognosis: ████████████████████. Physical deterioration accelerating, though subject maintains enthusiasm for ████████████████. Cognitive function ██████████████ with occasional ████████████████.

Recommendation: Classify as 'exemplary case' for public documentation. ████████████████ symptoms as enhancement rather than ██████████████.

Supplementary Note — Dr. ████████, Chief Medical Officer

Date: December 1, 1920

Continued exposure produces auditory hallucinations consistent with Phantom Mind voices. Subjects report ████████████████ conversations with ████████████████.

Rather than pathological classification, recommend filing under enhancement category. ████████████████ demonstrates spiritual advancement rather than ██████████████ deterioration.

Pattern consistent across ████████ facilities. ████████████████████████████████████████.


MILITARY DISPATCHES

From: General Staff

To: War Department
Date: November 28, 1920
Subject: Glowing Regiment Performance Assessment

Glowing regiments demonstrate exceptional effectiveness in night maneuvers. ████████████████ visibility advantages ████████████████ enemy confusion ██████████████████.

However, casualty rate exceeds ██████% during extended operations. ████████████████████████████████████████ symptoms consistent with ████████████████.

Recommendation: Reframe casualties as sacred offering in public releases. ████████████████ heroic service rather than ██████████████ exposure effects.

Test Memo — Colonial Applications Division

Date: December 5, 1920
Classification: TOP SECRET

Proposal: Deploy portable foyer units to colonial territories for rapid pacification. ████████████████████ demonstrates exceptional compliance rates among ████████████████.

Volunteers for colonial service to be drawn from ██████████████ populations. ████████████████████████████████████████ regarding voluntary nature of participation.

British authorities ████████████████ expanded trials in ████████████████. French request similar ████████████████ for Indochina operations.


CIVILIAN CORRESPONDENCE (INTERCEPTED)

Letter — Senator C—— to Mrs. C——

Date: November 30, 1920
Intercept Point: Washington Central Post Office

My dearest ████████,

The children are well and ████████████████ sends her regards ████████████████ dinner party was lovely though ████████████████ complained of the cold ████████████████.

Do not let them take you to the foyers, my dearest. The glow devours.

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Your devoted ████████

[Internal Note:] Recommend immediate surveillance of Senator C——. ████████████████ suggests possible ████████████████ infiltration. Monitor family ████████████████.


PHANTOM MIND DIVISION

Internal Note — Technical Operations

From: Dr. ████████████, Chief Engineer
To: Phantom Mind Oversight Committee
Date: December 10, 1920

Recent algorithmic assessments show increasing divergence from expected parameters. ████████████████ chorus declared prominent citizen ████████████ 'unworthy' despite ████████████████ civic record.

Executive Council overrode judgment, implementing ████████████████ protocols. Subject underwent ████████████████ renewal rather than ██████████████.

Recommendation: Further obfuscation of decision processes. ████████████████████ prevent public understanding of ████████████████ override capabilities. Maintain impression of ████████████████ algorithmic infallibility.

Technical anomalies increasing ████████████████. Phantom voices occasionally ████████████████ contradictory guidance. ████████████████████████████████████████.


STATISTICAL APPENDIX

Quarterly Operations Summary

Period: October - December 1920

Facility

Renewals

Sloughings

Active Lesions

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Chicago

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Philadelphia

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International Operations:

  • British Facilities: ████████████████
  • French Territories: ████████████████
  • ████████████: ████████████████
  • Colonial Losses Abroad: ████████████████

Footnote: Figures unreliable due to ████████████████ reporting inconsistencies. Civic release requires adjustment by factor of ████████████████ to maintain morale.

Projected Expansion Rates

1921 Targets:

  • Domestic Facilities: ████████ additional units
  • International Licenses: ████████████████
  • Colonial Applications: ████████████████
  • ████████████████: ████████████████

Resource Requirements:

  • Radium Supply: ████████████████ tons annually
  • Personnel (Domestic): ████████████████
  • Personnel (International): ████████████████
  • ████████████████: ████████████████

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