Possibly, yes.
April 25, 1933 - Berlin
The cables oiffice in the Foreign Ministry has been very busy of late, with diplomatic cables flying in and out from around the world. The Foreign Minister has not, yet, announced any trips, but another multi-stop trip to various capitals seems imminent. [Any nation willing to host a visit please PM me.]
April 27, 1933 - Berlin
In the headquarters of the Kreigsmarine, Grand Admiral Raeder looked around the room. "So, what is the recommendation of the Admiralstab?"
"We're recommending continuing this year's production as planned.
G and
H to be built as designed, along with everything else. Next year, though,
I and
J would be built to this design." Admiral Lentz pointed to a stack of bluepirnts, topped with a summary sheet. "It's a slightly modified version of the
G-33B design.
L and
M would also be laid down, they're sisters to
Blucher, so nothing new there."
"Looking ahead, the Admiralstab is undecided about 1935 right now. We could build another pair of the
G-33, a pair of the
I-34, or a pair of the large carriers that are in the plan. Any of those are feasible."
"Enquiries are being made to various countries about the availability of shipyard space. If 1934 and beyond are indeed uncapped years, we may be more limited by our ability to build ships than our ability to pay for them and produce the pieces of the ships."
Admiral Raeder nodded, then looked at the summary atop the stack of blueprints and smiled. Then he looked up, "What about smaller ships? And U-boats?"
"Right now, the recommendation is to proceed with the previous plan as far as cruisers and destroyers goes, though we may have a bit of room for some additional production in foreign yards. Our own yards are mostly accounted for in the plan already."
"As to U-boats, at least for 1934 the Admiralstab recommends staying with the current plan. We're also recommending that we fund Walter's request, it appears to have great potential. In 1934, we can replace Type I's with U-boats similar to the Type P's built for Peru and Argentina at 2 for 1, but the Admiralstab recommends that if larger boats are to be built that they be built in small numbers. For now, we don't need them in quantity."
The Grand Admiral nodded and leaned back in his chair. "Good, we now have a plan I can deliver to the Chancellor."