Secretary of State Sam Worthington,

I have sent this letter to you in the name of Her Majesty Carina I, Queen of Bretonia, Empress of the Taus, Sovereign of the systems of Exeter, Inverness and Nottingham and Her Government. My name is Elizabeth Hall, and as you have undoubtedly been informed, I am serving as Her Majesty's new prime minister. It is my pleasure to be introduced to you and I have sent you this letter instead of the foreign secretary because it is my duty to invite your representatives as Her Majesty's guests on New London to discuss a number of subjects together with us and perhaps some foreign representatives too. I have outlined the details n the following text.

There are two subjects of note to discuss about, One is about Planet Harris, the other about mutual policy towards Kusari and Gallia.

The Kingdom of Bretonia learns from history, which teaches us how Rheinland mitigated their economic crisis after the Eighty Years' War by selling arable land on Planet Stuttgart to Synth Foods. In return for the proposed sale of land on Planet Harris, the Kingdom will ask for three concessions. Firstly, that our debt to the Republic of Liberty is annulled and then that Liberty speeds up the recovery of Bretonian economy with a financial injection much alike to what my advisors call "Marshall's Plan" from Earth. This action is supposed to return its benefit several fold to Liberty on its own, because finished products from Liberty will become affordable to the average Bretonian again, who now has to be satisfied with cheap Rheinland goods. Such favourable trade with Rheinland was why my predecessor's government had to recognise the Empire's legitimacy, else it would be inconceivable. In addition, Bretonian heavy industry will be able to compete with Rheinland's again, which means that Liberty will no longer be as reliant on Rheinland's export of raw materials and heavy machinery.

Our third condition is that the Republic of Liberty covers Ageira's costs should Bretonia ever request the replacement of Gallia-made infrastructure in Leeds. That is currently impractical, but it may have to be done eventually.

Besides arable land for Synth Foods, my government is also willing to lease land on Planet Harris to the Liberty Navy or the LSF for use as a military base. Although the HMS McDuff is planned to remain in Harris orbit for the time being, my government has expressed willingness to allow Liberty to position a fleet of its own in Harris orbit, which will allow the McDuff more freedom of movement. Bretonia would be able to keep this fleet supplied if it is impractical for Liberty, but the Royalist Party, with whom my Whig Party shares a coalition, will demand a compensation in return for accepting a foreign military base in the Taus. I would first like to know if you are interested in this at all, and only then negotiate our conditions.


Concerning foreign policy, my government is convinced that merely "observing the situation" is not enough and that a more active approach needs to be taken. Of course, we do not mean war, but we trust that the circumstances can be resolved with our mutual diplomatic intervention.

Liberty and Bretonia have an understanding with the Crayter Republic, an agreement which many see as an alliance, and although it would be understandable for Bretonia to accept to show weakness by looking at Kusari's aggression against Crayter with a blind eye, I fear it would be harmful for Liberty's reputation as a great power and perhaps the sector's hegemon to do nothing. Furthermore, Kusari has warned us that their war against the Gallic Confederation is about to cause unification with the Enclave, in an apparent attempt to buy our support against Gallia or at least neutrality. Yet it worries my government that if the Enclave and the Confederation are unified, they will defeat Kusari another time and Valors might again become a common sight on Liberty's doorstep. On the other hand, if Kusari conquers parts of Confederate territory, they may not only surpass Bretonia's economy forever with the newly acquired resources, yet might even come to rival that of Liberty.

It is my government's opinion that Kusari's imperialism needs to be restrained. Planet New London can be made ready to host an international conference, but if such is held, then Liberty and Bretonia must speak with one voice, which is why I must know if Liberty is interested.

The gains for Liberty would not only be as mentioned, but in addition, the foreign office trusts that the Gallic Confederation would see this intervention on their behalf as salvation, and thus they would be inclined to remind the Duchy of Burgundy that they owe us war reparations. Should Liberty intervene on their behalf together with us, they will remember that they owe some to Liberty too. Otherwise, our two nations will feel less obligation to keep Kusari's imperialistic ambitions restrained.

In the name of Her Majesty, I send you the Realm's regards, and eagerly await your response.

Secretary of State Sam Worthington,

The Cabinet was able to agree on some of your points, but some other were unfortunately described as "unfeasible". I will divide our negotiations into three points, the first being the sale of Harris land to Synth, the second the Navy's military base in Tau-31 and the third the Gallo-Kusarian War.

The Cabinet can agree that Liberty cannot sign off Bretonia's entire debt and has accepted that Liberty may only sign off 60%. Bretonia can pay off the remaining 40% within the next 25 years, should no great war, economic crisis or calamity strike us. The Cabinet entirely agrees with the economic aid programme that has been laid out and has found a precise value for the stimulus package. It is deemed fit that it should last for three years, including this year, and that it should amount to the following: 5% of Liberty's GDP from 826 to be paid until the end of 827; 2.5% of Liberty's GDP from 827 to be paid until the end of 828; and 2.5% of Liberty's GDP from 828 to be paid until the end of 829. The precise reduction of tariffs I will leave to our two ministries of trade to discuss.

The Cabinet has, however, found Liberty's request that Bretonia both supplies and finances Liberty's military operations in Tau-31 impossible to realise in practice. The House of Commons is the government body that authorises Bretonia's budgets and the Cabinet has been finding it challenging to pass the budget for our own military, let alone a foreign one too. The Commons will never approve a budget to fund a foreign military. But, the Cabinet believes there is a compromise that we can both make. There are facilities on Harris that Gallia used as their own military base and they serve the McDuff's marine contingent now. The BAF could transfer those to the Liberty Navy for free, but how the Liberty Navy will supply its local operations is up to them. My cabinet suggests exploring the prospect of a contract with Bowex, Gateway or BMF.

Finally, the Cabinet urges Liberty to reconsider its passive approach to the Gallo-Kusarian War. Bretonia does not mean that Kusari should be restrained with war, that was never our suggestion, but it is believed that Liberty is well in position to threaten with sanctions. Ships can be deployed on the border too, but Kusari will not know if that is a bluff or a show of actual intentions and they will have to relent when they feel their flank threatened. Many disturbing photographs such as these two which I have provided below are circling through social networks and they show that Gallia and Kusari are preparing for a decisive battle. It is about to happen and if Liberty does not react now, I am afraid that it will be too late. It is the Cabinet's opinion that Gallia must remain capable of fighting off the Royal Enclave. Even if they win these decisive battles, they will undoubtedly suffer very heavy losses and it is in the interest of all of us that those battles do not happen.

Should Liberty still consider passiveness a wiser option, then I must inform Liberty that Bretonia will be forced to seek settlement with Kusari in that case, which may potentially end up unfavourable for Liberty.

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Secretary of State Sam Worthington,

The Cabinet has received your message and we are glad that you have agreed with our conditions. The Cabinet and the SIS agree with the proposed LSF operation and the SIS will help as much as they can. However, we consider it imperative that Crayter's permission for access is obtained if the operation will take place in Tau-44, as they consider the system their own.

These are, then, the articles of this treaty:

1. The Liberty Navy will purchase 10,000 square kilometres (3,861 square miles) of surface on Planet Harris from the Kingdom of Bretonia for use as a military base.
   
   
2. The Liberty Navy and the Liberty Security Force may permanently station space forces in the Tau-31 System and ground forces on Planet Harris under these conditions:
   
   1. The total size of the space forces may not surpass one standard fleet unless specially permitted by the Bretonian Government.
      
   2. The total size of the ground forces may not surpass one standard field army unless specially permitted by the Bretonian Government.
      
   3. The Liberty Navy and the Liberty Security Force will be granted a temporary clearance to pass through Bretonian space in order to reach Tau-31, including capital ships. The Kingdom of Bretonia must be notified of the date(s) intended for this journey at least one week in advance.
      
   4. Should the Republic of Liberty wish to return any of its capital ships, the access clearance for the specific ships must be first obtained from either the Bretonian Government, or the BAF Admiralty, or the BPA Command.
      
   5. Should the Liberty military forces within the Tau-31 System breach the NATO convention, or this treaty, or the Bretonian law except as exempted by this treaty, the Kingdom of Bretonia may demand their departure.
      
   
   
3. The Liberty Navy and the Liberty Security Force assets and personnel within Tau-31 may be used to enforce this treaty and the Bretonian Charter of Interstellar Law, as well as to protect Liberty and Synth property from unlawful action.
   
   
4. The supplying of these forces will be carried out at the expense of the Republic of Liberty, but may be carried out by Bretonian shipping companies should they be contracted.
   
   
5. Synth Foods will purchase the rest of the land surface as corporate property. Synth Foods may begin using whatever land is declared ready by Planetform as soon as declared ready. Until then, those areas will be legally held by Planetform. It is estimated that the project will be fully completed in the early 830-s.
   
   
6. DSE will have exclusive mining rights on Planet Harris.
   
   
7. The Kingdom of Bretonia will still be legally considered as the land owner. The Liberty Navy and Synth Foods will be considered as land holders.
   
   
8. Bretonian law will still apply on Planet Harris and within the Tau-31 System.
   
   1. The Liberty military base on Planet Harris is exempted from this. The NATO convention applies within its borders instead.
      
   
   
9. A local planetary government will be formed. Synth Foods are invited to participate in its formation and send their representatives to take part in the government.
   
   
10. Synth Foods and the Liberty Navy will purchase these grants from the Kingdom of Bretonia via the Republic of Liberty.
    
    
11. The Republic of Liberty will annul 60% of the Kingdom of Bretonia's debt to the Republic of Liberty as of the date when this treaty is signed. The Kingdom of Bretonia will settle the remaining debt within the next 20 years.
    
    
12. The Republic of Liberty will pay 5% of its GDP from the year 826 until the end of 827 to the Kingdom of Bretonia. The Republic of Liberty will pay 2.5% of its GDP from 827 to the Kingdom of Bretonia until the end of 828, quarterly. The Republic of Liberty will pay 2.5% of its GDP from 828 to the Kingdom of Bretonia until the end of 829, quarterly.
    
    
13. The Republic of Liberty will relax its tariffs towards Bretonian export for three years starting from 1st January 828. The precise terms will negotiated together with the Bretonian Office for Trade and Industry and with Her Majesty's Treasury until the end of 827.
    
    
14. Representatives of the Republic of Liberty and the Kingdom of Bretonia will meet at least once every following year to re-examine this treaty, with the authority of amendment or withdrawal should both parties agree.
    

If this is acceptable, I hereby invite you to New London to bring this treaty about with your signature and celebrate the fortunate event together with us.

As of Kusari and Gallia, the Kingdom of Bretonia stresses that any message sent to them would be stronger if it could boast of our mutual participation, rather than Liberty's alone.