Submission forwarded to BAF from London Diplomatic Offices

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Mr Moran,

The BAF command take very seriously all such allegations of unlawful arrest, and rest assured that the matter is being thoroughly investigated - if you could forward to myself the names of all officers involved this would greatly speed up my enquiries and would be much appreciated.

I am, however, bound to point out that under the circumstances of the siege of Harris by the KNF, the emergency powers granted to the Admiralty Board do give the BAF powers to stop and search all ships entering our territory from Tau space, in order to prevent the infiltration of Bretonia by Kusari agents. Please understand that these searches are applied to all vessels regardless of affiliation, and do not in any way discriminate against nor imply any suspicion towards DSE vessels on our part.

It is our aim to ensure that all stop and search procedures are completed quickly and with the minimum of inconvenience, and to that effect the full cooperation of the vessels in question is essential. Naturally attempts to evade our patrols will be seen as questionable activity that is bound to heighten tensions, as it is always possible that agents of the Kusari Empire might have stolen or otherwise seized control of some civilian vessels. Whilst highly unlikely, I am sure you understand that in times of war these are possibilities we cannot afford to rule out. The projection of unknown comm signatures such as this "Order" that you mention would naturally also serve to attract the attention of our officers, and I am sure you will want to conduct thorough investigations of your own to determine whether or not one of your vessels was indeed projecting strange and mysterious transponder signals.

I trust that through mutual cooperation we can successfully avoid such similar incidents in future,
Many thanks for your understanding,

Captain Arthur Spencer-Fanborough
Deputy BAF Diplomatic Officer

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Sir Stanley Nelson




<span style="color:#000066">Charles Canning </span><span style="color:#000066"> Foreign Secretary</span>