to the bretonian trade cartels

[jammi]

From: Johnathan Mathews, chief-clerk to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
To: Ms E. Tate

Good afternoon Ms. Tate. You must understand the pressure Bretonia's Armed Forces are under and how supplying the enemy of the State, Kusari can only further the fighting and cause the deaths of yet more of our fighting men and women, not to mention the civilians depraved Kusari forces have been known to prey on.

Due to this, we cannot afford to have any shipping being moved through the Taus, save by that of nationalised companies such as Bowex or BMM, for fear of said supplies reaching enemy lines. While I am sure you are of sound character and a reputable citizen, the shipping of military grade commodities into the Tau is simply a risk we can't take.

As a citizen of Leeds, I'm sure you have the best intentions of your people at heart. However, if such commodities as Iridium did make it to the Kusari Naval Forces, you would be surprised at the ingenuity they employ in creating swarms of ship with which they would ravage Leed's undefended populace, if left to their own devices. Any Bretonian citizen who allowed such a atrocity to happen would have the blood of innocents of their hands and the crime of treason on their heads.

As for your statement on the ceasing of shipments of research material being moved to Cambridge and it's orbiting Research Station, I would pray you reconsider. The research there is that of a humanitarian nature and is being aimed at improving the lives of Citizens of Bretonia throughout our territory. And I suppose if you deem it fit to halt all shipments, there are always other lines of enquiry we could follow to have the shipment of those materials resumed.

In short the members of the Military who stopped you were simply following orders; orders that are unlikely to change while our House remains under siege.

If you have any further enquiries please forward them to the Department of Trade and Industry.

~Johnathan Mathews

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