To the Bretonian Government

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Comm ID: Foreign and Colonial Office

Mr Kreth,

On behalf of the official Bretonian Government, I wish to express our condolences to you for any loss of cargo or revenue that you have incurred as a result of this piracy. The pirates in question are the privateering corps under the command of "Admiral" Andrew Stuart, an independent group of patriotic and...enterprising citizens who are operating beyond the control of the War Cabinet, Admiralty Board, Ministry of Defence, or any other Government Department, including my own. We do not condone their piracy in any form, indeed they have been a cause of much trouble to us in recent weeks as they continue to disrupt our official war effort, but unfortunately they are also beyond our power to stop. "Admiral" Stuart is, in fact, not a sitting member of the BAF Admiralty Board, and it appears that he is no longer taking orders from the Admiralty Staff. I must therefore regrettably inform you that we cannot take responsibility for the actions of these individuals - if you have issues with the privateers, or wish to prevent further attacks on your vessels, you will have to attempt to deal with "Admiral" Stuart directly. However, I sadly doubt that his men will relent from their merciless attacks on civilian shipping, and as the Kusari do not allow bounty hunters to operate in their territory and appear incabable of fighting off the privateers themselves, I can therefore only advise you that if you wish to avoid further losses your only recourse would be to cease trade in Kusari altogether.

With regards to your decision to cease shipments of military vehicles to Leeds, I can only beg of you to reconsider. Naturally you are entitled to make corporate decisions about where you ship your goods to, but at such a time as this you can understand that we are greatly in need of the cooperation of civilian shipping corporations, and the goods that you transport for us. I can offer you as full an apology for your losses as possible on behalf of the Bretonian Government, but unfortunately I cannot speak for Sir Andrew who, as I have already said, is beyond our control. As for compensation, alas our budget is streched thin with all Crown funds being directed towards the war effort, and in any case as I have stated, we cannot take responsibility for the actions of the privateers. However, I promise that I shall speak with my colleague Sir Edmond Grey, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, and ask him to look into your financial situation to see that your supply of our defence industry is being sufficiently incentivised. A diplomatic and trade delegation is being dispatched to New Berlin in order to look at further ways of reassuring Rheinland Corporations and maintaining a flow of trade between Rheinland and Bretonia.

Yours sincerely,

Lord Charles Canning
9th Earl of Malmesbury
Foreign Secretary of Bretonia

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Sir Stanley Nelson




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