Lucid Accords

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Mr. Jeffrey Hewlett, Her Imperial Majesty’s Foreign Minister

Thank you for your consideration of Her Imperial Majesty’s proposal.

Having the authority to negotiate on behalf of the Empress, I can assure you that you may tell your colleagues that as soon as we shake hands on a final agreement, we can open the tap for rail cargo into and out of Santiago under the law ex ante. We were under the impression that we were at free trade with Baltusia. Obviously we will rely upon Baltusia to continue to ensure that goods of Kundrati origin or as a point or transshipment are not on manifests on cargo trains coming into Kalistan. And so we will revert back to that as soon as Baltusian controls are set, and can open the valve with a word from Her Imperial Majesty.

As for the Santiago mission, could you give a few more details as to what your Government is thinking of? The proposal itself seems on the surface to be something Her Imperial Majesty would support enthusiastically but perhaps a few more details would help me be sure of it.