To: Crayterian and Kusarian Ministries of Foreign Affairs || From: Bretonia

[Crayter Republic]

Lady Mountbatten, Minister Toshinori,

The Ministry has debated these terms considerably. To be clear, our 'claims' to the Helios are inalienable, and the Republic will not authorize any salvaging without the approval of CDI or the Ministry of Defense. These matters can be discussed through a direct channel as Minister Toshinori has offered, but our stance remains firm on the matter of our fallen warship.

The matter of a Naval Forces installation within Tau-31 is also of slight concern to the Republic, as Tau-31 is recognized as Crayter space both by the Republic itself as well as Bretonia, as the Bretonian Ministry should no doubt be aware. As such, the placement of a border station within the Tau-31 system, while understandable in its goals, would be better placed within the Tau-29 system at the Tau-31 Jump Gate. The system is already primarily governed by Kusari interests, and traversing the jump corridor is barely an obstacle for patrols into Tau-31, which I'm sure can be negotiated between the Military and the Naval Forces.

The matter of Barra is satisfactory to the Republic, and should Kusari indeed be interested in assisting the Republic in repairing and finalizing upgrades to the outpost these details can be discussed in a separate channel.
All other points addressed here are acceptable to the Crayter Government.

For those we left behind.

Lily Ward
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Crayter Republic