Bretonian Armed Forces Defense Intelligence Staff (DIS) (iRP) (AO)

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[Target: Colonel Henry]
[CommID: Admiral Nelson]

Enough Colonel. Whilst miss Hunter may speak without authority, she is correct in her assertions - this is not a place to debate Admiralty policy. You are a soldier, Colonel Henry, not a politician, and as such it is your place to follow orders, not to interpret public statements by Government ministers regarding the outcasts as representing our real position, let alone presume to conduct diplomacy with a foreign power as an official representative of Her Majesty Queen Carina based on those assumptions. I do not expect you to understand the nuances of diplomatic relations, or that not everyone in Sirius falls clearly into two black and white categories of "allies" and "enemies", but I do expect you to obey Admiralty orders and follow policy as relayed by your superiors, as opposed to apparant policy "discovered" by your own research. Rest assured that your objections to the way the Admiralty and the Foreign Office conduct diplomatic relations, such as they are, have been duly noted and will be given all the consideration they deserve at the next meeting of the Admiralty Board.

In the meantime, your orders are to refrain from any communication with foreign governments that does not fall strictly within your duties, and to continue to abide by international treaties unless you have recieved explicit notification that they have been officially annulled - something which I feel I must remind you that only Queen Carina herself has the authority to do.

Admiral Sir Stanley Nelson
5th Fleet - HMS Suffolk
Bretonian Armed Forces Senior Diplomatic Officer

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Sir Stanley Nelson




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