It is possible to meet personally, as this is by far the largest responsibility on my hands at the moment. My office in the State Department on Manhattan should more than suffice for such a meeting.
Regarding your other points...
Neither Kusari nor Rheinland have any legal control thusfar around the space of Zoner installations. If they did, then we would too and these talks wouldn't be happening. Their business in those systems is their own, as is ours. The forces of Liberty already exercise their right to patrol that space whenever they choose.
However, our concern doesn't lie only with those criminals, or their relative threat levels currently. The Phantom presence in particular within our borders has been on the rise, with many significant incursions costing the lives of civilian and military personnel. It is likely that they may have used Zoner installations as a stepping point into and out of Liberty, if they haven't found points within Liberty from which to stage their attacks. If criminal groups have their own bases and you know of their location which from your wording, you seem to know, please transmit the coordinates and I will relay them to the Military. Such a gesture would help us cut down a large portion of the criminal threat in Liberty by disposing of those bases.
I have been assured by the forces of Liberty that such raiding groups have been based from your installations in the past. If they are not currently within the short timeframe of a couple of weeks*, then perhaps there is a lull in their agressiveness towards military forces. However, I am a fan of pre-emptive action, especially when the lives of those serving and homing in Liberty are at stake.
Regarding your last point, yes, the piracy problem is rampant; perhaps those criminals are not being agressive because they are spending too much time filling their pockets with illegally gained credits. This is an ongoing problem, unfortunately exacerbated by the war. However, help with your problem would likely come if you helped us with ours.
I look forward to meeting you in person, Mr Holliday.
*If your shuttle has been in the area for a couple of weeks, we could have sorted this problem out a couple of weeks ago.
Regards, Harrison McRemitz
The secretary of state for foreign affairs.
