Adressed to the Council of Zoners

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[Source: Whitehall, New London]
[CommID: Foreign and Colonial Office]

Representatives of the Council of Zoners, Secretary of State,

The Bretonian Government has taken an interest in these negotiations between your good selves and, after consultation with Her Majesty Queen Carina and the Honourable Lord Mountbatten, Prime Minister of Bretonia, I can inform you that we are willing to ratify the Zoners proposals along the same terms as the Republic of Liberty, with one minor amendment.

Whilst sections I, II and IV are entirely acceptable and section III has been broadly resolved with the Republic of Liberty to the extent that we consider the latest description of terms to be to our satisfaction, the difference in status of Freeport 1 compared with 2 and Ames requires a minor additional clause for legal reasons. Whilst Ames and Freeport 2 are located in independent systems that are under the shared influence of 2 Houses, making it easy to acknowledge Zoner 5K sovereignty around your bases, Freeport 1 is located in Omega 3, a system which is currently classed as a Protectorate of the Bretonian Crown and under partial Bretonian sovereignty, meaning that the 5K sphere around Freeport 1 is currently claimed as under private Zoner ownership but under the Legal Sovereignty of the Bretonian Crown.

However, in order that this difficulty might be eliminated and we can fully recognise Zoner Sovereignty around Freeport 1, Her Majesty has most graciously agreed to lease the 5K sphere of space around the Freeport to the Zoner Confederation on a renewable 10 year lease, for the most reasonable price of 60 million credits per month (which would be financially cancelled out by the current Bretonian lease on Port Jackson, hence negating the neccessity of you actually paying anything for it).

Therefore, for no net cost to yourselves, we would fully recognise Zoner Sovereignty of this space and fully agree to all your remaining terms as they currently stand.

Hoping that you find this entirely acceptable,

Yours faithfully,

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>