OOC: For the sake of consistent continuity, this first post's events takes place the day before the events of the thread "Gallipoli-China and Confederate Freedom" begin.
IC:
To: Res'shev
From: Ministry of International Relations, Trade, and Immigration; U.S.S.C.F.
As our two great nations are neighbored along our northern and your southern borders, the Herald has notified me that, By the Will of the Confederate Peoples, I have been authorized to send an ambassador and his aide to your Embassy Road. If facilities and accomodations are still available, please have them ready for the arrival of the ambassador. It is our sincere and great interest to further relations between our State and your nation, as friendly relations and vital trade would benefit both of our nations.
Furthermore, the Ministry of International Relations, etc., has been recieving a number of outrageous claims from Moacians who have entered our nation in significant numbers across our northern border. It is not our concern to interfere in how these recently conquered peoples view your noble State or its laws, as such matters are the concerns of Ozians, not Confederates. However, the Herald has been approached with a petition, signed and supported by several such "refugees" and supported with approval by several of the Ministries, after recieving a majority vote from the Confederate Peoples and their Representatives in the Parliament, to carry out a non-intrusive inquiry into the well-being and welfare of the Moacians; in accordance with our Constitution, we are obligated to this task given to us by the Will of the People, regardless as to where the incentives for such tasks originate. The Herald has stressed his view that, despite this, he believes the claims made by the Moacian refugees are most likely exaggerated, given their incredulous nature; his primary concern is the impact these refugees are making on our welfare programs and personnel.
As High Chancellor of the Parliament and Herald of the Confederate Party, Matthias Collier has informed the Ministry of International Relations that such an investigation, which will be purely civilian in personnel and conduct, and good-willed in intention, will only take place at the sole discretion and approval of the Ozian Government, only. Further negotiations of this investigation are considered to be an inevitability, and the Herald has approved of any such rearrangements in this matter. Should the ambassador or any of his personnel breach any laws in your State, please inform the Confederate Ministry of International Relations immediately; if possible, once they have been put through the due process of your own Government law enforcement, it would be appreciated if you would thereafter send them through means of your own design to our capital in Einheit, where they would be summarily tried for breach of international relations and conduct, by a judiciary Tribunal composed from the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of International Relations, with full acceptance of any and all witnesses and/or coalitionary judicial personnel from your own government. Again, such matters as this are open to negotiation and are meant to help ensure smooth and beneficial relations. Please send any and all response and correspondence of this matter to the Confederate Ministry of International Relations; it will be addressed expediently and without delay.
We await your reply with trepidation.
Sincerely,
Johannes Krönher, Chairman of Chairman of the Ministry of International Relations, Trade, and Immigration
Johannes sighed as he sent the message; the interests of the State did not relate directly to the plights or claims of the Moacians, not to mention that it was most likely going to rub the Ozians the wrong way. He had tried to advise the Herald to take another, more indirect and discreet course of action, but Collier was persistent.
"The People have decided," Collier had said, "They have given us a mandate, and it is our duty to serve their interests and follow through with this recent decision of the Parliament, regardless of where the sentiments of this mandate originated. How do you think it would look, Johannes, if we simply ignored the concerns our people have begun to show for the Moacians to the north? I have said countless times that this new State would be a State in ever consistent service to the People, not it's personnel. Besides, the Ozians have been considerate and respectable towards us so far; remember, they could have just tried to invade the moment we emerged from Isolationism enstated by those blundering neo-aristocrats of the old Republic. I made a statement to the public just days ago stating that we would take a more direct action and involvement in this matter, and I am not about to make a liar of myself by acting to the contrary. It is a civilian-based inquiry, nothing more. I doubt the Ozians would react with any unneccessary degree of resistance to this. At worst, it will become the topic of a civil international debate. The last thing either of our nations want is conflict."
At least he took my advice in making this inquiry purely civilian, Johannes thought. He hoped that this would work out; hopefully the ambassador he would send would make things easier in introducing this civilian inquiry delegation to the Ozian government. The Herald had always acted on the decisions and votes of the people, and had never steered them astray. Surely his judgement would yet again prove Johannes' worries unneccessary.
But then, he didn't have time to dwell or brood on this matter in his office; the diplomat from Gallipoli-China would be arriving tomorrow, and who knew what else might occur--or who else might care to join in the events. It was already an hour before midnight; best to wrap up his work and punch out for the evening. He would need the sleep.
Johannes swiveled about in his office chair as he closed his laptop, a carriage clock ticking softly in the room. Johannes took hold of the short tumbler of congac from the coaster on the desk, watching the gentle snowfall outside his office window. He turned his gaze to a small framed photograph of Matthias Collier on his desk; a practice of himself and many other Party members who felt their devotion to the Herald and the Party was of great importance.
"I really hope this works out, Herald Collier," Johannes said to the image of his Party leader, as if speaking to the man himself, "I really do hope this works out."
"I hope this works out
