Given the recent momentum in these talks, I would now like to detail the concessions we have prepared for the Saridani delegation to review. They are intended to be of tangible benefit to Saridan, as well as conciliatory expressions of goodwill.
Turning to the Saridani delegation
Minister van Locklean...these discussion have been heated. I can only imagine that my stalwart defense of New Reaction's policies has been frustrating, and it has also lead me to incite the other delegations against yours to the best of my ability. Nevertheless, you are a foreign minister deserving of respect, and I intend to honor that obligation right now by attempting to reimburse you for lost time.
As the transcontinental slave trade begins to materialize, especially with its respective treaty's second ratification, my nation has been preparing for this opening up of commerce. Yet, we uncovered a disturbing reality in connection to this. To discuss this point, I would like to bring in the Lourennais Minister of Trade and Industry, Comrade Quetra
The two aids sitting in the corner of the room stand up and exit the chamber. They return some minutes later escorting Comrade Quetra. A woman of stunning attractiveness, she sits down next to Comrade Geuua. The aids once again exit, and return wheeling two dollies. Each dolly is laden with boxes stuffed with files.
My sincerest greetings to all of the foreign delegations present. I have never meet with foreign dignitaries or traveled abroad in my coarse of work before, but I have been hearing much about this conference. I hope that I can make a meaningful impact here.
Turning to address the Saridanis
With the upcoming ratification of the International Slave Trade Agreement by Vanuku, we had anticipated that slavers from that nation would be arriving months beforehand to become informed about the slave markets within our nation, meet with Lourennais slavers, research the quality, variations and prices on our stock, and so on. However, the staff we had sent out into the field, to assist with networking between the foreign slavers and our domestic counterparts, quickly began sending back reports expressing surprise over the sheer numbers and diversity of the newcomers. Many acted atypically of Vanukan custom, spoke with different accents and dialects, and some even came from racial backgrounds which would be slaveable were they Lourennais.
I arranged for an investigative task force to embed within the ranks of the new arrivals, acting as the normal networking liasons I described before. Their sleuthing yielded allegations that a good number of the new arrivals were criminal human traffickers from across Terra. Many had already been operating entirely in transcontinental black markets for decades, but were attracted to the possibility of incorporating a zone of freedom and legality as a node in their logistics. Preemptively, I repurposed, reorganized and expanded the task force into an entire department within the Subministry of Chattel Commerce. This task force is delegated the authority to infiltrate all foreign trafficking rings, posing initially as Lourennais slavers ambitious to make it into Terran-wide black markets in humans.
They will be forwarding any and all evidence they receive to my ministry. They abide by no regulations regarding matters such as wiretapping, breaking into personal property without warrants, or even torturing suspects for intelligence. Everything the department collects will be shared with the national authorities deemed most relevant and capable to act on given evidence. I understand that some may argue that this wouldn't be a problem if Lourenne abolished slavery, but I argue the opposite. Though our slave trade has boosted their activity, it has also opened up a point of comparatively easy subversive entry. Such undercover work would have to be carried out by law enforcement agencies in other nations which would have to work diligently to locate illicit and underground trafficking activity in the first place. Said police would also have powers and standards of evidence collection far more restrictive than the blank check my new department has.
I urge you to consider this
Geuua pipes in
There is one more item to discuss, on a more positive note. We consider the Duntrekkers and Euphitriens of Saridan to be kinfolk of the One Great Race. But we accept that at this point in history, Saridan considers itself to be a "rainbow nation". Very well. What I can offer to you is the following. I can pass along directives to Comrade Chozma, Minister of Education and Culture, to establish a scholarship paying for the expenses of select Duntrekker and Euphitrean college students not covered by the state. Shall we say, 5,000 new students a year, for the entire duration of their higher education? The number is negotiable. Beyond assisting the education of a subset of your constituents, we would hope that the scholarship would foster intra-racial goodwill and fraternity across borders. We wouldn't even promote negative views against other races towards the recipients , which you consider to be so ethically foul. Just an innocent celebration of identity.