Re: Kalistani Republic
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2016 4:16 am
"Lodamun Letters" leaked to Kalistani Republic
Foreign Minister issues "No comment" on the Leak
Kaliburg, Ananto District
September 12, 4004
In the relatively minor diplomatic spat between Kalistan and its neighbor, Lodamun, new information has come to light. An unsigned envelop containing transcripts of official communiques from Kalistan to Lodamun was delivered to the offices of the Kalistani Republic which seem to support the claims made by the Foreign Minister earlier this year. When asked for comment on the text of the letters, the Office of the Foreign Minister confirmed that the text was accurate, but offered no further comment.
The Kalistani Republic has decided that it is in the interest of the General Public in Kalistan to publish these letters, so that the conduct of the Foreign Minister in the handling of the Lodamun affair may be judged by the people, especially now that the Lodamese Press has slandered the Foreign Minister and suggested that the affair was "misrepresented" in our pages. The Lodamese responses have not been published because they were not included in the leak, but the entire Kalistani side is faithfully and accurately reported here, as far as the Kalistani Republic is able to ascertain:
[Ed: The initial opening to the Lodamese Foreign Ministry.]
[Ed: The second letter, in response to what we assume was a letter in response discussing the formation of a rail company in Lodamun, which was apparently not sent by the Foreign Minister of Lodamun but the Minister of Trade and Industry and Vice President. In this letter, according to the News From Lodamun, Foreign Minister Bhattachariya expresses an "aversion to working with less developed nations." According to The News, "Bhattacharya's letter would give someone the impression that Kalistan is some major economic power that any country would be desperate to work with." The Trade Minister was also, according to the News "disgusted by the way that Bhattacharya spoke of other countries, and tried to let Bhattacharya understand that Kalistan's economic position in comparison to Lodamun is the same as the position of some other countries in comparison to Kalistan." Since we do not have transcripts of Fertig's response, we can only guess whether or not this statement is accurate. Finally, The News reports that FM Bhattachariya was "dismissive towards the idea of multilateral cooperation being primary, and instead wanted to focus more on bilateral talks with Lodamun" The Reader may decide for him or herself whether these charges are borne out in Bhattachariya's letter.]
[Ed: We assume this last letter was sent in response to the letter the Foreign Minister by the Lodamese Trade MInister, described earlier this year. We suppose this letter contains the evidence that The News speaks about when they said "While not wanting to contribute to less developed economies without getting a lot in return, Kalistan wanted to have economic ties with a stronger economy like Lodamun." Because the editors certainly could not find evidence for this claim in any other of the "Lodamun Letters."]
These documents are made public for the purposes of the historical record. Members of the Kalistani Government have already assured the Kalistani Republic that under no circumstances will any overtures be made toward Lodamun again.
Foreign Minister issues "No comment" on the Leak
Kaliburg, Ananto District
September 12, 4004
In the relatively minor diplomatic spat between Kalistan and its neighbor, Lodamun, new information has come to light. An unsigned envelop containing transcripts of official communiques from Kalistan to Lodamun was delivered to the offices of the Kalistani Republic which seem to support the claims made by the Foreign Minister earlier this year. When asked for comment on the text of the letters, the Office of the Foreign Minister confirmed that the text was accurate, but offered no further comment.
The Kalistani Republic has decided that it is in the interest of the General Public in Kalistan to publish these letters, so that the conduct of the Foreign Minister in the handling of the Lodamun affair may be judged by the people, especially now that the Lodamese Press has slandered the Foreign Minister and suggested that the affair was "misrepresented" in our pages. The Lodamese responses have not been published because they were not included in the leak, but the entire Kalistani side is faithfully and accurately reported here, as far as the Kalistani Republic is able to ascertain:
[Ed: The initial opening to the Lodamese Foreign Ministry.]
Dear Foreign Minister Peters,
Greetings from The Imperial Republic of Kalistan.
We were directed to speak with you by your President about the potential for greater economic ties between our two nations. We would like to work with your country to increase trade, especially utilizing overland connections, with the aim of at some point signing a trade pact as the foundation for further Northern Selayan cooperation on diplomatic and political fronts.
I would like to attach a copy of a map of our national railroad system. You will notice that Kalistan recently had a significant strike in exploitable iron, which we have rapidly expanded our rail lines to service that range. We also have rail links to our petroleum and steel operations at Sulari, and our expansive pharmaceutical and alteration industries both throughout the Mainland and by ship in Ananto.
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If you would, however like to simply begin with a rail link, we have one site which may serve as a hub at the head of the Jah Delta, our traditional border crossing at Addisjah. Please contact us soon, so we may begin discussion of this linkage.
Serenely,
Davjeet Bhattacharya
Socialist Party of Kalistan
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Imperial Republic of Kalistan
[Ed: The second letter, in response to what we assume was a letter in response discussing the formation of a rail company in Lodamun, which was apparently not sent by the Foreign Minister of Lodamun but the Minister of Trade and Industry and Vice President. In this letter, according to the News From Lodamun, Foreign Minister Bhattachariya expresses an "aversion to working with less developed nations." According to The News, "Bhattacharya's letter would give someone the impression that Kalistan is some major economic power that any country would be desperate to work with." The Trade Minister was also, according to the News "disgusted by the way that Bhattacharya spoke of other countries, and tried to let Bhattacharya understand that Kalistan's economic position in comparison to Lodamun is the same as the position of some other countries in comparison to Kalistan." Since we do not have transcripts of Fertig's response, we can only guess whether or not this statement is accurate. Finally, The News reports that FM Bhattachariya was "dismissive towards the idea of multilateral cooperation being primary, and instead wanted to focus more on bilateral talks with Lodamun" The Reader may decide for him or herself whether these charges are borne out in Bhattachariya's letter.]
Suppose we were to buy in on these terms. We would have some questions:
1) Where would the Company be HQed? This is not addressed in the Treaty.
2) We would be in for 284,468,250 LOD. While within our National budgetary limits, the one thing we would be concerned about is the total capitalization of the operation. Who would have controlling interest?
3) How much of our rail lines would be available for use by other nations free of charge? As we have already made a substantial investment in rail development in Kalistan, obviously, we would oppose the full subsidy of other nations' development without any corresponding investment in our own development.
I would think these issues would need to be addressed before Kalistan could sign on to an multilateral treaty forming a continental train union. Why not just talk about Kalistan and Lodamun right and when you and I have worked out our arrangement, THEN make it available for other nations to join?
[Ed: We assume this last letter was sent in response to the letter the Foreign Minister by the Lodamese Trade MInister, described earlier this year. We suppose this letter contains the evidence that The News speaks about when they said "While not wanting to contribute to less developed economies without getting a lot in return, Kalistan wanted to have economic ties with a stronger economy like Lodamun." Because the editors certainly could not find evidence for this claim in any other of the "Lodamun Letters."]
We acknowledge your warning and will wish Lodamun luck. While looking to expand trade opportunities in Northern Selaya, we have been doing fantastically without Lodamun thus far, and will return to the status quo. Bear in mind that thus far Lodamun was a non-entity in Kalistani economics. And I suppose Lodamun will remain so.
We wish you well with your railroad. Please inform your President that we have passed at the meager offering you have presented our nation for cooperation.
Or perhaps we will inform your President ourselves...
Kalistan.
These documents are made public for the purposes of the historical record. Members of the Kalistani Government have already assured the Kalistani Republic that under no circumstances will any overtures be made toward Lodamun again.