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TO: Her Excellency Sigrid Vogt, Archchancellor of Bergenheim
FROM: Dr. Stephan Röpke, Chancellor of Eiffelland
Your Excellency,
I am writing to you in these bad times to offer you our support and help, and to give you advice.
We understood from our ambassador that you closed Bergenheim's airspace and soil for our troops after a serious threat from Kadikistan. Under those circumstances, I understand your decision. I won't ask you to open your border for my armed forces again. I completely understand that you shrink from such a decision under Kadikistani threat.
However, I urge you to refrain from another decision you may want to take. You yourself have experienced how Kadikistan usually negotiates: Not from a position of equality but from threats. That is how it has gone since the revolution: Kadikistan imposes its will upon its neighbourcountries by posing a serious threat, and then most of the times the neighbourcountries give in. Like Elben gave in when it decided to buy its oil from somewhere else than Kadikistan, and Kadikistan threatened to invade. That is the way Kadikistan cooperates with its neighbours: It forces them to do what it wants by imposing military threats. Elben succumbed to it. Now Kadikistan determines where Elben buys its oil.
Something comparable will also happen when you decide to cooperate more closely with the Kadikistani. First of all, their negotiators will not treat you as equal to them; they will treat you as the leader of a country that capitulates, and will dictate you their terms. From the moment you sign, you will have to discuss each and every decision you take with the Kadikistani ambassador, and he will have the final say. The Kadikistani ambassador will even determine for Bergenheimer companies with whom they are allowed to trade. Bergenheim will loose the freedom it fought for ages ago. And not only its freedom, but also its wealth. Furthermore, you will destroy everything you yourself fought for: Equal rights for women and equal treatment of women compared with men, an ideal even I as an old man agree with and and carried out during my whole working life up to now.
You may think that you save your country with signing an agreement with Kadikistan, but you will only seem to save it on the short term; you will destroy it on the longer term.
Maybe you are still frightened about closing a deal with us because of Kadikistan's threats. I completely understand that. Therefore, I cannot officially offer you anything. I can unofficially offer you the setup of a complete antimissile system with which you can stop a Kadikistani missile attack. I can also offer you assistance in obtaining military equipment from other sources than the Rurikgrad Pact or the Trier Concord. I can also unofficially offer you a free-trade agreement with Eiffelland, and other economic benefits. I will discuss with the Trier Concord to extend this agreement to the rest of the Trier Concord. Of course this will be something that we have to keep hidden as well. Finally, I can also offer you an easier access to Eiffelland's ports. Bergenheim does not have access to the oceans; as a result, Bremen and Lübeck are also the seaports of Bergenheim. We can make the customs procedures easier for you, so that goods travelling from Bergenheim to Bremen and Lübeck and vice versa will be subject to faster and cheaper customs procedures. I guarantee you that the Kadikistani ambassador will forbid you to close any deals with us when you sign an agreement with Kadikistan.
Finally, I unofficially offer you to retaliate with our air force and missiles in the case of a Kadikistani attack, and to help you with defending Bergenheim when needed. We may have not shown much military strength up to now, but we have the capacity to carry out a massive strike if needed. And if you allow us to defend Bergenheim against the Rurikgrad Pact, we will be able to reach the Rurikgrad Pact military assets.
I put my trust in your feeling for the right decision for Bergenheim.
Best regards,
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Dr. Stephan Röpke, Chancellor
TO: Her Excellency Sigrid Vogt, Archchancellor of Bergenheim
FROM: Dr. Stephan Röpke, Chancellor of Eiffelland
Your Excellency,
I am writing to you in these bad times to offer you our support and help, and to give you advice.
We understood from our ambassador that you closed Bergenheim's airspace and soil for our troops after a serious threat from Kadikistan. Under those circumstances, I understand your decision. I won't ask you to open your border for my armed forces again. I completely understand that you shrink from such a decision under Kadikistani threat.
However, I urge you to refrain from another decision you may want to take. You yourself have experienced how Kadikistan usually negotiates: Not from a position of equality but from threats. That is how it has gone since the revolution: Kadikistan imposes its will upon its neighbourcountries by posing a serious threat, and then most of the times the neighbourcountries give in. Like Elben gave in when it decided to buy its oil from somewhere else than Kadikistan, and Kadikistan threatened to invade. That is the way Kadikistan cooperates with its neighbours: It forces them to do what it wants by imposing military threats. Elben succumbed to it. Now Kadikistan determines where Elben buys its oil.
Something comparable will also happen when you decide to cooperate more closely with the Kadikistani. First of all, their negotiators will not treat you as equal to them; they will treat you as the leader of a country that capitulates, and will dictate you their terms. From the moment you sign, you will have to discuss each and every decision you take with the Kadikistani ambassador, and he will have the final say. The Kadikistani ambassador will even determine for Bergenheimer companies with whom they are allowed to trade. Bergenheim will loose the freedom it fought for ages ago. And not only its freedom, but also its wealth. Furthermore, you will destroy everything you yourself fought for: Equal rights for women and equal treatment of women compared with men, an ideal even I as an old man agree with and and carried out during my whole working life up to now.
You may think that you save your country with signing an agreement with Kadikistan, but you will only seem to save it on the short term; you will destroy it on the longer term.
Maybe you are still frightened about closing a deal with us because of Kadikistan's threats. I completely understand that. Therefore, I cannot officially offer you anything. I can unofficially offer you the setup of a complete antimissile system with which you can stop a Kadikistani missile attack. I can also offer you assistance in obtaining military equipment from other sources than the Rurikgrad Pact or the Trier Concord. I can also unofficially offer you a free-trade agreement with Eiffelland, and other economic benefits. I will discuss with the Trier Concord to extend this agreement to the rest of the Trier Concord. Of course this will be something that we have to keep hidden as well. Finally, I can also offer you an easier access to Eiffelland's ports. Bergenheim does not have access to the oceans; as a result, Bremen and Lübeck are also the seaports of Bergenheim. We can make the customs procedures easier for you, so that goods travelling from Bergenheim to Bremen and Lübeck and vice versa will be subject to faster and cheaper customs procedures. I guarantee you that the Kadikistani ambassador will forbid you to close any deals with us when you sign an agreement with Kadikistan.
Finally, I unofficially offer you to retaliate with our air force and missiles in the case of a Kadikistani attack, and to help you with defending Bergenheim when needed. We may have not shown much military strength up to now, but we have the capacity to carry out a massive strike if needed. And if you allow us to defend Bergenheim against the Rurikgrad Pact, we will be able to reach the Rurikgrad Pact military assets.
I put my trust in your feeling for the right decision for Bergenheim.
Best regards,
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Dr. Stephan Röpke, Chancellor