His Excellency General le Duc Alain de Mylcandonai, His Majesty's Minister
of War, to
His Excellency Brigadier le Duc Axel von Fersen, His Majesty's Minister of
State,
Greetings!
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Your Excellency,
The revealed treachery of Marquis Chabot is indeed disturbing. I was hoping
against hope that Your Excellency might discover some flaw in the written
evidence provided by the Commissioner (for such a scandal reflects badly
upon the whole of France) but from your recent communique on the subject I
see that no such flaws were found.
As regards any further evidence I believe that, either through shame of the
lack of any credible case to present, Marquis Chabot has decided not to
offer any defence? This being the case it would seem that Your Grace's
decision must be according to the evidence already presented and I would
urge a rapid decision. Such an amputation from the body politic of France is
best done speedily so as not to prolong the agony, I feel.
This is especially important considering the important post which Marquis
Chabot holds. It is vital that French diplomats working abroad become
aquainted with this new direction in Foreign Policy as soon as possible,
rather than the workings of the Foreign Ministry grinding to a halt while
Marquis Chabot languishes in the Bastille.
As regards the threat to French security occasioned by Marquis Chabot's
treasonous activities, it is fortunate that the discussions in which he was
involved concerned only the broad overview of the foreing policy we are
agreed upon rather than issues of military deployment. The former would be
difficult to disguise in any case, and will become clear to all once the
formal declarations of war are issued. Intelligence regarding the latter in
the hands of our enemies would, of course, be catastrophic.
I look forward to discussing such matters with you at greater length in the
course of the forthcoming government meeting.
Duc Alain de Mylcandonai,
Minister of War
