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May. 5th, 2015 08:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alt_aliceWe've been making some progress in Dover, but it's fairly slow going.
There are approximately two dozen Muggleborn and Muggle dock workers who have agreed to stay on for the time being, along with Stebs and his crew, and their continued assistance is much needed and appreciated. They are in the process of drawing up a labour contract, and we've been passing along wands to the Muggleborn, and thanks to Lee and Wayne, we've been able to make sure our people are able to move freely between the various Fideliused areas -- Lee took a party of dock workers to visit Aldrich yesterday, which I gather went over quite well for all involved.
We are currently in possession of a rather large amount of goods that are being catalogued and sorted by the dock workers -- we're being a touch mercenary with any goods that are perishable, potentially usable by our people in the free zones, or would be able to move on the black market, and are putting the rest into semi-permanent storage. We are also in the process of moving medical supplies to St Mungo's through several careful back-channels set up by Poppy.
As of yet, we are unable to determine whether MLE will be able to stop ships from coming to port, but we are able to pass goods completely securely through the tunnel access -- it's a bit more cumbersome, but is better than nothing.
Now, whether our trade will be able to continue at all is still quite uncertain. Our counterparts in Calais have been wary -- noticeably so. They've passed along some messages; I've been able to send word to allies and expatriates, and immediately heard back from Aleks, who has been building connections and a rather successful business since we've had to shutter our end of things (he's being modest, but it is impressive), and he has begun lobbying on our behalf. (Which reminds me, Justin dear, if you wish to pass anything along, please do.) There is mention of a worker from the Protectorate in Calais -- they've been quite cagey with providing names -- who is quite insistent that we are terrorists, and that the government and tradespeople of France would get into significant trouble were they to provide us 'assistance.' Presumably, he or she is still in contact with the Ministry -- I am still trying to sort out whether this person's head can be turned at all, but whoever it is has refused to talk directly to us, and the various administrators I've spoken to seem to be conflicted about what to do. (Albus's dockside connection, Jondrette, may be a workaround there -- he does not seem averse to taking a stand on principle, and is certainly appreciative of making a profit...)
I've been trying to push for 'humanitarian aid' as an angle -- aid we'd be willing to pay for (Merlin willing -- Poppy, make sure you're getting paid market prices for those St Mungo's goods?) -- and also suggested that with new management at the docks, trade restrictions may open up significantly, but at this point, they're still dickering about what they'd prefer to do.
There are approximately two dozen Muggleborn and Muggle dock workers who have agreed to stay on for the time being, along with Stebs and his crew, and their continued assistance is much needed and appreciated. They are in the process of drawing up a labour contract, and we've been passing along wands to the Muggleborn, and thanks to Lee and Wayne, we've been able to make sure our people are able to move freely between the various Fideliused areas -- Lee took a party of dock workers to visit Aldrich yesterday, which I gather went over quite well for all involved.
We are currently in possession of a rather large amount of goods that are being catalogued and sorted by the dock workers -- we're being a touch mercenary with any goods that are perishable, potentially usable by our people in the free zones, or would be able to move on the black market, and are putting the rest into semi-permanent storage. We are also in the process of moving medical supplies to St Mungo's through several careful back-channels set up by Poppy.
As of yet, we are unable to determine whether MLE will be able to stop ships from coming to port, but we are able to pass goods completely securely through the tunnel access -- it's a bit more cumbersome, but is better than nothing.
Now, whether our trade will be able to continue at all is still quite uncertain. Our counterparts in Calais have been wary -- noticeably so. They've passed along some messages; I've been able to send word to allies and expatriates, and immediately heard back from Aleks, who has been building connections and a rather successful business since we've had to shutter our end of things (he's being modest, but it is impressive), and he has begun lobbying on our behalf. (Which reminds me, Justin dear, if you wish to pass anything along, please do.) There is mention of a worker from the Protectorate in Calais -- they've been quite cagey with providing names -- who is quite insistent that we are terrorists, and that the government and tradespeople of France would get into significant trouble were they to provide us 'assistance.' Presumably, he or she is still in contact with the Ministry -- I am still trying to sort out whether this person's head can be turned at all, but whoever it is has refused to talk directly to us, and the various administrators I've spoken to seem to be conflicted about what to do. (Albus's dockside connection, Jondrette, may be a workaround there -- he does not seem averse to taking a stand on principle, and is certainly appreciative of making a profit...)
I've been trying to push for 'humanitarian aid' as an angle -- aid we'd be willing to pay for (Merlin willing -- Poppy, make sure you're getting paid market prices for those St Mungo's goods?) -- and also suggested that with new management at the docks, trade restrictions may open up significantly, but at this point, they're still dickering about what they'd prefer to do.
