United States | Wire to Germany

[Odinson]

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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE​

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ENCRYPTED MESSAGE​

TO: Federal Foreign Office of Germany ( Jay )​

FROM: Jackson Fitzgerald, Secretary of State of the United States of America

Good afternoon,

The President has directed me to contact your office so that our governments may establish formal relations. Most importantly, we would like to look into reestablishing our diplomatic mission in Berlin, and we would invite your government to have a diplomatic mission in Washington D.C. I hope to hear back from you soon and I look forward to discussing the future relationship between our governments with you.​

Best regards,

Jackson Fitzgerald
Secretary of State
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[Jay]

The Secretary's email would be caught within a number of inter-ministerial backlogs and service outages. Eventually the German Foreign Ministry would receive the email and provide its response.

TO: Jackson Fitzgerald, Secretary of State of the United States of America ( Odinson )
FROM: German Federal Foreign Minister Bernd Lucke
[Confidential] [Private and Encrypt]

Good morning,

Thank you for your exchange of correspondence. Her Excellency the Chancellor appreciates you outreach.

We would be happy to re-establish our diplomatic missions in both Berlin and in Washington as well as all previous consulates as an initial step.

I am happy to discuss over the phone with you over a number of items important to our bilateral relations. I hope your office can do us the pleasure of sending us a list of items as to best prepare myself for the conversation.

Kind regards,
Bernd Lucke
Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs