French Confidential Report Leaked

 CONFIDENTIAL REPORT: INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN ANTIOQUIA

1 Jan 1829

ONLY FOR DISTRIBUTION TO FRENCH CITIZENS

1. This report serves to inform French citizens as to the investment opportunities available in Antioquia. It will have details on the various projects French companies and the French state is involved in within the province of Antioquia. At this stage, it is worth noting that the French government has exclusive foreign rights over all the resources in Antioquia, and therefore has a monopoly on all extractive activity.

2. It is worth noting that there is a very favourable political environment for our investments. The government of Antioquia, under one Juan Marie Cordova, is very favourable to French presence and is working closely with the French to ensure joint prosperity between the French and his people. The security situation is also quite safe, as there are close to 500 advisors of the French military in Antioquia to keep the peace and enforce the monopoly by removing foreigners who aren’t French. There is a strong expatriate community. 

3. Some of the most beautiful orchids in the world are grown in Antioquia. French companies have set up roughly 800 square kilometres of land to grow these orchids. You can buy into these projects and contribute to financing so that more land can be developed. You are also contributing to the improvement of the lives of the locals, who are happy that French presence has given them more wage stability and higher technological capacity. 

4. We have also set up some gold extraction facilities across relevant deposits in the province. However, these are desperately in need of financing for success. If they do not receive financing, they may have to shut down.

5. Lastly, we are building some transport infrastructure in the form of paths and long-range roads that will allow us to transport equipment across the region. We would obviously charge a reasonable fee for use of the equipment and infrastructure.

6. The French government has indicated that there may be a willingness to work with other provinces and Governors in Nueva Grenada, while also ensuring the sovereignty of those provinces. They have indicated in private that if other provinces approach them with the same arrangement as they have with Antioquia, they will accept. 

7. The French government has noted in private that one concern is the anti-French nature of the Venezuelans, who have also been approached publicly by the United States. To that extent, the indication has been that the French are willing to pursue security action within the Venezuela to protect the security interests of the state.