Sir,
As part of the colonial official in French Algeria, I coagulate and welcome you as our newly assigned colonial governor. It is truly an honor for us to work for someone as respectable as you. While I would love to personally invite you to carouse, I must fulfill my duty first and introduce you to the area you will be governing for the next few years.
While most things had run smoothly with the careful governance of our last governor, there are two things that you will have to know before you start to your governance, our current social policy in Algeria and the conditions in the Casbah and Marine Quarter. Let’s start with our current social policy in Algeria, as you might or might not know, our current social policy is mostly conservative and affected by local tradition. The most notable policy that is enforced in French Algeria is gender segregation. While this might seem barbaric when compare to our libertarian French values, this policy is one of the key policy that we have to enforce to maintain public order. The policy of gender segregation was actually enacted even before we incorporated Algeria into our Grand republic as a territory. The local inhabitant, during their period of self-rule, has assigned different areas for different genders. The public places such as streets and city centers are predominantly for men while domestic places like houses and indoor buildings will generally be where women spend their days. Due to the religious background (mostly Muslims), the policy of gender segregation have maintained in effect even after the incorporation into our glories republic. Please do advice with caution if you wish to alter any policy that would possibly interfere with gender segregation.
As we have covered the social policy in French Algeria, let’s move on to the conditions in the Casbah and Marine Quarter. The Casbah and Marine Quarter to the local inhabitant is a place that is riddled with myths and urban legends. But as a Civilized French official, I must advise you not to be sway by their barbaric and pagan stories. Instead, we should focus on the strategic importance of the Marine quarters. It is a place that is fill with robust economic activity and most importantly, foreign embassies. Adding this to the fact that the marine quarters is closed to the harbors, it is easily one of the most important places diplomatically, economically and military speaking. I even foresee there will be even greater development in the future if we would further focus our development in that area.
In conclusion, I have absolute faith in you as a well-respected politician to govern Algeria, wish you the best of luck for your governance.
-Bernard