Admiral Barnett and Messrs. Joyce, Stecker, and Tarone
August 24, 2022
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You have issued multiple press releases in which you claim without any basis whatsoever that “Chinese nationals” and other foreign agents have access to The Campaign Registry’s “critical infrastructure and customer data,” that The Campaign Registry is “owned and controlled” by investors from The People’s Republic of China, and that The People’s Republic of China could “easily” control how or whether U.S. “campaign messages” are conveyed by virtue of such “ownership and control.” We also understand that you have been asserting these same blatantly false claims directly to The Campaign Registry’s customers and business partners, in a transparent attempt to intentionally disrupt The Campaign Registry’s business relationships and damage The Campaign Registry and Kaleyra.
These statements—and your suggestion that The Campaign Registry needs to be “repatriated”—are patently false. The Campaign Registry is a Delaware corporation headquartered in McLean, Virginia, and its management team operates from its Virginia headquarters. It is wholly owned by Kaleyra, which is a U.S.-listed, publicly traded corporation that is also incorporated in Delaware, with principal executive offices in New York City. In short, The Campaign Registry does not need to be “repatriated”—it is already a United States company.
Contrary to your statements and innuendo, none of the Chinese government, any other foreign government, any Chinese national or any foreign agent controls Kaleyra or The Campaign Registry, and none of Kaleyra’s non-employee shareholders has access to The Campaign Registry’s customer data, systems or processes or any ability to control The Campaign Registry’s policies, relationships, protocols, systems or processes. Nor is Kaleyra aware of any shareholder that is affiliated in any way with the Chinese government, or any other foreign government. No basis exists for your frivolous assertion otherwise; you simply made that up.
Moreover, as you well know, The Campaign Registry does not exert any control over terminated SMS traffic, nor does it have access to the content of any text messages. The Campaign Registry is merely a registry, and its database is accessible to mobile operators and their infrastructure partners, who use data from the registry as they each see fit.
We demand that you cease and desist from further false and defamatory statements regarding Kaleyra and The Campaign Registry, including stating or insinuating that Kaleyra or The Campaign Registry is “owned and controlled” by investors from The People’s Republic of China, that Kaleyra should be subject to CFIUS review because of its ownership of The Campaign Registry, and that The Campaign Registry—a U.S. company—should be “repatriated.” We also demand that you issue a public retraction of
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