- Jul 12, 2018
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KINGDOM OF NORWAY
MINISTRY OF WAR
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RECIPIENT: Mattias Winblad, Secretary of Antarctic Affairs of The Kingdom of Sweden (@Connor )
SENDER: Kristoffer Solberg, Minister of War of The Kingdom of Norway
SECURITY: ENCRYPTED
Secretary Windblad,
I have been made aware of the situation currently taking place between Sweden and Australia off the coast of Antarctica. I am getting ready to brief the Prime Minister on it. I wish to express Norway's resolute support for Sweden in this incident. I have been informed by certain sources that you have been made aware of a facility on Bouvet Island. If the Swedish Royal Navy, Royal Air Force, or your Antarctic Department need to use it to refuel/replenish aircraft or ships, please know that it is available for their use. I must remind you that this facility is Top Secret - there are Ministers in the Norwegian Government who do not even know of its existence. I will be ordering the facility's defense status to Critical - so if any Swedish assets to need to replenish there, please inform us far in advance so that any confusion can be avoided. The area is sensitive. I also ask that the officers aboard your ships or aircraft not inform any enlisted personnel of what the name of the island is, or where they are - in fact, we would prefer that they lied and said that it was a British island.
I will be preparing a Norwegian task force to help if the need arises. Please keep me in the loop, and please inform me if there is anything else we can do to help.
Best Regards,
Kristoffer Solberg
Minister of War