[Sweden]: Message to Argentina

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Government of Sweden
Reinfeldt Administration​

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To whom it may concern,

I write to you on behalf of the Swedish Accident Investigation Authority, a government authority tasked with investigating accidents and incidents with the vision of improving safety. Our authority is responsible for the investigation of civil maritime transport, road traffic, civil aviation, military and rail accidents and incidents. The military branch investigates events that have occurred in Sweden however we will also investigate occurrences abroad if this is of Swedish public interest.

In November 1996, during the Antarctic Crisis, a Swedish-registered military ship was lost in the Southern Ocean: HSwMS Sno. As you are probably aware, this was significant media attention at the time and occurred within an extremely tense political arena.

The loss of this vessel, the circumstances around its demise and the death of its crew has generated an investigation to take place within the authority and I have been designated as the Investigator-in-Charge; I will be your best points of contact in relation to this investigation. Our vision is to begin this investigation promptly and to cooperate with domestic law enforcement or competent investigative agencies as appropriate. It is paramount that this takes place immediately. Our investigations usually follow a set pathway defined by: a fact-finding phase, stakeholder meeting, analysis, consultation and final report publication.

As part of our fact-finding phase we are making necessary contact with the appropriate authorities in Argentina to declassify or authorise access to any documentation relevant to the Antarctic Crisis through the period 1995 to 1997. These documents will be essential to our investigation and to find a factual resolution for our report.

I look forward to your imminent response on this matter.

Regards,
Håkan Josefsson
Investigator-in-Charge
Swedish Accident Investigation Authority
Department of Justice
Kingdom of Sweden

Danny

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