[Israel]: Message for Australia

[Zak]

State of Israel
Security Classification: Encrypted​

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Recipient: Alan Griffin, MP, Minister for Defence Materiel and Science

The Israel Defence Force has been looking to replace its ageing fleet of military ambulances and we have been looking at different types of ambulances to fit the needs of our medical units serving the Israel Defence Force and we have come to the conclusion that the Bushmaster PMV would best be suited to our needs due to its versatility, range and the offering of ballistic and IED protection. We're looking to procure six hundred of these vehicles to outfit the Medical Corps and we'd be looking to purchase three hundred in a deal soon to come and then another three hundred in the coming weeks which will allow us to put these vehicles into service quicker if a deal can be made.

With regards,
Avigdor Lieberman
Minister of Defence
State of Israel

Owen

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[Owen]

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MINISTER FOR DEFENCE MATERIAL AND SCIENCE​

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: TOP SECRET (Encrypted)​

22 January 2000​

Dear Mr. Lieberman, Due to the unprecedent need for Israel to build military equipment we are giving you exclusive rights to produce the Bushmaster as you please without our intervention. It does come in an Ambulance variant and so does the ASLAV which is a much more armoured but less versatile piece of equipment if you wish to also produce that we are giving you the rights to do so. Yours sincerely, Alan Griffin.

Parliament House, CANBERRA, ACT 2600 Telephone: (02) 6277 7700​

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