[Sweden]: Message to Germany

[Connor]

Government of Sweden
Löfven Administration

Security Classification: TOP SECRET
Document Classification and Security Act 2013
Encrypted by the Swedish Security Service​

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To whom it may concern,

The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration are looking to acquire naval ships with anti-submarine capabilities that're at the peak of the world stage for their capabilities.

Having done extensive research we understand that German shipyards have produced the Sachsen-Class Frigates and we're looking to make a bulk order of eight vessels - are you able to freely provide any specifications regarding these vessels? and more importantly, are these vessels available to export to an otherwise friendly European partner?

Regards,
Göran Mårtensson
General Director of the Defence Materiel Administration
Department for Defence
Kingdom of Sweden

 

[JamieA]

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Bundesministerium der Verteidigung (Federal Ministry of Defence)​

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Encrypted Document(s)​

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To: Göran Mårtensson (Sweden / @Connor) Cc: Maximilian Roth (Germany), Dennis Gottschalk (Germany Subject: GTK Boxer

Hardthöhe, Bonn, Germany​

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Dear Mårtensson Thank you for getting in touch with the Federal Ministry of Defence for the Federal Republic of Germany. Your email was passed to me regarding the sale of the Sachsen Frigate, after careful consideration with various ministers within the Federal Administration it is great pleasure that we can offer you the vessel of your choosing. However such a vessel comes at a hefty price, within an attached document is the specifications for such a vessel and the unit price. Before payment is taken, we must have a contract written up regarding the vessel. As a gesture of good will from the Federal Republic of Germany, the treasury department has seen bit to remove any VAT costs from this sale, the Federal Ministry of Defence has also agreed to attach Maintenance licences for each vessel that you purchase for free as well. Attachment #1 General characteristics Displacement: 5,800 tonnes Length: 143 m (469 ft) Beam: 17.44 m (57.2 ft) Draft: 6 m (20 ft) Propulsion: CODAG (combined diesel and gas), 2 propeller shafts, controllable-pitch propellers, 2 MTU V20 diesel engines, 7.4 MW each &1 General Electric LM2500 gas turbine Speed: 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) Range: 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi)+ at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph) Complement: 230 crew + 13 aircrew Sensors and processing systems: 1 Thales Nederland SMART-L long-range air and surface surveillance radar (D band), 1 Thales Nederland APAR air and surface search, tracking and guidance radar (I band) 1 Thales Nederland Sirius IRST long-range infrared surveillance and tracking system, 2 STN Atlas 9600-M multi-function I/J band ARPA radars, 1 STN Atlas MSP 500 electro-optical fire control system & 1 STN Atlas DSQS-24B bow sonar Electronic warfare & decoys: 1 FL 1800 S II ECM suite & 6 Sippican Hycor SRBOC launcher Armament: 1 OTO-Melara 76 mm dual-purpose gun, 2 Mauser MLG 27 27 mm autocannons, 32 Mk 41 VLS cells for 24 SM-2 Block IIIA and 32 RIM-162 ESSM (quad-packs per cell) surface-to-air missiles, 2 RAM launchers with 21 surface-to-air/CIWS-missiles each, 2 quadruple Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers & 2 triple torpedo launchers with EuroTorp MU90 Impact torpedoes Aircraft carried: 2 Sea Lynx Mk.88A or 2 NH90 helicopters equipped with torpedoes, air-to-surface missiles Sea Skua, and/or heavy machine gun. Unit price: $775,100,000.00 Total price for 8 vessels: $6,200,800,000.00 Yours, Mr Luca Kuefer Procurement & Sales, Federal Ministry of Defence

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[Connor]

Government of Sweden
Löfven Administration

Security Classification: TOP SECRET
Document Classification and Security Act 2013
Encrypted by the Swedish Security Service​

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Dear Luca Kuefer,

Thank you for getting back to me.

Contractual agreements made for defence materiel is required to go via the central Swedish Department for Defence. Could you please forward this onto my office for review and consideration?

Regards,
Göran Mårtensson
General Director of the Defence Materiel Administration
Department for Defence
Kingdom of Sweden

 

[JamieA]

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Bundesministerium der Verteidigung (Federal Ministry of Defence)​

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Encrypted Document(s)​

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To: Göran Mårtensson (Sweden / @Connor) Cc: Maximilian Roth (Germany), Dennis Gottschalk (Germany Subject: GTK Boxer

Hardthöhe, Bonn, Germany​

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Dear Mårtensson Thank you for the prompt reply, please see attached document for the contract agreement. Yours, Mr Luca Kuefer Procurement & Sales, Federal Ministry of Defence

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[Connor]

The contract is signed appropriately by Göran Mårtensson, General Director of the Defence Materiel Administration, and copied locally - the dual signed document is forwarded to the Federal Republic of Germany and awaits confirmation prior to the transfer of funds.

@JamieA

 

[JamieA]

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Bundesministerium der Verteidigung (Federal Ministry of Defence)​

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Encrypted Document(s)​

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To: Göran Mårtensson (Sweden / @Connor) Cc: Maximilian Roth (Germany), Dennis Gottschalk (Germany Subject: Sachsen

Hardthöhe, Bonn, Germany​

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Dear Mårtensson Thank you for the prompt reply, I also thank you for signing the contract so sharply. Once the funds have been transferred, we can secure them and begin building the vessels. I hope this is a start of a fruitful friendship between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Kingdom of Sweden. Yours, Mr Luca Kuefer Procurement & Sales, Federal Ministry of Defence

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[Connor]

#001 Confirmation of payment is sent to the Federal Republic of Germany.


@JamieA