Språkmäktig utrikesminister

Carl Bildts norska alter ego, Jonas Gahr Støre, är det populäraste statsrådet här i Norge. Vad beror det på? Så här skriver Aftenpostens utrikesredaktör under rubriken "Fenomenet Støre":

"Støres hemmelighet er nettopp språkføringen, for han setter inn et mer levende og presist språk enn noen norsk politiker på lang tid. Dermed behersker han det som er aller viktigst i et demokrati, nemlig evnen til å kommunisere fort og forståelig med mange mennesker."

Fast någon blogg har inte den norske utrikesministern än. Eller som hans kommunikationschef Dale Sandsten säger när frågan kommer på tal:

"-Men han sms-er med Bildt. Og så er han på e-post."

Jag säger så här - Støre behöver inte skaffa en blogg men han bör definitivt skaffa en ny kommunikationschef!

Fast jag minns att även Carl Bildt brukade skryta om sitt epostande. Så här kommenterar han sin numera legendariska epost till Clinton, 1994: "The first email ever between heads of government was sent February 4, 1994 between Rosenbad in Stockholm and the White House... part of the history of the Internet."

Och så här såg korrespondensen ut (saxat från Bildt.net):

From: ADMCB@HHS.SE "Carl Bildt"
To: president@whitehouse.gov
Subject: From PM Carl Bildt / Sweden to President Clinton
Date: 4-FEB-1994 09:51:26


Dear Bill,

Apart from testing this connection on the global Internet system, I want to
congratulate you on your decision to end the trade embargo on Vietnam. I am
planning to go to Vietnam in April and will certainly use the occasion to
take up the question of MIA's. From the Swedish side we have tried to be
helpful on this issue in the past, and we will continue to use the contacts
we might have.

Sweden is - as you know - one of the leading countries in the world in the
field of telecommunications, and it is only appropriate that we should be
among the first to use the Internet also for political contacts and
communications around the globe.

Yours,
Carl

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From: R. Paul Richard
TELEMAIL/C=US/@sprint.com>
To: ADMCB@HHS-SE
Subject: To Prime Minister Bildt from President Clinton
Date: 5-FEB-1994 19:50:48


Dear Carl:

I appreciate your support for my decision to end the trade embargo on
Vietnam and thank you for all that Sweden has done on the question of the
POW/MIAs.

I share your enthusiasm for the potential of emerging communication
technologies. This demonstration of electronic communication is an important
step toward building a global information superhighway.

Sincerely,

Bill

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Andra kända första meddelanden:
Telegrafen, avsändare Samuel Morse: "What Hath God Wrought"

Telefonen, avsändare Graham Bell: "Mr. Watson--come here--I want to see you"