Identifier	Created	Classification	Origin
03THEHAGUE2340	2003-09-17 13:24:00	CONFIDENTIAL	Embassy The Hague

Cable title:

NPA-GOP PEACE TALKS: DUTCH WEIGHING SISON

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					  C O N F I D E N T I A L THE HAGUE 002340 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/PMBS, S/CT, EB/ESC/ESP,INR/EC, EUR/ERA 
TREASURY FOR ZARATE 
JUSTICE FOR OIA/FRIEDMAN 
BRUSSELS ALSO FOR LEGATT 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/17/2008 
TAGS: PTER ETTC RP NO EUN
SUBJECT: NPA-GOP PEACE TALKS: DUTCH WEIGHING SISON 
ATTENDANCE 
 
REF: A. FBIS JPP 20030916000023 
     
B. FBIS SEP 20030912000037 
 
Classified By: DCM DANIEL RUSSEL. REASON 1.5 (D)

1. (C) Press reports (cited in reftels) have pointed to
preparations for September 20-21 exploratory peace talks
between the New People's Army and Government of the
Philippines in Oslo. The Dutch government told us that NPA
leader Sison has applied for permission to leave the
Netherlands to attend the talks with a guarantee that he be
allowed to return. The Dutch have indicated they will
probably comply with Sison's request but only after receiving
an official request from the Phillippine government to allow
Sison to travel and presumably to engage in limited financial
transactions to support his journey. Both Sison and the NPA
are on the EU list of designated terrorist entities whose
accounts must be frozen and financial transactions blocked.
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