C O N F I D E N T I A L THE HAGUE 002647

SIPDIS

STATE FOR NP/NE:STRATFORD/COMELIA, NP/MNA:GALLINI,
L/NP:HERR, L/LEI:COLLUMS; DOD FOR OSD/P:MENTZ,
JS/J-5:MILLER; DOJ FOR CTS:CORKEN/KASTER; NSC FOR
OCM:NFRAGOYANNIS, OGC:KIM, OIP:DUNN-LEE; DOE FOR
SO:SOLICH/KOHEN/RIVERS, NNSA:JONAS/LEIKEN/CHERRY/BARLOW;
UNVIE FOR IAEA:L.HILLARD

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/17/2013
TAGS: PARM ENRG TRGY KNNP KTIA NL IAEA
SUBJECT: DUTCH ON DEMARCHE TO CPPNM PARTIES

REF: SECSTATE 289942

Classified By: Political Counselor Mary E. Daly for reasons 1.5 (b and
d)


1. (C) On October 16, PolOff delivered reftel demarche on the
revision of the Convention on the Physical Protection of
Nuclear Material (CPPNM) to Pieter van Donkersgoed, Deputy
Head of the MFA's Environmental and Nuclear Safety Division.
Van Donkersgoed said it was clear the United States had a
concrete proposal regarding the revision of the CPPNM. He
asked for more time to study the U.S. proposal and confer
with MFA colleagues; Van Donkersgoed said he would get back
to PolOff at the latest by the end of next week.
RUSSEL