DUTCH MFA ON AUSTRALIA GROUP PREPARATIONS

C O N F I D E N T I A L THE HAGUE 002747

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/30/2013
TAGS: ETTC PARM PREL NL CBW
SUBJECT: DUTCH MFA ON AUSTRALIA GROUP PREPARATIONS

REF: SECSTATE 304495

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


1. (C) On October 30, PolOff delivered reftel demarche on the
technical meeting preparations for the Australia Group to
Hedda Samson, Policy Officer of the MFA's Nuclear Affairs and
Non-Proliferation Division. Samson agreed to give reftel
points to Dutch technical expert Mario Dorigo, who will be
attending the Australia Group experts meeting November 3-4 in
London. Samson recalled from a previous meeting with Dorigo
that the Netherlands does not produce the aerosol sprayers
the U.S. wants to add to the control list. Accordingly, she
said she did not foresee any major problems, but deferred to
the experts meeting for further details.
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