OPERATION BALKAN VICE V: DUTCH RESPONSE

S E C R E T THE HAGUE 003301

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/19/2014
TAGS: PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC NL ICTY
SUBJECT: OPERATION BALKAN VICE V: DUTCH RESPONSE

REF: A. STATE 267711


B. NDEAN-CENGLISH EMAIL 12/17/04 (NOTAL)

Classified By: CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR ANDREW SCHOFER FOR REA
SONS 1.4 (B AND D)


1. (S) Poloff and Deputy Legal Counselor made ref A demarche
to Klaas van der Tempel, Dutch MFA Western Balkans Chief and
Pauline Diepenbroek, MFA Bosnia Desk Officer on December 17.
Van der Tempel said the GONL was pleased with High Rep
Ashdown's actions, and viewed U.S. actions as supporting
them. He noted that the EU Heads of Mission in Sarajevo had
issued a statement of support for Ashdown's actions (ref B)
and that there was a large consensus within the EU in favor
of them as well. Concerning freezing the assets of the
individuals named in ref A, van der Tempel noted that the EU
had recently enacted an asset freeze on certain PIFWCs which
might prove a basis for action, however he said that
organizations, e.g., political parties, might prove "another
matter." In general he expressed appreciation for the
current U.S. and EU consensus on how to move forward in
Bosnia. Regarding support for Mladic, van der Tempel said
that the Dutch, as current holders of the EU Presidency, were
planning a Troika demarche in Belgrade shortly to register
that pension payments for Mladic are "not in the spirit" of
the ICTY.


2. (S) Econoff also delivered ref A points the same day to
Jules Gerzon, Senior Policy Officer, in the Dutch MFA
Political Affairs Department and Margreet Wenting, Senior
Policy Advisor in the Dutch Finance Ministry's Department of
Financial Integrity. Wenting said that MOF would pass the
information to the Dutch Central Bank, banking directors and
the Dutch financial intelligence unit.
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