OFFICIAL-INFORMAL FOR SHERRI HOLLIDAY FROM AMB.

UNCLAS THE HAGUE 002020 SIPDIS OFFICIAL INFORMAL FOR EUR/UBI SHERRI HOLLIDAY E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AMGT NL SUBJECT: OFFICIAL-INFORMAL FOR SHERRI HOLLIDAY FROM AMB. SOBEL On behalf of the entire U.S. Mission to the Netherlands I want to express our thanks to you for the superb job that you have done as Netherlands desk officer these past two years. You have been an indispensable part of our engagement with the Dutch on so many issues, whether it was our shared efforts in the Global War on Terror, managing the sensitive issue of Trafficking in Persons or the successful Dutch 2004 EU Presidency, to name just three of many. We have admired and appreciated the way you effectively managed visits by the Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and other high-level Dutch officials to the U.S., and the crucial contributions you made in support of visits by the President and the Secretary of State to the Netherlands. Thank you also for all the excellent assistance you provided during my frequent visits to Washington. Through it all you have performed with professionalism, good humor and responsiveness and made us more effective here. We wish you the very best in future endeavors. SOBEL