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06THEHAGUE1549
2006-07-13 16:24:00
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Embassy The Hague
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INTERNATIONAL TRACING SERVICE: DUTCH FOCUS ON

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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KNAR PHUM
SUBJECT: INTERNATIONAL TRACING SERVICE: DUTCH FOCUS ON
TECHNICAL ISSUES

REF: STATE 106075

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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KNAR PHUM
SUBJECT: INTERNATIONAL TRACING SERVICE: DUTCH FOCUS ON
TECHNICAL ISSUES

REF: STATE 106075

THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE HANDLE
ACCORDINGLY.


1. (U) Deputy Director for Holocaust Issues Elizabeth Nakian
and econoff delivered on July 7 reftel points to Dutch
Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials Alec Cornelissen,
Senior Advisor and Project Leader for General Management,
J.J. Veerman, Director, Documentary Information Systems
Department, and Carl Peersman, Legal Counsel, Legal Affairs
Department, International Law Division.


2. (SBU) These officials agreed that the International
Tracing Service (ITS) archive in Bad Arolsen, Germany, should
be opened quickly, but expressed several technical concerns.
These concerns included how to care for old documents,
ensuring the presence of archival specialists at the July 24
follow-up meeting, and the assignment of technical personnel
to Bad Arolsen to transition the ITS to an archive. On the
issue of selecting new ITS management, Cornelissen added that
the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is
"sensitive to an active International Commission (IC) role,"
noting that it could be "possible that the ICRC would leave"
its current ITS management role if IC members interfered too
strongly.


3. (SBU) Nakian stressed that the Dutch pursue these issues
in parallel with the main priority of opening up the archive.
With that in mind, Nakian said that obtaining a copy of the
archives is the bottom line for the U.S. and that the Dutch
should use their Chairmanship of the IC to facilitate the
ratification of the ITS amendments by the IC member states.
Regarding the ITS management issue, the U.S. was not seeking
control of the appointment process, just the ability to
review and provide input on candidates, Nakian said.


4. (U) This cable has been cleared by EUR/OHI Deputy Director
Nakian.
ARNALL