Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07USNATO187
2007-03-22 14:32:00
SECRET
Mission USNATO
Cable title:
DUTCH AT NATO OPTIMISTIC ABOUT AUSSIE SOF
VZCZCXYZ0015 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHNO #0187 0811432 ZNY SSSSS ZZH O 221432Z MAR 07 FM USMISSION USNATO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0658 INFO RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA IMMEDIATE 0186 RUEHBUL/AMEMBASSY KABUL IMMEDIATE 0564 RUEHTC/AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE IMMEDIATE 0881 RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC PRIORITY RUEHBS/USNMR BRUSSELS BE PRIORITY
S E C R E T USNATO 000187
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR P, SCA, EAP, EUR/RPM, EUR/UBI
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/21/2017
TAGS: NATO PINS PREL MARR AF AS NL
SUBJECT: DUTCH AT NATO OPTIMISTIC ABOUT AUSSIE SOF
REF: A. THE HAGUE (NOTAL) 488 B. SECSTATE 34078
(NOTAL) C. CANBERRA 329 (NOTAL)
Classified By: Ambassador Victoria Nuland, for Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
S E C R E T USNATO 000187
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR P, SCA, EAP, EUR/RPM, EUR/UBI
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/21/2017
TAGS: NATO PINS PREL MARR AF AS NL
SUBJECT: DUTCH AT NATO OPTIMISTIC ABOUT AUSSIE SOF
REF: A. THE HAGUE (NOTAL) 488 B. SECSTATE 34078
(NOTAL) C. CANBERRA 329 (NOTAL)
Classified By: Ambassador Victoria Nuland, for Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (S) Dutch Ambassador to NATO, Herman Schaper, predicted
March 20 that all issues related to the deployment of
additional Australian SOF to Oruzgan province would be
satisfactorily resolved March 21-22 during Dutch-Aussie CHOD
talks in the Hague. Schaper confirmed that the Netherlands
prefers to have the additional Aussies under ISAF, and hopes
that creative proposals by SACEUR to make this possible would
be acceptable to Canberra.
2. (S) If, however, C2 and ROE cannot be worked out to the
Aussies, satisfaction, Schaper also confirmed that the Dutch
would rather see the Aussies in Oruzgan under OEF than not at
all. This had been confirmed in a phone call between the
Foreign Ministers on March 20, and the Dutch would approach
the CHOD talks in the spirit of ensuring the deployment
happens in some form.
NULAND
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR P, SCA, EAP, EUR/RPM, EUR/UBI
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/21/2017
TAGS: NATO PINS PREL MARR AF AS NL
SUBJECT: DUTCH AT NATO OPTIMISTIC ABOUT AUSSIE SOF
REF: A. THE HAGUE (NOTAL) 488 B. SECSTATE 34078
(NOTAL) C. CANBERRA 329 (NOTAL)
Classified By: Ambassador Victoria Nuland, for Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (S) Dutch Ambassador to NATO, Herman Schaper, predicted
March 20 that all issues related to the deployment of
additional Australian SOF to Oruzgan province would be
satisfactorily resolved March 21-22 during Dutch-Aussie CHOD
talks in the Hague. Schaper confirmed that the Netherlands
prefers to have the additional Aussies under ISAF, and hopes
that creative proposals by SACEUR to make this possible would
be acceptable to Canberra.
2. (S) If, however, C2 and ROE cannot be worked out to the
Aussies, satisfaction, Schaper also confirmed that the Dutch
would rather see the Aussies in Oruzgan under OEF than not at
all. This had been confirmed in a phone call between the
Foreign Ministers on March 20, and the Dutch would approach
the CHOD talks in the spirit of ensuring the deployment
happens in some form.
NULAND