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06TELAVIV3503 | ISRAELI TOURISM INDUSTRY A CASUALTY OF WAR [...] (C) Data from the first six months of 2006 indicates that Israel was on pace to welcome 2.6 million visitors this year, the most since 2000. Not surprisingly, the conflict with Hizballah has resulted in a dramatic decline in the number of foreign tourists. The Central Bureau of Statistics (CB [...] | 2006-09-01 12:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EIND IS |
06TELAVIV3511 | SASSON SHAKEN BY MOJ PLAN TO LAUNDER, EXPAND [...] (S) This is an action request message. See paragraph 11. 2. (S) Summary: Talia Sasson, the attorney who wrote the blockbuster report in March 2005 on illegal outposts activity in the West Bank, was visibly disturbed and agitated by a draft proposal in response to her report that the Minis [...] | 2006-09-01 15:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | KWBG PGOV PREL IS |
06TELAVIV3515 | 61ST UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: UPDATE ON ISRAELI [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-05 10:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA IS |
06TELAVIV3551 | HAIFA AFTER THE ROCKETS [...] Summary. Two Embassy Tel Aviv consular officers made a post-ceasefire visit to Haifa, Israel's third largest city, principal port and for about a month this summer the frequent target of Hizbollah rocket attacks, to assess operations of our consular agency there and get a feel for how the city [...] | 2006-09-06 13:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CASC CMGT IS |
06TELAVIV3561 | TOURGEMAN AND STAFFDEL TALWAR DISCUSS LEBANON, [...] (C) Summary: In an August 24 meeting, Shalom Tourgeman, foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, predicted to Staffdel Talwar that budget wrangling will be taking place between the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Ministry of Finance (MOF) over the next few months as usual. The [...] | 2006-09-07 13:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV PREL KWBG IS LE SY |
06TELAVIV3590 | MOFAZ DISCUSSES KARNI CROSSING WITH THE AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz told the Ambassador on September 6 that security is the main problem concerning Karni crossing, citing the 400-meter long tunnel discovered near there last week. Mofaz said that it would be important to see how the Palestinians will perform t [...] | 2006-09-08 16:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PREL PGOV IS |
06TELAVIV3607 | MFA DG ABRAMOVITCH DISCUSSES ABBAS, LEBANON AND [...] (C) In a September 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Israeli MFA Director General (DG) Aharon Abramovitch confided that Foreign Minister Livni's recent public remarks encouraging a renewed dialogue with Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas should not be interpreted as internal GOI p [...] | 2006-09-11 13:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PTER PREL LE SY IS |
06TELAVIV362 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-26 11:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
06TELAVIV3651 | PRESSING THE EU TO RENEW EUBAM MANDATE FOR RAFAH [...] (C) European Commission Pol/Econ Counselor Emanuele Giaufret told EconCouns on September 7 that the EU is having a difficult time justifying the existence of the EU Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM) to Rafah because the crossing has been basically closed since June 25, either for security thr [...] | 2006-09-13 14:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PREL PGOV IS |
06TELAVIV366 | ISRAELI NSC SAYS CLARITY NEEDED ON HAMAS IN NEW [...] (C) During their January 25 meeting at Israel's National Security Council, NSC Director MGEN (Ret.) Giora Eiland and his deputy, Eran Etzion, told NEA DAS Robert Danin the following: -- USG, GOI and Quartet statements on a HAMAS presence in the new Palestinian government need to be clear and [...] | 2006-01-26 14:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL PEACE PROCESS |
06TELAVIV3669 | ISRAELI FISCAL RESTRAINT FACES CHALLENGES [...] (C) Chief Bank Leumi Economist Gil Bufman thinks that the Israeli economy can sustain increased spending in the short-term to cover war-related expenses without undermining investor confidence in the Israeli market or reversing the economic gains of the last few years. However, he is deeply [...] | 2006-09-14 16:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV IS |
06TELAVIV3670 | MOF DG ON ISRAELI ECONOMIC POLICY [...] (C) Ministry of Finance (MOF) DG Yossi Bachar says that Israeli politicians understand the need to maintain a policy of fiscal restraint. The policy is not dependent on individuals, but on market forces, which punish deviations from that path. He is worried about the government's longevity [...] | 2006-09-14 16:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL IS |
06TELAVIV3671 | ISRAELI MFA DG'S VISIT TO ABU DHABI [...] (C) MFA Deputy DG for Political Research (the Israeli equivalent to INR) Nimrod Barkan informed newly arrived Polcouns Sept. 13 that MFA Director General Aharon Abramovitch, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's close confidant, had just returned from a visit to Abu Dhabi, where he discussed the Ira [...] | 2006-09-15 04:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL IS IR TC |
06TELAVIV3691 | (C) SNEH: SOLVE ISRAEL-PA CONFLICT BEFORE WAR WITH [...] (C) Summary: In an August 24 meeting with Staffdel Talwar, MK Ephraim Sneh said that that Israel needs to settle the decades-long conflict with the Palestinians in the next two or three years. Sneh stated that after the conflict with Hizballah the concept of unilateral disengagement from the [...] | 2006-09-15 14:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG LE IR SY IS |
06TELAVIV3692 | MFA'S BARKAN SEES A GROWING CHANCE OF WAR IN THE [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director of Strategic Affairs Nimrod Barkan told Staffdel Talwar that Iran was not behind the timing of the recent conflict with Hizballah, as Iran had deployed missiles to Lebanon for use on a future "D-Day." He said that the most significant strategic development this year [...] | 2006-09-15 14:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG SY IS |
06TELAVIV370 | ISRAEL AND TURKEY BEGIN COOPERATION ON EREZ [...] (C) Summary: On January 5 the governments of Israel and Turkey signed a Joint Declaration on contributing to the economic development and promotion of the Gaza Strip by establishing a Turkish management company that will operate the Erez industrial zone. According to the Turkish Embassy, this [...] | 2006-01-26 16:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KPAL KWBG PREL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
06TELAVIV3703 | ISRAEL WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IMSO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-18 07:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECPS EU EWWT IMO INMARSAT KHLS IS |
06TELAVIV3705 | POWERS OF INQUIRY: THE PROPOSED WINOGRAD COMMITTEE V. A [...] Summary and Introduction: After several false starts (reftels),Prime Minister Olmert proposed and the government approved a "Government Review Committee" to "examine the functioning of both the political leadership and the security establishment regarding the campaign in the north." The Gov [...] | 2006-09-18 10:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR KJUS IS LE |
06TELAVIV3729 | NAZARETH MAYOR PESSIMISTIC ON POSTWAR JEWISH-ARAB [...] (C) In a September 13 meeting with Emboffs, longtime Nazareth Mayor Ramiz Jaraisy painted a bleak picture of postwar relations between Israel,s Jewish and Arab communities. He argued that Israel had chosen &force over peace8 in its invasion of southern Lebanon, and that Israeli Arabs felt be [...] | 2006-09-19 08:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL IS |
06TELAVIV3732 | ISRAELI CT OFFICIALS DISCUSS ISRAEL-HIZBALLAH WAR, U.S.-ISRAEL CT COOPERATION [...] (S) Israeli counterterrorism (CT) officials were anxious to convince visiting S/CT Deputy Coordinator Virginia Palmer that Israel´s 34-day war with Hizballah in July and August had weakened the terrorist group and given Lebanese PM Siniora greater political will to take on Hizballah, but Israeli [...] | 2006-09-19 13:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PTER PREL SY LE IS |
06TELAVIV3763 | LIVNI AND ABBAS AGREE ON EXPANDED DIALOGUE [...] (S) Summary: According to Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's staff, Livni and Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas agreed on September 18 to a continued dialogue, including at the Abbas-Olmert level. Despite this renewed contact, the Israelis insisted that no negotiations with the P [...] | 2006-09-20 14:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | KPAL KWBG PREL IS |
06TELAVIV3781 | ISRAELI MOD POLDIR TRAVEL TO CHINA [...] (C) During a meeting on September 21, MOD Political Director Amos Gilad informed the Ambassador that he will travel to Beijing on September 24 at the invitation of the China Institute for International Strategic Studies for a strategic dialogue and discussions with MFA and MOD officials. Half [...] | 2006-09-21 15:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR PARM CH IS |
06TELAVIV3782 | AMBASSADOR PROPOSES OPENING RAFAH FOR HAJJ PILGRIMS [...] (C) During a September 20 meeting with MFA Deputy Director General for North America Yoram Ben Zeev, Ambassador raised the Rafah crossing. Ambassador noted that Ramadan was approaching and would coincide with the Jewish High Holidays this year. Gaza Hajj pilgrims are already preparing to tra [...] | 2006-09-21 15:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPAL IS |
06TELAVIV3783 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ARMS TRANSFER POLICY TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-21 15:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PARM PREL OTRA VE IS |
06TELAVIV3784 | ISRAELI MOD ON LEBANON WITHDRAWAL, OVERFLIGHTS, [...] (C) Summary: Amos Gilad, the director of the military-political division at the Israeli Ministry of Defense, told the Ambassador September 21 that Israeli forces would need another one-to-three weeks to complete their withdrawal from Lebanon. He stressed that this delay is for purely technica [...] | 2006-09-21 15:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MASS PARM ASEC LE IS |
06TELAVIV3785 | SHEETRIT DISCUSSES WINOGRAD COMMITTEE, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Israeli Acting Minister of Justice Meir Sheetrit on Tuesday, September 19, 2006, to discuss new Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Copyright laws pending in the Knesset and settlement building in the West Bank. In addition, Sheetrit discussed the current W [...] | 2006-09-21 16:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
06TELAVIV3786 | GOI ISSUES TENDERS FOR 854 HOUSINGS UNITS TWO WEEKS [...] (U) As reported septel, the Israel Lands Authority (ILA) and the Ministry of Construction and Housing (MOCH) on Thursday, September 21, issued three tenders in Ha'aretz for construction in settlements in the West Bank. The first is a tender to build 20 units on ten plots in the Central Hill [...] | 2006-09-21 16:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PGOV PREL IS |
06TELAVIV379 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-27 11:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
06TELAVIV3791 | LIKUD READS QUARTET STATEMENT AS A DIPLOMATIC [...] (SBU) PM Olmert's plans to meet West Bank settlers next week and his quest to shore up his coalition no doubt prompted some Likud leaders to take issue with the September 20 Quartet statement as a way to flex their political muscles before the Jewish High Holidays begin on September 22. Forme [...] | 2006-09-22 12:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN IS KPAL |
06TELAVIV3794 | GILAD DISCUSSES RAFAH, KARNI, AND AMA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Defense (MOD) Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad placed a heavy emphasis on the situation at Rafah in a September 21 meeting with the Ambassador. He said that the GOI understands that pressure is rising at the crossing because of its closure, but said it would be difficult [...] | 2006-09-22 16:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
06TELAVIV3816 | UNIFIL OPENING OFFICE IN TEL AVIV, LIAISING WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-27 08:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO LE IS |
06TELAVIV3818 | ISRAELI MOD POSES QUESTIONS ABOUT USG ARMS [...] (C) Responding to ref A demarche, Israeli MOD Strategic Dialogues and Cooperation Coordinator Rami Yungman posed a number of questions to poloff in their meeting September 21. Stressing that Israel wants to "do the right thing" with respect to Venezuela, Yungman said he would be grateful for a [...] | 2006-09-27 09:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PARM PREL ETTC VE IS |
06TELAVIV3843 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH BIBI NETANYAHU [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Likud Party leader Bibi Netanyahu September 26, Netanyahu told the Ambassador he was pleased with his recent visits to Washington and London, and appeared confident that he and his party would make a political comeback as a result of the Israeli public's swing [...] | 2006-09-28 08:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON IS IR XF |
06TELAVIV3844 | GOI PERSPECTIVE ON WAZZANI SPRINGS [...] (C/NF) Summary: According to an MFA official, the villagers of Rajar (aka Ghajjar) resumed using piped water from the nearby Wazzani Springs after the IDF drove Hizballah fighters away from the area during the recent conflict. Armed Hizballah fighters had stopped the villagers from using the [...] | 2006-09-28 09:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV PREL PGOV KPKO LE IS |
06TELAVIV387 | INITIAL ISRAELI RESPONSE TO THE PLC ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary and comment: Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has urged patience in formulating a response to the surprise outcome of the Palestinian elections, but said publicly that he will not negotiate with a Palestinian Authority government that includes Hamas. Israeli politicians from m [...] | 2006-01-27 14:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV389 | MISHLEV DISCUSSES PA ELECTIONS, KARNI AND RAFAH [...] (C) Summary: Major General Yosef Mishlev told the Ambassador January 24 that preparations for the Palestinian elections were going well, and that the GOI and the Palestinian Authority (PA) had established joint coordination rooms in the West Bank and Gaza for election day to handle security. [...] | 2006-01-27 16:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT SETTLEMENTS |
06TELAVIV390 | LABOR'S NUMBER TWO: ELECTIONS WILL BE A FIGHT FOR [...] (C) Summary: Labor Party MK Itzhak Herzog told NEA DAS Robert Danin January 25 that Kadima, Labor, and Likud will be battling over the some 80 Knesset seats that he assesses will go to the political center, as well as for the Russian vote. Herzog expressed resignation that Labor would not win [...] | 2006-01-27 16:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL PINR IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL SETTLEMENTS |
06TELAVIV3909 | PM OLMERT TO CODEL WARNER: ISRAEL READY TO SUPPORT [...] (S) Summary. CODEL Warner met with Prime Minister Olmert at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on October 3. (Septels to report the CODEL's meetings with Foreign Minister Livni and Defense Minister Peretz.) Olmert provided his assessment of the results of the war with Hizballah. He i [...] | 2006-10-04 14:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV OVIP IS IR LE KPAL |
06TELAVIV391 | SHIMON PERES ON THE PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS [...] Former Vice Premier Shimon Peres discussed Hamas with Senator Joseph R. Biden, SFRC Democratic Staff Director Antony Blinken and SFRC Professional Staff Member Puneet Talwar on January 25. Commenting before the vote tallies were in, Peres put a positive spin on the Palestinian elections, whic [...] | 2006-01-27 17:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL IS PINR KPAL ETRD EG JO KISL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV3910 | AMBASSADOR AND SHIN BET CHIEF DISKIN DISCUSS GAZA, [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-04 14:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR KPAL KWBG EG IS |
06TELAVIV3911 | Bloodless Holy War: The Beckfords vs Yad L'Achim [...] Summary: Consular officers went to the city of Arad in the Negev desert to interview two American citizens about their ongoing conflict with the anti-missionary group, Yad L'Achim (lit.," Hand to Brothers"). While the Americans are clearly being harassed in their pursuit of daily activities, [...] | 2006-10-04 15:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC CVIS PHUM PGOV IS KIRF |
06TELAVIV392 | DAS DANIN AND KADIMA STRATEGIST DISCUSS MIDDLE [...] (C) Summary: Political consultant Eyal Arad told NEA DAS Robert Danin and Ambassador Jones January 25 that Kadima is ready to fulfill Israel's roadmap obligations and commitments to the USG, including those pertaining to outposts and settlements. Arad maintained that Israel must maintain "sec [...] | 2006-01-27 17:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV3937 | PEACE NOW REPORT DETAILS CONSTRUCTION IN ILLEGAL [...] (C) The Ambassador on October 4 raised the recently-published Peace Now report on construction in illegal outposts and settlements with BGen (ret.) Baruch Spiegel and Ministry of Defense (MOD) Senior Adviser Haggai Alon. 2. (U) Peace Now published a report on October 2 detailing extensi [...] | 2006-10-05 16:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
06TELAVIV3938 | SPIEGEL ON CROSSINGS AND MOVING FORWARD WITH AMA [...] (C) Summary: In a September 4 meeting, BGen (ret.) Baruch Spiegel and MOD Senior Adviser Haggai Alon reported to the Ambassador that Minister of Defense Amir Peretz has given the green light for the MOD to undertake talks with the USG to implement the AMA, and that the MOD will also be workin [...] | 2006-10-05 17:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
06TELAVIV394 | SHEETRIT SAYS ISRAEL MUST PROPOSE FINAL BORDERS TO [...] (C) In a discussion with the Ambassador, Minister of Transportation Meir Sheetrit said that the Kadima Party list for the Parliamentary elections would be fully formed by the end of January, and added that he was confident that all of the ministers and members of the Knesset (MKs) in the party [...] | 2006-01-30 07:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV3952 | PRM PDAS GREENE MEETINGS WITH ISRAELI AND NGO [...] (C) Summary: On September 28-29, PRM PDAS Richard Greene had wide-ranging discussions with GOI and International Organization (IO) officials pertaining to: access barriers facing IOs and NGOs implementing humanitarian programs in the West Bank and Gaza; coordination efforts between the GOI and [...] | 2006-10-06 11:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PHUM IS LE KWBG PREF IZ |
06TELAVIV3957 | AVI DICHTER BRIEFS CODEL PRYOR ON STATE OF ISRAELI [...] (C) In an October 3 meeting with Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR),Public Security Minister Avi Dichter attributed Israel's relative success in stopping West Bank suicide bombers to the separation barrier and to "actionable intelligence" provided by an extensive network of informants. Commenting on [...] | 2006-10-06 15:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EG IS LE KPAL KWBG PTER PREL IR |
06TELAVIV3958 | ISRAEL'S 2007 ECONOMIC ARRANGEMENTS BILL A MIX OF [...] (U) Israel's 2007 Economic Arrangements Bill includes both new reform initiatives and attempts to enact several old programs from previous years. (Note: The Economic Arrangements Bill, which typically moves through the Knesset approval process in tandem with the state budget, outlines the eco [...] | 2006-10-06 15:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IS PGOV |
06TELAVIV3960 | ISRAEL'S 2007 STATE BUDGET ATTEMPTS TO BALANCE [...] (U) Israel's 2007 state budget, as approved by the Cabinet on September 12, totals approximately NIS 283 billion (USD 65 billion). This represents year-on-year real expenditure growth of 3.3 percent over 2006, consisting of the previously announced 1.7 percent increase plus an additional 1.6 p [...] | 2006-10-06 15:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IS PGOV |
06TELAVIV3972 | NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST DEMARCHE [...] Post provided reftel points to the MFA Deputy Director General for the United Nations and International Organizations, Aharon Leshno Yaar, on October 10. Although most MFA staff are on holiday this week, Yaar agreed to share our points with MFA Deputy Director General Miriam Ziv, who heads t [...] | 2006-10-10 11:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KN PARM KNNP IS IR |
06TELAVIV4001 | CODEL WARNER'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER LIVNI [...] (C) Summary. CODEL Warner met with Foreign Minister Livni at MFA October 3 (reftel reports the CODEL's meeting with Prime Minister Olmert). Asked whether Israel's war with Hizballah and moderate Arab fear of Iran had created new opportunities, Livni said Israel had some common interests wit [...] | 2006-10-11 12:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OREP IS LE KWBG |
06TELAVIV4002 | ISRAELI ACADEMICS OFFER POST-LEBANON WAR [...] (C) Summary: The Charge, Political Counselor and PAO recently discussed Israeli politics and regional developments in the aftermath of the Lebanon war with leading academics and area experts from Israeli universities and think tanks. These academics, who spoke to us under the Chatham House ru [...] | 2006-10-11 13:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IS LE SY IR IZ |
06TELAVIV4013 | LIEBERMAN'S GAME PLAN [...] (C) Summary: In the midst of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, when most government officials are on holiday, and on the eve of the resumption of Knesset activity on October 16, political pundits are making hay of reports that Prime Minister Olmert will soon expand the governing coalition to incl [...] | 2006-10-11 15:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IS |
06TELAVIV4021 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying Wednesday in Washington, in an address to the American Task Force on Palestine: "I know the commitment of the Palestinian p [...] | 2006-10-12 10:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR |
06TELAVIV4032 | USSC DAYTON RAISES RAFAH, AMA AND BADR BRIGADE WITH ISA DISKIN [...] (C) Summary: Israel Security Agency (ISA) Director Yuval Diskin told the USSC, LTG Keith W. Dayton, that Israel's primary concern with the normalization of operations at the Rafah terminal are derived from U.S. and Palestinian failures to follow through with commitments made in the November 15, 20 [...] | 2006-10-12 15:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS KPAL KWBG MASS PINR EG JO IS |
06TELAVIV4033 | BOI OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ISRAEL'S POST-WAR ECONOMIC [...] (C) Bank of Israel (BOI) Research Director Dr. Karnit Flug voiced optimism about the health of the Israeli economy, citing the various political and security shocks weathered over the last year as proof of the economy's resilience. Flug indicated that she thinks the GOI responded to post-war c [...] | 2006-10-12 15:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IS PGOV |
06TELAVIV4034 | LABOR PARTY OBJECTS TO YISRAEL BEITEINU MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Labor Party MKs have awakened to the political challenge posed by coalition-broadening talks between Prime Minister Olmert and Yisrael Beiteinu party leader Lieberman, but have yet to speak with one voice. Although Party Chairman Peretz conveyed his opposition to the Yisrael Bei [...] | 2006-10-12 15:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IS KPAL |
06TELAVIV4037 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that a total of 8 or 9 Palestinians, including two children, were killed Thursday in two IDF operations in the Gaza Strip. Five Qassam rockets landed [...] | 2006-10-13 10:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR |
06TELAVIV4042 | CODEL WARNER'S MEETING WITH ISRAELI DEFMIN PERETZ [...] (C) CODEL Warner's October 3 meeting with Israel Defense Minister Amir Peretz focused on lessons learned from Israel's war with Hizballah in southern Lebanon, and missile defense. (Reftels report on the CODEL's meetings with Prime Minister Olmert and Foreign Minister Livni.) Accompanied by MOD [...] | 2006-10-13 14:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MASS PGOV OREP KWBG LE IR SY IS |
06TELAVIV4043 | PRESS REPORTS PORTEND DEMOLITION OF ILLEGAL [...] (C) The "Ha'aretz" Hebrew edition reported on October 13 that Defense Minister Amir Peretz instructed the IDF to expedite the evacuation of illegal outposts in the West Bank. The article stated that Peretz ordered the demolition of a total of 86 structures--47 Israeli, 39 Palestinian. The I [...] | 2006-10-13 15:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
06TELAVIV4047 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, The Jerusalem Post reported that Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter will leave on Sunday for an official visit to the US, during which he will meet with top law enforcement o [...] | 2006-10-16 10:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR |
06TELAVIV4069 | TWO FORMER IDF CHIEFS OF STAFF OFFER OPPOSING [...] (C) In separate meetings September 22 and October 10, former IDF Chiefs of Staff Amnon Lipkin-Shahak and Moshe Yaalon provided POL and DAO sharply differing assessments of how Israel should deal with Syria. These assessments mirror a broader debate in Israel, with political commentators and [...] | 2006-10-16 13:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MASS SY LE IR IS |
06TELAVIV407 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-30 12:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
06TELAVIV4086 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that in a speech at the opening of the Knesset's winter session, PM Ehud Olmert said that the "Lebanon campaign" underlined the threat a nuclear Iran would pose for the " [...] | 2006-10-17 10:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR |
06TELAVIV4106 | UPDATE ON ISRAEL'S COPYRIGHT LEGISLATION [...] (S) Summary: Israel is moving forward with legislation to modernize and unify its existing copyright law. Three pieces of pending copyright legislation have a direct impact on U.S. industry. Working-level contacts at Ministry of Justice (MoJ),who drafted the legislation, display varying degr [...] | 2006-10-17 15:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | ECON ETRD PGOV KIPR IS |
06TELAVIV4107 | OLMERT PUSHES LIEBERMAN-LIKE REFORM IDEAS IN [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Olmert opened the Winter session of the Knesset October 16 in the conspicuous absence of President Moshe Katsav, who ducked the occasion rather than face a firestorm of protest from MKs who are calling for the President's resignation amidst serious allegations of s [...] | 2006-10-17 16:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IS |
06TELAVIV4111 | DRUZE ELDERS: TIRED OF BEING TAKEN FOR GRANTED, [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a meeting October 6, Druze leaders told PolCouns and poloffs that after almost sixty years, Druze loyalty to Israel had still not been rewarded. They cautioned that unless conditions in their communities improved soon, young Druze would begin sliding toward extremism. Th [...] | 2006-10-18 09:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL LE SY IS |
06TELAVIV4148 | READOUT OF ISRAEL MOD POL-MIL BUREAU CHIEF'S VISIT [...] (C) On October 17, the chief advisor to Israeli MOD POL-MIL Bureau Chief Amos Gilad gave poloff a readout of Gilad's meetings with Chinese MFA and MOD officials during his September 25-28 visit to Beijing. During those meetings, the Chinese officials reportedly said that China: A) will not [...] | 2006-10-19 14:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PTER ETTC KPKO MASS MARR MNUC CH |
06TELAVIV4153 | EU DEMARCHE ON GOI ENTRY PROCEDURES TO WB/G [...] The Embassy of Finland, in its EU Presidency capacity, shared with post the aide-memoire that the EU (plus Norway and Switzerland) plans to share with the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the week of October 23. BEGIN TEXT: Since spring 2006, Israeli authorities have been more s [...] | 2006-10-19 15:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWBG KPAL EU PBTS PHUM IS |
06TELAVIV4155 | ISRAEL PASSES NEW TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LAW [...] (SUMMARY) The Knesset approved October 17 a law to strengthen and broaden penalties for human trafficking, an objective that Post has been advocating for and that the Olmert government strongly embraced. MK Zehava Gal-On (Meretz) drafted the law, which was supported by the government and pa [...] | 2006-10-20 04:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB GTIP PHUM IS KCRM KJUS |
06TELAVIV4162 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. PM Olmert Visit to Russia ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz headlined that the US and Israel see eye to eye regarding the Syrian option and are both against opening a separate Israel-Syrian track. This tendency comes a [...] | 2006-10-20 10:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR |
06TELAVIV4176 | REFORM MAVEN LEAVING FINANCE MINISTRY [...] (C) Yossi Bachar, the Director General of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) announced on October 16 that he will be leaving his post at the ministry. He agreed to Finance Ministry Hirchson's request to stay on the job until the 2007 budget is passed by the Knesset, which should happen by the end o [...] | 2006-10-20 15:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV IS |
06TELAVIV4177 | PERETZ WANTS MERETZ, BUT BEILIN IS BETTING ON BIBI [...] (C) PM Olmert's courting of Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu (YB) party as a potential coalition partner has forced Labor Party chairman Amir Peretz to look left to Meretz for political survival. Meretz MK Avshalom Vilan last floated the idea of a Meretz-Labor partnership at the end of S [...] | 2006-10-20 16:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KPAL IS |
06TELAVIV4234 | MODEST DISCOVERY OF OIL IN DEAD SEA BASIN COULD [...] (U) Genco Oil and Gas Exploration, an Israeli company that has been drilling in the Dead Sea basin for ten years, recently struck oil at Zuk Tamur 3 -- a 1,800 meter deep drill site -- and discovered reserves the company estimates at between four and six million barrels, worth about $300 mill [...] | 2006-10-24 15:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV PREL IS |
06TELAVIV4247 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Internal political issues continued to dominate the Hebrew language newspapers. All media estimated that Defense Minister Amir Peretz will inform Prime Minister Ehud Olmert tha [...] | 2006-10-25 09:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR |
06TELAVIV4256 | LIEBERMAN JOINS THE COALITION [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on October 24, Yisrael Beiteinu (YB) party leader Avigdor Lieberman confirmed that he would join the governing coalition with the titles of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Strategic Threats, perhaps as early as October 25. Lieberman would [...] | 2006-10-25 16:56:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KPAL KWBG IS IR EG JO LE SY |
06TELAVIV4262 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US Israel Relations 3. UNIFIL in Lebanon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported estimations of military sources indicating the Defense Minister Peretz does not intend to evacuate whole settlements. According to t [...] | 2006-10-26 09:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR |
06TELAVIV4266 | SIPDIS TEST CABLE - TEL AVIV [...] (C) THIS IS A SIPDIS TEST CABLE FROM TEL AVIV. 2. (U) PLEASE DISREGARD THIS CABLE UPON RECEIPT. ********************************************* ******************** Visit Embassy Tel Aviv's Classified Website: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/telaviv You can also access this site through t [...] | 2006-10-26 12:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IS |
06TELAVIV4269 | BOI GOVERNOR SEES EXCELLENT ISRAELI ECONOMIC [...] (C) Governor of the Bank of Israel (BOI) Stanley Fischer told the Ambassador that Israel's economic situation is excellent, despite the recent war, which slowed 2006 economic growth by about one percent. Inflation is very low, and the .25 percent interest rate decrease on October 23 was mean [...] | 2006-10-26 14:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SCRM IS KPAL KWBG |
06TELAVIV427 | CHIEF SEPHARDIC RABBI SEES INTERRELIGIOUS BRIDGE [...] (C) Summary: Chief Sephardic Rabbi Schlomo Amar highlighted the importance of promoting dialogue between Jewish and Muslim religious leaders as a means to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a January 26 meeting with the Ambassador. Rabbi Amar emphasized that the GOI should encourage [...] | 2006-01-30 15:57:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM PREL KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS PEACE PROCESS SOCIETY |
06TELAVIV4272 | ISRAELI BUSINESSES STILL INTERESTED IN PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Israeli business owners, academics, and a prominent NGO offered mixed, though predominantly positive, views of the future of Israeli-Palestinian business ties under more peaceful conditions. Two interlocutors -- an academic and the owner of a shipping company -- were decidedly pessimistic [...] | 2006-10-26 15:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IS PGOV |
06TELAVIV4281 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ----------- Summary: -------- Independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz editorialized: "Peretz relinquished the last remnants of his influence over diplomatic-security affairs when he agreed to place the sensitive matter of strategic threats in the hands of the least appropriate perso [...] | 2006-10-27 10:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR |
06TELAVIV4293 | GERMANS DOWNPLAYING ISRAELI ACTIONS AGAINST UNIFIL [...] (C) The German DCM in Tel Aviv told poloff on October 27 that Berlin is intentionally downplaying its response to the October 24 incident in which an Israeli Air Force F-16 allegedly fired two shots across the bow of a Bundesmarine ship assisting UNIFIL. According to the DCM, German Defense M [...] | 2006-10-27 14:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS LE GM IS |
06TELAVIV4300 | IFPI ISRAEL: UPDATE ON COPYRIGHT LEGISLATION [...] (C) Summary: In a October 26 meeting with the Managing Director and Legal Advisor of the International Federation of Phonographic Industry (IFPI) in Israel, Econoff emphasized the need to focus concerns about the Copyright Bill and the Copyright Tribunal Bill into a coherent argument that the U [...] | 2006-10-27 15:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KIPR IS |
06TELAVIV4303 | THE LIEBERMAN FACTOR IN ISRAEL POLITICS AND U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu (YB) party is poised to formally join the governing coalition on October 30, following negotiations with PM Olmert and the grudging acceptance of this deal by Labor Party chairman Amir Peretz. Although several Labor MK's have made their vocife [...] | 2006-10-27 16:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KPAL IS US |
06TELAVIV4306 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US Israeli Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that the police will begin an initial examination to determine whether to open a criminal investigation against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on his role i [...] | 2006-10-30 10:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR |
06TELAVIV4328 | POL SIPDIS TEST CABLE [...] Embassy Tel Aviv ** Testing the routing for SIPDIS automatic distribution into the terms & categories section. ********************************************* ******************** Visit Embassy Tel Aviv's Classified Website: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/telaviv You can also access th [...] | 2006-10-31 11:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IS COUNTERTERRORISM |
06TELAVIV4329 | POL SIPDIS - ISRAELI SOCIEITY [...] Text - Embassy Tel Aviv test cabel to see if SIPDIS routing works for categories & terms. 2. Second paragraph. ********************************************* ******************** Visit Embassy Tel Aviv's Classified Website: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/telaviv You can also access t [...] | 2006-10-31 11:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM IS |
06TELAVIV4330 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that the Bush administration is making efforts to train the Presidential Guard of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in order to prepare it for a potential violent [...] | 2006-10-31 11:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR |
06TELAVIV4349 | (S/NF) PALESTINIAN AND ISRAELI SECURITY [...] (S/NF) In response to reftel, embassy submits the following answers to questions posed in reftel. These answers were formulated with contributions from SIHO, DAO Tel Aviv, ConGen Jerusalem, and the U.S. Security Coordinator's office. 2. (S/NF) The answers below correspond to the questions [...] | 2006-11-01 12:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PBTS PGOV PREL GZ IS |
06TELAVIV4354 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------ Yediot reported that that US Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte is scheduled to arrive in Israel on Wednesday after visiting Egypt. According to the paper Negroponte's visit has [...] | 2006-11-01 14:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR |
06TELAVIV4368 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Lebanon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------ All media reported that the diplomatic-security cabinet decided on Wednesday to continue military pressure on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, but not to expand the operation. However, [...] | 2006-11-02 11:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR |
06TELAVIV4373 | ISRAELI MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY HEAD ON MISSILE [...] (C) In an October 8 meeting, Israel Missile Defense Agency head Arieh Herzog told visiting House Armed Services Committee counsel Roger Zakheim that Israel is working with the U.S. to address (a) a gap in its missile defense (MD) capability vis-a-vis a potential future threat of Iranian nucle [...] | 2006-11-02 15:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MASS IR IS |
06TELAVIV4375 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Lebanon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------ All media reported that the diplomatic-security cabinet decided on Wednesday to continue military pressure on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, but not to expand the operation. However, [...] | 2006-11-03 05:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR |
06TELAVIV4376 | ISRAELI MFA ON IMPROVING UNSCR 1701 IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials have outlined for poloffs their "initial thinking" on possible ways to improve implementation of the UN arms embargo contained in UNSCR 1701. The MFA would prefer to establish a UN sanctions committee to deal with Lebanon, but realizes that such a move is unlikely [...] | 2006-11-03 07:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC PTER SY LE IS UN |
06TELAVIV4387 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] US Israeli Relations 2. Lebanon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------ Leading media reported that US top envoys Elliot Abrams and David Welsh met Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday. According to the media the two envoys demanded that Israel [...] | 2006-11-03 10:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR |
06TELAVIV4395 | ISRAELI KIBBUTZ AND PALESTINIAN VILLAGE LOOKING TO SET UP [...] (SBU) Embassy ESTH and Econoffs and USAID representatives attended a briefing October 31 at Kibbutz Metzer regarding a proposed agribusiness project involving the kibbutz and the nearby Palestinian village of Qafin. Metzer is east of Hadera and about 1.5 kilometers west of the Green Line. The [...] | 2006-11-03 15:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR EINV PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS |
06TELAVIV4396 | EVANGELICAL FEAST SERVES UP MANNA FOR ISRAELI [...] (C) The anemic Israeli tourism industry recently received an injection of USD 15-18 million from 5,000 Evangelical Christian pilgrims who attended a week-long Feast of Tabernacles celebration sponsored by the International Christian Embassy of Jerusalem (ICEJ). In its 27th year, the conventio [...] | 2006-11-03 16:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EIND PREL IS |
06TELAVIV4397 | SOLANA IN ISRAEL: CROSSINGS, MADRID-TYPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the MFA and the EC delegation, High Representative Javier Solana used his October 25-27 visit to urge the Israelis to strengthen Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas. The GOI was generally cautious in its response, although the EC claimed that PM Ehud Olmert is conside [...] | 2006-11-03 16:56:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN KWBG IR IS |
06TELAVIV4398 | AMBASSADOR RAISES TREATMENT OF AMCITS WITH MFA [...] (SBU) The Ambassador raised reports of GOI mistreatment of American citizens during a working lunch October 31 with MFA Director General Aharon Abramovitch and Deputy Director General for North America Yoram Ben Zeev. The Ambassador noted that we had two separate types of concerns: a change [...] | 2006-11-03 17:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PHUM PREL IS |
06TELAVIV4399 | SIPDIS CABLE TO TEST ROUTING SUCCESS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-06 07:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV4421 | GOI RESIGNED TO UNGA RENEWAL OF EXISTING MANDATES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-06 15:56:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA IS |
06TELAVIV4465 | PERETZ AND AMBASSADOR KICK OFF AMA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Amir Peretz told the Ambassador on November 6 that despite the threats Israel is facing, the Ministry of Defense (MOD) will do everything possible to improve the humanitarian situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. He said that he, as defense minister, has m [...] | 2006-11-08 16:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
06TELAVIV4466 | TRADE MINISTER BACKS NEGOTIATING WITH USTR [...] Summary. (C) At an impromptu meeting while Minister of Industry, Trade, and Labor (MOITAL) Eli Yishai was visiting the Embassy on a consular matter, Yishai told the Ambassador that he fully supports engagement on bilateral trade issues, possibly including updating the U.S.-Israel Free Trade A [...] | 2006-11-08 17:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD IS |
06TELAVIV4473 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] US Midterm Elections 2. Beit Hanun Attack 3. Mideast 4. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------ Please note: block quotes only, Thursday, November 9, 2006. ----------------------------- Â [...] | 2006-11-09 10:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR |
06TELAVIV4474 | MK SCNELLER'S PLAN TO EVACUATE WEST BANK SETTLER [...] (C) Summary: Econoff and Deputy PolCouns met with member of Knesset (MK) Otneil Schneller to discuss efforts by Prime Minister Olmert's office to negotiate the evacuation of West Bank settlements and outposts with settler leaders. In press reports, Schneller -- settler of the Mikhmas settlem [...] | 2006-11-09 10:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
06TELAVIV448 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Israel-U.S. Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that on Monday, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) and UNSC member Germany decided to transfer [...] | 2006-01-31 12:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
06TELAVIV4481 | ISRAELI REGIONAL EXPERTS SHARE VIEWS ON IRAN, [...] (C) Summary: During his recent visit to Israel, the Ambassador hosted a dinner at which DNI Negroponte asked a diverse group of Israeli experts to share their views on Iran, particularly Israeli perspectives on the intentions of the Iranian leadership. The DNI also solicited views on the pos [...] | 2006-11-09 16:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IS IR IZ SY KPAL |
06TELAVIV4486 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] US Midterm Elections 2. Beit Hanun Attack 3. Mideast 4. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------ Please note: block quotes only, Thursday, November 9, 2006. ----------------------------- Â [...] | 2006-11-13 09:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR |
06TELAVIV4491 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Prime Minster Olmert Visit to the US 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------ All media reported that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert began his visit to Washington on Sunday. Israel Radio reported that PM Olmert had met Secretary of State Cond [...] | 2006-11-13 12:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR |
06TELAVIV45 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Prime Minister Sharon's Health: 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM Sharon is fighting for his life after suffering a significant stroke with massive bleeding in his brain last night. He was rushed from [...] | 2006-01-05 11:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
06TELAVIV450 | POVERTY SITUATION IMPROVES AMID HEADLINES TO THE [...] (C) The poverty report released on January 23 by the Israeli National Insurance Institute (INII) indicates a marked slowdown in the rate of increase of poverty in Israel. At a time when the sharp cut in welfare payments resulting from the enactment of the Netanyahu economic reform program in [...] | 2006-01-31 13:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY |
06TELAVIV4508 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (lead story in Ha'aretz) reported that President Bush, speaking after a meeting at that White House with PM Ehud Olmert, called Monday for the world to unite in [...] | 2006-11-14 11:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR |
06TELAVIV4519 | Israeli Delegation of Six Arab Businesswomen Denied Entry [...] Summary: A group of six Israeli-Arab women traveling to Abu Dhabi to attend a MEPI sponsored businesswomen's summit were denied entry to the UAE on October 30. The six were held for 12 hours in isolation under guard before being returned to Israel via Amman. The group's connecting tickets from [...] | 2006-11-15 08:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL KMPI IS |
06TELAVIV4521 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Lebanon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying last night in Los Angeles that the moment of truth has arrived regarding Iran's nuclear program. Olmert was quoted as saying that "no longer ca [...] | 2006-11-15 10:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR |
06TELAVIV453 | MFO DG LAROCCO LAYS OUT NEXT STEPS ON HELO [...] (C) In a January 30 meeting with Ambassador Jones, Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) Director General James Larocco reviewed next steps for concluding the MFO's transition to Blackhawk helicopters, noting U.S. success in obtaining Israel's agreement, in principle, to pay its USD 2 millio [...] | 2006-01-31 15:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS KPKO EG IS GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS |
06TELAVIV4534 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media bannered the killing of a Muslim Israeli woman married to a Jewish man and the serious wounding of two men -- one of them a bodyguard for Defense Minister Amir Per [...] | 2006-11-16 11:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR |
06TELAVIV454 | ISRAEL-CHAD RELATIONS ON HOLD; MFA DENIES ANY GOI [...] (C) Oren Anolik, advisor to the Israeli MFA's director general, informed poloff January 31 that the GOI has sought to reestablish diplomatic relations with Chad, which were broken in 1972. There is no Israeli charge d'affaires in N'Djamena, according to Anolik. As reported in reftel and in [...] | 2006-01-31 15:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR SU CD IS ML NG XY GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV456 | HEBRON SETTLERS LEAVE VOLUNTARILY, REACH [...] (U) According to press reports, settlers left the Hebron market "voluntarily" on the night of January 30 in exchange for a deal made with the GOI that they would be permitted to return legally at a later date. They have until Thursday, February 2, to clear out their belongings. Brigadier Gen [...] | 2006-01-31 16:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
06TELAVIV4579 | PEACE NOW: NEARLY 40 PERCENT OF WEST BANK [...] (C) Summary: Peace Now's latest report on West Bank settlement construction on Palestinian land is a harsh indictment of Israel's settlement enterprise. The report asserts that Palestinians own approximately 40 percent of the land on which settlements sit today, and that since 1967, success [...] | 2006-11-21 15:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
06TELAVIV4580 | COGAT WORKING TO RESOLVE AMCIT DIFFICULTIES [...] (C) In a November 20 meeting with MG Yossef Mishlev (GOI Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories),PolCouns, EconCouns, and USAID Director reiterated the USG's concern about problems experienced by American citizens attempting to enter -- or renew their visas for -- the West Ba [...] | 2006-11-21 16:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC KWBG KPAL IS |
06TELAVIV4581 | COGAT PLEDGES FULL SUPPORT FOR AMA IMPLEMENTATION; [...] (C) Summary: The GOI's Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, MG Yossef Mishlev, pledged "full cooperation" to implement the Agreement on Movement and Access during the November 20 inaugural meeting of the working group on permits. He outlined GOI permit policies in the West [...] | 2006-11-21 16:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL ECON IS |
06TELAVIV4603 | FRANCES TOWNSEND'S NOVEMBER 12 MEETING WITH ISA CHIEF DISKIN FOCUSES ON THE PALESTINIANS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-24 12:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | AMGT ASEC ECON KHLS KPAL KWBG OTRA OVIP PTER |
06TELAVIV4604 | APHSCT TOWNSEND'S NOVEMBER 12 MEETING WITH MOSSAD CHIEF FOCUSES ON LEBANON, SYRIA AND IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-24 13:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PTER ECON OVIP AMGT ASEC SY LE IR IS |
06TELAVIV4605 | APHSCT TOWNSEND'S NOVEMBER 12 MEETING WITH ISRAEL [...] (C) Israeli MOD Director General Gabi Ashkenazi told Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend November 12 that although Israel does not expect another war with Hizballah in the near future, the MOD is studying what it could have done bet [...] | 2006-11-24 13:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ECON SY LE IR IS |
06TELAVIV4606 | APHSCT TOWNSEND'S NOVEMBER 12 MEETING WITH ISRAELI [...] (C) Israeli Director of Military Intelligence MGEN Amos Yadlin told Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend November 12 that Israel distrusts Bashar Asad's overtures regarding peace with Israel. Yadlin believes Asad is actually preparin [...] | 2006-11-24 13:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ECON PREL OVIP AMGT ASEC SY LE IS |
06TELAVIV464 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israel-NATO Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that last night, President Bush devoted most of his State of the Union Address to the global war on terror and the Iraq issue. Giving an account of [...] | 2006-02-01 11:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
06TELAVIV4641 | WITH CEASEFIRE HOLDING, OLMERT SPEECH OFFERS PEACE [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Defense Minister Sneh and Olmert's foreign policy adviser Tourgeman separately told the Ambassador November 27 that the ceasefire announced November 26 following a phone conversation between Olmert and Abu Mazen represented a real opportunity to change the atmosphere with [...] | 2006-11-27 14:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KWBG IS |
06TELAVIV4649 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-28 10:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR |
06TELAVIV4662 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-29 11:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR |
06TELAVIV4675 | TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR ISRAEL [...] (Summary) The Government of Israel has taken several important actions to combat human trafficking since the 2006 TIP Report was written. On October 19, it amended Israel's trafficking in persons law to include labor trafficking, the most serious deficiency noted in the TIP report. The gov [...] | 2006-11-29 16:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB GTIP PHUM IS KCRM KJUS |
06TELAVIV4677 | DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER SNEH UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh agreed with the Ambassador on November 27 that the negotiating teams for the implementation of the Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA) should begin meeting next week. He noted, however, that his own schedule may limit the ability to have [...] | 2006-11-29 16:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
06TELAVIV4679 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-30 11:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR |
06TELAVIV4695 | NATIONAL STRIKE SHUTS DOWN ISRAELI GOVERNMENT [...] SUMMARY Early on November 30, the National Labor Tribunal ordered an immediate end to the strike by federal civil servants declared on November 29 by the Israeli trade union congress Histadrut. The strike was called after Histadrut Chairman Ofer Eini failed to reach agreement with Finance M [...] | 2006-11-30 15:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV IS |
06TELAVIV4699 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported on, and Ha'aretz (English Ed.) led with, praise lavished on Thursday by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on PM Ehud Olmert for his address on Monday at a memorial ev [...] | 2006-12-01 11:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR |
06TELAVIV4703 | ISRAEL SEEKS TO DIVERSIFY ITS ENERGY SUPPLY TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN ORDER TO MEET THE ENERGY DEMANDS OF A GROWING POPULATION AND A RISING STANDARD OF LIVING, ISRAEL WILL NEED TO DOUBLE ITS GENERATING CAPACITY OVER THE NEXT DECADE. IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE ITS HEAVY DEPENDENCE ON IMPORTED OIL -- 90 PERCENT OF WHICH COMES FROM RUSSIA AND THE FOR [...] | 2006-12-01 15:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL EPET PGOV ETRD IS |
06TELAVIV471 | ISRAELIS PLEASED BY MERKEL'S STAND ON HAMAS AND [...] (C) Summary: German Chancellor Angela Merkel thoroughly impressed her hosts during her January 29-30 visit with what the Israelis interpreted as strong stances on Hamas and the Iranian nuclear program, according to the German charge' and the Israeli MFA visits officer. Merkel said publicly an [...] | 2006-02-01 11:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PARM KWBG KPAL IS GM IR ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV4713 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Lebanon 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that on Sunday the diplomatic-security cabinet adopted PM Ehud Olmert's view that the cease-fire must be reinforced. Ha'aretz cited the cabinet's decision that the [...] | 2006-12-04 10:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
06TELAVIV4730 | AVIGDOR LIEBERMAN'S THOUGHTS ON PALESTINIAN ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and DAPNSA Elliott Abrams discussed Israeli-Palestinian relations with Minister for Strategic Threats Avigdor Lieberman (Yisrael Beiteinu) on November 29. Lieberman had requested the meeting to share his latest thinking on the Palestinian question ahead of his pl [...] | 2006-12-05 07:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL IR EG CY JO |
06TELAVIV4731 | GOI UPDATES POST ON GOI-EU DIALOGUE ON RAFAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 28, MFA Head of Bureau for Middle East and Economic Affairs Irit Ben-Abba provided post with an update on the ongoing discussions between the GOI and Europeans on the Rafah crossing point. Ben-Abba conveyed that the GOI is pleased with the six-month extension of the [...] | 2006-12-05 07:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS PTER ETRD KWBG IS EG |
06TELAVIV4736 | ISRAEL'S OPPOSITION TO SPAIN'S MIDDLE EAST PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY/COMMENT: Israel is strongly opposed to the Middle East peace initiative proposed by Spanish PM Zapatero. Israeli FM Livni bluntly informed Moratinos of this position on November 16 and urged him to put the initiative aside or at least to discuss it with the GOI before proceeding f [...] | 2006-12-05 15:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV EUN SP IS |
06TELAVIV4741 | THIRTY-METER SEWAGE WATERFALL AND OTHER CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: Israeli infrastructure and environment officials told NEA Senior S&T Advisor Charles Lawson that they remain concerned about neglect of sewage and other waste on the West Bank. Increasing damage to the Mountain Aquifer shared by Israelis and Palestinians is epitomized by a thirt [...] | 2006-12-06 12:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV EAID PREL ECON KPAL IS |
06TELAVIV4742 | THE PROPER ORDER OF GOVERNMENT: CORRUPTION AND THE ROLES [...] The proliferation of allegations and investigations into the conduct of public sector officials recently prompted questions as to whether Israel's norms of public life have indeed reached an unprecedented nadir, or whether oversight in the person and functioning of the Attorney General and the [...] | 2006-12-06 12:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR KJUS IS |
06TELAVIV4752 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iraq Study Group Report 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media (banner in Ha'aretz) cited the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group (a.k.a. Baker-Hamilton committee),which were made public at the US Senate on Wednesday. [...] | 2006-12-07 10:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
06TELAVIV4768 | COGAT'S EFFORTS TO RESOLVE AMCIT VISA DIFFICULTIES [...] (C) Summary: Senior EmbOffs met December 7 with MG Yossef Mishlev (GOI Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories - COGAT) to stress the urgent need for Israel to resolve the visa problems facing American citizens seeking to live and work in the West Bank. They requested that the [...] | 2006-12-08 11:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PREL KWBG KPAL IS |
06TELAVIV4769 | COGAT CLAIMS IMPROVEMENT IN AMA ISSUES, EXPRESSES [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns, EconCouns, and Deputy Consul General discussed Agreement on Movement and Access issues with MG Yossef Mishlev (GOI Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories - COGAT) on December 7. Mishlev confirmed that the IDF had lifted age restrictions on travelers from [...] | 2006-12-08 11:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KWBG KPAL PTER IS |
06TELAVIV480 | RIGHT-WING LIEBERMAN UNABASHEDLY ADVOCATES [...] (SBU) Summary: Right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party leader Avigdor Lieberman told the Ambassador January 31 that separation of Israeli Jews from Israeli Arabs is necessary in order to promote Israeli security and maintain Israel's Jewish identity. To accomplish this, Lieberman proposes that Isr [...] | 2006-02-01 17:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KWBG KPAL KISL EG IR IS JO ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL SETTLEMENTS |
06TELAVIV481 | SENATOR BIDEN AND A/PM OLMERT DISCUSS THE PEACE [...] (C) Summary: Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Senator Joseph Biden on January 25 --before PLC election results were in -- that he is ready to resume negotiations with Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas and is willing to implement all of Israel's commitments under the roadmap [...] | 2006-02-02 06:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IR IS PEACE PROCESS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV4851 | DEFENSE MINISTER PERETZ ON AMA, CEASEFIRE, LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, accompanied by embassy senior staff, called on Defense Minister Amir Peretz December 12 to express appreciation for Peretz's role in maintaining the Gaza ceasefire and to review the status of AMA implementation discussions with the MOD. Peretz, who was flanked by Dep [...] | 2006-12-15 10:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS ECON KWBG PHUM IS LE |
06TELAVIV4853 | ISRAEL-JORDAN ENVIRONMENTAL AND RELATED COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection welcomes cooperation and exchange with Jordan's Green Police. The GOI also welcomes the upcoming World Bank feasibility study of the proposed Red Sea-Dead Sea water conveyance project. Two kibbutzim have helped the GOI fulfill t [...] | 2006-12-15 14:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON PREL EAID EPET JO IS |
06TELAVIV486 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-02 11:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
06TELAVIV4890 | CODEL MCCAIN MEETS PM OLMERT: IRAQ SITUATION, [...] (C) Summary. CODEL McCain, made up of Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman, Susan Collins, John Thune, and Representative Mark Kirk, called on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert December 18. Charge and Pol Couns attended the meeting, as did Olmert's senior advisers and the MFA's Deputy Director G [...] | 2006-12-20 07:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KWBG IS IR IZ AF |
06TELAVIV4892 | CODEL NELSON AND ISRAEL DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE [...] (S) SUMMARY: On December 12, Colonel Amit Aviram of Israeli Defense Intelligence (IDI) briefed Senator Bill Nelson (FL) on regional security threats facing Israel. Aviram described the Middle East as caught in a struggle between moderates and Iranian-backed extremists, and said the growing Iranian [...] | 2006-12-20 10:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR KPAL IR SY LE IS |
06TELAVIV4895 | CODEL MCCAIN'S MEETING WITH MINDEF PERETZ: [...] (C) SUMMARY. CODEL MCCAIN, INCLUDING SENATORS JOHN MCCAIN, JOSEPH LIEBERMAN, SUSAN COLLINS, JOHN THUNE, AND REPRESENTATIVE MARK KIRK, MET WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE AMIR PERETZ DECEMBER 18. CHARGE AND POL COUNS ATTENDED THE MEETING, AS DID MOD SENIOR STAFF. THE CODEL MENTIONED THEIR VISIT TO [...] | 2006-12-20 14:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS KWBG IS MARR |
06TELAVIV4897 | FORMER PM BARAK DISCUSSES REGIONAL CHALLENGES WITH [...] (C) Summary: Senators John McCain (AZ),Joe Lieberman (CT),Susan Collins (ME) and John Thune (SD),as well as Representative Mark Kirk (IL) met with former Prime Minister Ehud Barak on December 17 to discuss developments in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon and the Palestinian Authority. Ba [...] | 2006-12-21 09:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPAL IZ IR US RU CH IN |
06TELAVIV4910 | WHO RECOMMENDATIONS ON SYNTHETIC THC (DRONABINOL) [...] In response to reftel talking points, the Israeli Ministry of Health provided the following information to ESTH Officer: In Israel, there are several legal drugs containing dronabinol, sold under the brand names "merinol", "nabilon" and "ronabin". All of these can be prescribed by any medica [...] | 2006-12-22 09:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR UNCND UNCRIME IS |
06TELAVIV4914 | OLMERT TELLS CODEL DODD/KERRY HE IS READY TO MEET [...] (C) SUMMARY: SENATORS CHRISTOPHER DODD (CT) AND JOHN KERRY (MA) DISCUSSED THE CHALLENGE FACED BY THE U.S. AND ISRAEL IN DEALING WITH EXTREMISTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER EHUD OLMERT ON DECEMBER 21. AT THE TOP OF THEIR MEETING, SENATORS DODD AND KERRY AND PRIME MINISTER [...] | 2006-12-22 11:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL IR SY LE IZ |
06TELAVIV4927 | ISRAEL HOSTS UN DESERTS AND DESERTIFICATION [...] Israel hosted a conference on "Deserts and Desertification -- Challenges and Opportunities" under the aegis of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). The conference took place November 6-9 at the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research of the Ben Gurion Universi [...] | 2006-12-26 08:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV PREL UN IS |
06TELAVIV4929 | SENATOR NELSON'S MEETING WITH LIKUD LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Senator Bill Nelson (FL) and his senior staff met with former prime minister (PM) and current Likud Party leader Binyamin Netanyahu on December 12 to discuss the Iranian nuclear threat. Netanyahu urged the U.S. to mobilize all its diplomatic and national efforts against Iran. [...] | 2006-12-26 09:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER IS IR IZ SY KPAL US |
06TELAVIV497 | ISRAELI REQUEST FOR U.S. ASSISTANCE RESOLVING [...] (C) Summary and comment: The GOI has formally requested, via a February 1 letter, USG assistance in addressing Palestinian actions at Rafah that Israel believes violate the Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA),Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing, and the Security Protocol. Many of these c [...] | 2006-02-02 17:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS |
06TELAVIV4971 | CODEL DODD AND KERRY'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. CODEL Dodd and Kerry discussed their visit to Syria, Israel's relations with the Palestinians, the rising power of Islamic radicalism, and the effect of sanctions on Iran during their December 21 meeting with Foreign Minister Livni. Livni stressed the GOI's reasons for rejecting [...] | 2006-12-28 08:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY IR KWBG IS |
06TELAVIV498 | ISRAELI MKS DISCUSS HOW TO DEAL WITH HAMAS [...] (C) Summary and comment: During a January 30 lunch with the Ambassador, members of the Knesset representing Kadima, Likud, and Labor disagreed on the underlying reasons for the success of Hamas in the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections. Likud members blamed disengagement, while t [...] | 2006-02-03 06:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV4995 | DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER SNEH DESCRIBES TO [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Defense Minister Efraim Sneh briefed the Ambassador and Pol Couns December 26 on the MOD's plans to reduce obstacles to movement in the West Bank and to improve the Palestinian economy. Septel will report Sneh's comments on the lessons of the Lebanon War. Sneh described [...] | 2006-12-29 06:33:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON KWBG IS |
06TELAVIV5003 | DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER SNEH COMMENTS ON THE MOD [...] (S) During a December 26 meeting with the Ambassador (discussion of efforts to remove obstacles to movement in the West Bank and other issues reported reftel),Deputy Defense Minister Efraim Sneh candidly discussed the MOD's dissatisfaction with the 2007 budget as well as the IDF's lessons le [...] | 2006-12-29 14:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS IS LE |
06TELAVIV5004 | OLMERT TELLS CODEL SPECTER HE IS SKEPTICAL ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Senator Arlen Specter (PA) briefed Prime Minister Olmert on President Asad's willingness to negotiate with Israel. Specter noted that Asad had expressed a willingness to exert Syrian influence over Hamas, and pledged to cooperate with the Hariri assassination investigation and UNSCR 17 [...] | 2006-12-29 14:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IS KPAL SY ECON IR IZ GE |
06TELAVIV5005 | SENATOR SPECTER'S MEETING WITH LIKUD LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Senator Arlen Specter (PA) and the Ambassador met with former prime minister (PM) and current Likud Party leader Binyamin Netanyahu on December 27 to discuss Syria and the Iranian nuclear threat. Senator Specter reported on Syrian President Asad's interest in negotiations with [...] | 2006-12-29 14:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IS IR SY KJUS IN |
06TELAVIV5007 | FM LIVNI URGES CAUTION ON SYRIA IN MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) discussed Syria, Iran and efforts to revive the Israeli-Palestinian Roadmap with FM Tzipi Livni on December 27. Describing his recent trip to Damascus, Senator Specter said Syrian President Bashar al-Asad had expressed an interest in negotiating with [...] | 2006-12-29 15:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL IR SY LE |
06TELAVIV506 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Muhammad Cartoon Controversy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that early next week, FM Tzipi Livni will leave for a visit to the U.S. In its lead story, Maariv reported that [...] | 2006-02-03 12:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
06TELAVIV515 | ISRAELI FM ON REVENUE TRANSFERS, MEETINGS IN [...] (C) Summary: During a February 2 meeting in Tel Aviv, FM Tzipi Livni told the Ambassador and DCM that the Israeli Cabinet will discuss revenue transfers to the PA on February 5, adding that she did not expect the issue to still be on the agenda when she meets the Secretary next week. Livni sa [...] | 2006-02-03 15:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV EAID PTER KPAL KWBG IS EG ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS |
06TELAVIV518 | SHIMON PERES ON PALESTINIAN 'COHABITATION' [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 1 meeting with the Ambassador, Shimon Peres reiterated a pitch for U.S. financial support for Negev/Galilee development and political support for private-sector-led development of the Jordan Valley. The Ambassador stressed the importance of supporting the careta [...] | 2006-02-06 07:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN EG IS JO KWBG PGOV PINR PREL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS |
06TELAVIV522 | Supreme Court President Barak Dubious of [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Ambassador's January 31 meeting at the Supreme Court, Israel's Supreme Court Chief Justice Aharon Barak shared his views on Israel's constitutional future and his own future as he prepares to retire from the Court in September 2006. He described fundamental points of ju [...] | 2006-02-06 09:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM OEXC OIIP KPAO SCUL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV53 | CONTINUITY OF ISRAELI GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP [...] The powers of the Prime Minister have been transferred to Kadima minister Ehud Olmert in his capacity as Alternate Prime Minister, in accordance with Israel's Basic Law. Should Sharon die, Olmert is almost certain to be chosen as acting prime minister to serve until the forthcoming elections. [...] | 2006-01-05 15:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL |
06TELAVIV535 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Muhammad Cartoon Controversy 3. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that FM Tzipi Livni, who leaves for the U.S. today, will meet with Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State [...] | 2006-02-06 12:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
06TELAVIV542 | GOI ACTION ON AMONA PRODUCES BACKLASH AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: Post contacts from the GOI and the private sector assert that the February 1 demolitions in Amona outpost "send strong signals to the settlers" that Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is not going to give in to lawbreakers. The demolitions in Amona are now being hailed as a new [...] | 2006-02-06 15:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
06TELAVIV543 | YOUR MEETING WITH ISRAELI FM TZIPI LIVNI [...] (C) Tzipi Livni's first visit to Washington and New York as Foreign Minister offers her a chance to demonstrate on an international stage the same confidence, frankness and poise that have made her one of Israel's most popular politicians. Considered too young, at 47, to be Prime Minister Sharo [...] | 2006-02-06 17:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV544 | KARNI REOPENS; GOI SENDS TRANSFER PAYMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Following a week of constant and intense discussions between the Embassy and the Prime Minister,s office, the MOD, and other high-level officials, the GOI reopened the Karni crossing and reversed its decision not to transfer collected tax revenue to the PA. The Ambassador had a [...] | 2006-02-06 17:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KWBG PGOV PREL KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV55 | EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR ON GAZA BORDER AND ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary: In a January 5 meeting with Ambassador Jones, Egyptian Ambassador to Israel Mohamed Asem Ibrahim stressed that Mubarak will sincerely miss Sharon, whom he views as a real partner. Ibrahim expressed concern about the instability of the Israeli party system, suggesting that both Li [...] | 2006-01-05 15:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER KPAL IS EG GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV558 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Israel-India Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Citing recent comments by President Bush and Acting PM Ehud Olmert, Ha'aretz wrote that it has been mutually agreed that the U.S. will provid [...] | 2006-02-07 12:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
06TELAVIV56 | ISRAELI MARKETS STABLE IN FACE OF SHARON CRISIS [...] (U) The Israeli financial markets reacted to the news of Prime Minister Sharon's stroke with less severity than might have been expected. The shekel depreciated by a little over one percent, and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) declined less than four percent after being down by more than s [...] | 2006-01-05 17:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL |
06TELAVIV566 | EILAND PESSIMISTIC WITH CODEL OBAMA ON [...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor (NSA) Giora Eiland briefed Senator Barack Obama January 10 on "three and a half" different approaches to dealing with the stalemate that exists in Israeli-Palestinian relations. He anticipated the predicament that the U.S. and Israel would face should [...] | 2006-02-07 16:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KWBG OREP IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV567 | SHALOM CALLS A STRONG HAMAS SHOWING A WIN FOR [...] (C) Summary: During discussions January 10 with Senator Barack Obama, then FM Silvan Shalom said he predicted that Hamas would win a significant number of votes in the January 25 Palestinian Legislative Council elections. He said that a strong showing by Hamas will show moderate Palestinians [...] | 2006-02-07 16:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG OREP KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL |
06TELAVIV576 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-08 11:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
06TELAVIV58 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-06 11:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
06TELAVIV596 | GOI RESPONDS TO NEW PATTERN OF CROSS-BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli National Police (INP) Colonel Avshalom Peled told G-TIP Reports Officer Gayatri Patel January 11 and poloff in subsequent phone conversations that his Ramon Border Police Brigade, which guards Israel's southern border with Egypt, has captured 85 Palestinians from the Gaza [...] | 2006-02-08 14:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS EG PGOV PREL JO PINR PREF PBTS SNAR KCRM GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL SOCIETY |
06TELAVIV604 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-09 11:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
06TELAVIV623 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] President Putin's Announcement 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media headlined Russian President Vladimir Putin's invitation to Hamas leaders to visit Russia. Putin was quoted as saying that Russia never considered Hamas a [...] | 2006-02-10 11:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
06TELAVIV634 | EREZ CLOSES FOLLOWING ARMED ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: Israeli officials closed the Erez crossing for an indefinite period following an assault by armed Palestinian gunmen in the early hours of February 9. Israeli soldiers killed the attackers. There were no Israeli casualties. An MOD official said that, during the period of Karni [...] | 2006-02-10 17:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
06TELAVIV638 | ISRAELI REACTTION TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATEMENT [...] (C) Over the past week, GOI officials have commented without solicitation on President Bush's February 2 remarks to Reuters to the effect that the U.S. would defend Israel in a crisis with Iran, saying Israel welcomes America's support, but is prepared to defend itself. These comments reflect [...] | 2006-02-13 08:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR MARR MASS IS ISRAEL RELATIONS MILITARY |
06TELAVIV642 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-13 11:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
06TELAVIV662 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-14 11:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
06TELAVIV668 | HOUSING MINISTER BOIM DISCUSSES OUTPOSTS, [...] (C) Summary: In a February 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Housing and Construction Minister Ze'ev Boim said that the GOI would evacuate outposts because Israel promised the USG that it would do so under the road map, and because outposts are unauthorized and Israel is a country that follows [...] | 2006-02-14 14:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV676 | ISRAELI MOD POLDIR GILAD DISCUSSES THE AMA AND THE [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on February 13, Israeli MOD Political Director Amos Gilad agreed with the Ambassador that progress should be made on as many AMA issues as possible before Hamas assumes control of the Palestinian Authority, but expressed concern about what he termed the lack of a Pale [...] | 2006-02-15 04:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG RS IR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV678 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-15 11:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
06TELAVIV683 | ISRAELI MOD DG TOREN FORCEFULLY OBJECTS TO U.S. [...] (S) Responding to ref A points, MOD DG Jacob Toren told the Ambassador on February 8 that: -- He cannot agree with the U.S. position and urges the U.S. to re-examine its objections. Agreeing to the U.S. position on the ELTA radar transfer to Russia sets another precedent that Israel cannot [...] | 2006-02-15 15:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL MASS MARR RS IS IN MILITARY RELATIONS ISRAEL |
06TELAVIV687 | MOD PRIORITIZING FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROJECTS; WANTS TO CONTINUE SOME EVEN UNDER HAMAS GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-15 15:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | ECON KWBG PGOV PREL KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV688 | IRAN-IAEA: ISRAELI ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION [...] (S) In a February 7 meeting, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) Director General Gideon Frank told Ambassador Jones the following: A) On February 16, the EU3 MFA directors general are going to meet with an Israeli interagency team in Israel at the MFA to discuss Iran and the way ahead. [...] | 2006-02-15 15:57:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PINR MNUC KNNP IR EU AORC IS GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV689 | ISRAELI MINISTER OF HEALTH ON IPR ISSUES, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador raised intellectual property concerns with newly appointed Health Minister Yaakov Edery. Edery told the Ambassador that he is working to establish a "green line" system for FDA-approved pharmaceuticals. The MOH is looking to renew its cooperative agreement with [...] | 2006-02-16 06:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ETRD KIPR PREL SENV KPAL KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV693 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-16 11:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
06TELAVIV695 | OLMERT'S SEPARATION PLAN [...] (C) Summary: On February 7, Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert gave an interview in which he said that Israel is moving toward separation from the Palestinians, and toward defining Israel's final borders. He explained that he plans to uphold all GOI commitments on unauthorized outposts -- pr [...] | 2006-02-16 15:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS |
06TELAVIV696 | ISA CHIEF DISKIN: HAMAS ON THE HORIZON [...] (S) Summary: ISA (Shin ... [...] | 2006-02-16 16:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PINR KDEM KPAL KWBG IS |
06TELAVIV700 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Muhammad Cartoon Controversy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz is expected to present to Acting PM Ehud Olmert today recommendations formulated by the defense establishment [...] | 2006-02-17 11:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
06TELAVIV712 | POLLUTED MOUNTAIN AQUIFER BINDS PALESTINIANS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent symposium on pollution of shared Israeli-Palestinian groundwater highlighted that sewage and untreated solid waste seriously threaten the health of the Mountain Aquifer which provides water to Palestinians, Israeli settlers on the West Bank, and other Israeli citizens [...] | 2006-02-17 14:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL EAID PGOV KPAL KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV714 | FISCHER GOVERNS A STABLE ISRAELI ECONOMY [...] (C) Bank of Israel (BOI) Governor Stanley Fischer told the Ambassador that the Israeli economy is in good shape, and that, contrary to statements by some politicians, the poverty situation was actually improving. He said that the political issue was really one of relative rather than absolute [...] | 2006-02-17 15:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV716 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-21 09:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
06TELAVIV745 | RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TERMS MOSCOW'S INVITATION TO [...] (C) Summary: Russian Ambassador to Israel Gennady Tarasov met with the Ambassador February 20, at the former's request, to discuss the emerging GOI policy toward Hamas against the backdrop of an increasingly politicized pre-election atmosphere. Tarasov criticized the GOI for taking decisions [...] | 2006-02-22 08:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG MNUC IS IR RS GOI EXTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV751 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Muhammad Cartoon Controversy 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Israel's representative to the UN Danny Gillerman as warning at the UN Security Council Tuesday that an Iran-Syria-Hamas "terror ax [...] | 2006-02-22 11:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
06TELAVIV756 | GOI ADOPTS POST-PLC MEASURES; EFFORTS TO [...] (C) Summary: Following the first meeting of the new Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC),the GOI has adopted a number of measures aimed at increasing security and preventing funds from reaching Hamas, according to General Yossef Mishlev. Mishlev said the GOI will end assistance for PA secu [...] | 2006-02-22 18:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KWBG PINR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV763 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with tension between Israel and Jordan following an utterance by O/C Central Command Maj. Gen. Yair Naveh during a closed meeting on Wednesday with diplomats and journalists, [...] | 2006-02-23 11:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
06TELAVIV773 | MOFAZ DISCUSSES KARNI AND RAFAH CROSSINGS, [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told the Ambassador on February 22 that while the GOI appreciates Egypt's efforts to combat smuggling at the Philadelphi Corridor, weapons smuggling continues nevertheless and terrorists are getting into Gaza. He said that if Egypt and the Palestini [...] | 2006-02-23 15:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV785 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Secretary Rice's "Transformational Diplomacy" Plan 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that A/S David Welch will visit Israel during the weekend and meet with Acting PM Ehud Olme [...] | 2006-02-24 14:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
06TELAVIV806 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-27 12:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
06TELAVIV808 | SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: US EMBASSY TEL AVIV SUBMISSION [...] (C) Summary. The overall climate for protection of intellectual property in Israel worsened in 2005. In December 2005, the Knesset passed a revision to patent term extension regulations that significantly curtailed the period of patent protection for research-based pharmaceuticals. The GOI c [...] | 2006-02-27 12:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KIPR IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
06TELAVIV810 | GOI MAPPING OUT CRITICAL HUMANITARIAN PA PROJECTS [...] (C) Foreign Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister Shalom Tourgeman told NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble February 23 that, without causing a humanitarian crisis, the GOI seeks to limit assistance to the Palestinian Authority (PA) to show Hamas that adherence to its current positions comes at a price. [...] | 2006-02-27 12:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF KWBG KPAL ECON IS EG HUMANITARIAN AID GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV814 | ISRAEL WANTS TO PREVENT HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN PA [...] (C) Ministry of Finance DG Yossi Bachar emphasized in a February 23 meeting with NEA DAS Dibble that the GOI is torn between the imperative of not dealing with a Hamas-led PA government on the one hand and doing everything possible to not harm the Palestinian population on the other. He said [...] | 2006-02-27 13:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREL IS KWBG KPAL GOI EXTERNAL HUMANITARIAN AID ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV826 | ISRAELI MILITARY INTEL CHIEF'S 2/23 MEETING WITH [...] (S/NF) In a February 23 meeting at the MOD, Israeli Director of Military Intelligence (DMI) Major General Amos Yadlin discussed with State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism (CT) Henry Crumpton (A) USG and GOI priorities in the war on terror; (B) ways to coordinate between the intelli [...] | 2006-02-27 16:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR PTER PINS PGOV KWBG KPAL MARR MCAP MOPS ASEC EG IS JO COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS |
06TELAVIV840 | EGYPTIANS TELL GOI TO GIVE HAMAS TIME [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Defense Political Advisor Amos Gilad told the Ambassador February 21 that Egyptian officials encouraged Israel to give the Hamas government time and rely on Cairo to deal with the terrorist group. He believed that this "change" in Egypt,s position is motivated by Egyp [...] | 2006-02-28 07:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON KPAL KWBG PINR IS GOI EXTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM |
06TELAVIV851 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Global War on Terror 2. Mideast 3. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media -- lead story in Ha'aretz (Hebrew Ed.) -- cited a report put out by the International Atomic Energy Agency, which found that Iran i [...] | 2006-02-28 11:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
06TELAVIV853 | ISRAELIS TELL CODEL SHAYS THEY WON'T TURN OUT THE [...] (C) Summary: Senior Foreign Policy Advisor Shalom Tourgeman assured CODEL Shays that the GOI would not withold electricity or take purely punitive economic measures against the Palestinian people, but did say that the GOI believes that all other US, European and Israeli economic assistance sho [...] | 2006-02-28 13:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV858 | MOD ADVISOR ON HAMAS, ABBAS, NEIGHBORS, IRAN AND [...] (S) Summary: Ministry of Defense Political Advisor Amos Gilad told NEA DAS Dibble that Israel was on a collision course with a new "Hamastan." He said the Hamas leadership was very clever and would seek international acceptance while retaining the intent to annihilate Israel. He agreed that [...] | 2006-02-28 14:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER ECON PINR KWBG KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV859 | SPIEGEL DISCUSSES CROSSINGS, GOI'S HAMAS POLICY, [...] (C) Summary: Brigadier General (ret.) Baruch Spiegel on February 24 gave Deputy Assistant Secretary Liz Dibble and the Ambassador an update on the status of the crossings in Gaza. Karni and Sufa are both closed, Erez is open, and Kerem Shalom has "big potential but zero activity," according [...] | 2006-02-28 16:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV869 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-01 11:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
06TELAVIV876 | A/PM OLMERT AND CONGRESSMAN BERMAN DISCUSS HAMAS [...] (C) Summary: Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met with Representative Howard Berman and the Ambassador on Sunday, February 26 to discuss Hamas, Iran, and the future of the Jordan Valley. Olmert stressed that Israel will not deal with a Hamas government and that only a unified, strong co [...] | 2006-03-02 07:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KWBG KPAL IR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV877 | ABBAS AND HAMAS: LEFT-OF-CENTER ISRAELI LEADERS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a February 28 discussion hosted by the Ambassador, left-of-center Israeli politicians and advisers advocated support for Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and criticized the GOI's refusal to deal with him. The group generally agreed that the GOI should take a "wa [...] | 2006-03-02 09:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KWBG KPAL IR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV879 | ISRAELI FM LIVNI TELLS CODEL BERMAN: ABBAS CANNOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Codel Berman met on February 26 with FM Livni and representatives from the MFA. Livni raised two main issues: aid to the Palestinians and U.S. treatment of PA President Abbas. She voiced concern that Abbas could be a "fig leaf" for Hamas. In a briefing prior to convening in Li [...] | 2006-03-02 10:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS CH IN EAGR ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM |
06TELAVIV881 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv and Ha'aretz led with developments on the political scene. The media reported that Likud Party Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu's proposal to have the party's central committee hold pri [...] | 2006-03-02 11:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
06TELAVIV883 | GOI POSTPONES FURTHER DISCUSSION ON CHANGES TO [...] (C) According to both the Israeli NSC and MFA, the GOI's high-level discussion on Russia policy held on February 28 revealed that there will be no substantial changes in Israeli-Russian relations until after the March 28 Knesset elections. National Security Adviser Giora Eiland reportedly bri [...] | 2006-03-02 14:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL RS IS GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV885 | MFA TELLS DAS DIBBLE THAT GOI GRAPPLING WITH [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials told NEA DAS Liz Dibble that the GOI is going through a comprehensive inter-agency process to define humanitarian assistance and formulate how best to continue it to the Palestinians without benefiting Hamas. They also want a mechanism that would permit the GOI to tra [...] | 2006-03-02 15:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON KPAL KWBG PINR IS GOI INTERNAL HUMANITARIAN AID ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV886 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Mideast 3. UAE Role in US Port Management ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that A/S David Welch told members of Congress in Washington that the US is interested in isolating Hamas econom [...] | 2006-03-03 11:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
06TELAVIV894 | RELIGIOUS ZIONIST LEADER SPECULATES RIGHT-WING [...] (C) Summary: National Union (NU) leader MK Benny Elon asserted to the Ambassador March 1 that the right-of-center parties will gain enough seats in the March 28 elections that they could (in the unlikely event they were asked to do so) form a government. He called Kadima an artificial politic [...] | 2006-03-03 16:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KPAL KWBG EG IS JA GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
06TELAVIV899 | BEILIN PONDERS PA REFERENDUM ON A GOI-ABBAS [...] (C) Summary: Meretz Chairman Yossi Beilin repeatedly expressed incredulity to the Ambassador during their February 28 meeting that FM Tzipi Livni publicly referred to Palestinian Authority (PA) President Abbas as "irrelevant." Beilin said that former PA negotiator Saeb Erekat recently propose [...] | 2006-03-03 17:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF KWBG KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
06TELAVIV903 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The concept of a new disengagement from the West Bank was headlined in the weekend's media. On Sunday, Ha'aretz reported that Acting PM Ehud Olmert is planning to enlist in [...] | 2006-03-06 11:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
06TELAVIV91 | MOD BRIEF ON NEW DRAFT PLAN FOR REMOVAL OF [...] (S) Summary and comment: The MOD's new draft plan has replaced the removal of checkpoints with the concept of "normally open checkpoints" and bypass roads. This is a step backwards from their original proposal, which concentrated on removing checkpoints. There are, nonetheless, some brigh [...] | 2006-01-06 16:33:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV914 | ISRAEL: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-06 15:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL |
06TELAVIV915 | ISRAEL: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) This cable forms the first part of a four-part message in response to reftel A. Embassy point of contact is poloff James Miller, phone (972)3-519-7437, fax (972)3-519-7484. Poloff spent approximately 120 hours in preparation of TIP report; deputy polcouns spent six hours, polcouns spe [...] | 2006-03-06 15:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL |
06TELAVIV916 | ISRAEL: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-06 15:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL |
06TELAVIV918 | ISRAEL: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-07 04:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL |
06TELAVIV92 | SCENESETTER FOR JANUARY 11, 2006 JOINT POL-MIL [...] (C) The Joint Pol-Mil Group (JPMG) meeting will be taking place at a time when Israel's domestic political situation is in flux and recent progress on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has stalled. PM Sharon suffered a significant brain hemorrhage on January 4, and is now in critical condition, [...] | 2006-01-06 16:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PINR PGOV PTER MASS OTRA PARM ISRAEL RELATIONS MILITARY GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV922 | U.S.-ISRAEL JOINT COUNTERTERRORISM GROUP (JCG) [...] (C) On February 22, the Israeli MFA hosted the latest session of the U.S.-Israel Joint Counterterrorism Group (JCG) -- the prior one having occurred over a year and a half earlier. The Israeli side stressed the importance it placed on the JCG's resumption (following the January meeting of the [...] | 2006-03-07 05:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR PINS PGOV KPAL KWBG ASEC EG JO IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV930 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that five Palestinians -- senior Islamic Jihad commander Munir Abu Sukker and another militant of the group, two children, and another bystander -- were [...] | 2006-03-07 10:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
06TELAVIV937 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US/India Civilian Nuclear Accord ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (banners in Ha'aretz and Maariv) quoted Acting PM Ehud Olmert as saying Tuesday that Israel will invest no money in construction in the territories in [...] | 2006-03-08 11:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
06TELAVIV940 | DANGERS OF DICHTER'S DISENGAGEMENT DEBATE [...] (C) Summary and comment: Former Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) chief and Kadima candidate Avi Dichter set off a political firestorm on March 5 by leaking to reporters details of what he claims are A/PM Ehud Olmert's plans for disengagement from parts of the West Bank. Dichter said that aft [...] | 2006-03-08 15:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
06TELAVIV942 | RSO MEETING WITH GOI OFFICIALS REGARDING [...] (C) Summary: At the request of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and RSO Amman (refs A, B, and C, respectively),Post has actively pursued with the GOI the proposal to transport Palestinian deportees from the U.S. to Gaza/West Bank through Ben Gurion International Airport. The Ambass [...] | 2006-03-08 15:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC IS KPAL PREL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS |
06TELAVIV960 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Sudan: Darfur ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Acting PM Ehud Olmert was quoted as saying Wednesday in an interview with The Jerusalem Post that Israel's permanent borders will be set within the ne [...] | 2006-03-09 11:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
06TELAVIV981 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The lead stories in all three major Hebrew-language newspapers focus on interviews with Acting PM Ehud Olmert. (The Jerusalem Post also conducted an interview with him.) [...] | 2006-03-10 11:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
06TELAVIV989 | EMBLEM: GOI STANDS STILL; ICRC DELEGATION CONCERNED [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Deputy Director General (DDG) Aharon Leshno Yaar told PRM Director for Asia and the Near East Richard Albright March 2 that the GOI plans to delay implementing the December agreement between Magen David Adom (MDA) and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS). ICRC Head of [...] | 2006-03-10 16:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS PGOV PREF PREL SZ ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV990 | BAR-ON DISCUSSES POLITICAL SCENE, COOPERATION ON [...] (C) Summary: National Infrastructures Minister Ronnie Bar-On told the Ambassador on March 9 that Likud and Labor officials are attacking Kadima because they do not have a political vision of their own. He characterized Binyamin Netanyahu as unelectable, and said that Amir Peretz is a "non-i [...] | 2006-03-10 17:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV991 | ISRAELI MOD'S AMOS GILAD ON GAZA-WEST BANK [...] (C) Israeli MOD Political-Military Bureau Chief Amos Gilad requested an urgent meeting with Ambassador Jones on March 10, stressing that he had been instructed to personally deliver messages from DefMin Mofaz to the Ambassador. In the meeting, he relayed DefMin Mofaz's decision to open the Kar [...] | 2006-03-10 17:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PINR KWBG KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
06TELAVIV997 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, Ha'aretz reported that Acting PM Ehud Olmert briefed the US administration last week on the main thrust of his political plan before he delivered it to the loca [...] | 2006-03-13 12:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
06THEHAGUE1001 | ISLAMIC EDUCATION IN THE NETHERLANDS [...] (U) SUMMARY: There are a growing number of Islamic schools in The Netherlands, but they are hardly madrassas. All are state funded, follow the national Dutch curriculum, teach in Dutch, and have largely Dutch personnel. Although the number of Islamic schools is small - 47 in the whole country - the [...] | 2006-05-04 15:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KISL PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KPAO NL |
06THEHAGUE1003 | Draft Dutch Law Allows Takeover Protection, May [...] (U) SUMMARY With only two weeks to go before the deadline to implement the EU takeover directive, several large corporate takeover attempts have kindled political interest in defensive measures across Europe. Draft legislation to implement the directive in the Netherlands limits the use of [...] | 2006-05-04 15:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV NL |
06THEHAGUE1004 | Dutch Opposition Leader Draws Flak for Economic [...] Summary: Opposition leader Wouter Bos used a May 1 speech and an appearance before a major social welfare conference April 28 to outline his proposals for reforming the Dutch welfare state. Social democrat Bos's ideas, which generally carry forward the structural reforms (increasing labor ma [...] | 2006-05-04 15:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB NL |
06THEHAGUE102 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation FO 0626 R49 to travel to The Netherlands from February 14 - March 2, 2006 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors [...] | 2006-01-17 10:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
06THEHAGUE1034 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DR. JANICE HICKS [...] Country Clearance is granted for Dr. Janice Hicks, Program Director in the Division of Chemistry for travel to The Netherlands May 10-14, 2006. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POC is Economics Officer Greg Myrup who can be reached at: Tel: (W) 31-70-310-2342, (H) [...] | 2006-05-09 09:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA KSCA NSF RSO NL |
06THEHAGUE1035 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NASA (JSC) DELEGATION [...] The Hague warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to James Cochrane, Jennifer Comella, Gene Cook, Vic Cooley, Gerald Esquivel, Ven Feng, Rodney Lofton, Christian Maender, Michael Miller, Brian Rhone and John Uri to travel to Noordwijk, The Netherlands. May 13-20, 2006. 2. The Embassy [...] | 2006-05-09 12:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1036 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NASA (JSC) DELEGATION [...] The Hague warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Jeffrey Arend, William Jones, Brian Kelly, Walter Lueke, Willie Lyles, Brian Rhone, Margarita Sampson, Anil Singhal, Michael Suffredini and Kimberly Ulrich to travel to Noordwijk, The Netherlands. May 13-17, 2006. 2. The Embassy und [...] | 2006-05-09 13:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1037 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NASA (JSC) KIRK [...] The Hague warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Kirk Shireman to travel to Noordwijk, The Netherlands. May 14-17, 2006. 2. The Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas of the Mission must provi [...] | 2006-05-09 13:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1038 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NASA (GSFC) GLENN [...] The Hague warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA (GSFC) employee Glenn Rakow to travel to Noordwijk, The Netherlands. May 17-20, 2006. 2. The Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas of the [...] | 2006-05-09 13:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1039 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV, [...] The Hague warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to National Nuclear Security Adm. (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs employee, Andrew J. Onifer to travel to Leiden, The Netherlands. May 27 to June 02, 2006. 2. The Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: [...] | 2006-05-09 13:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1040 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV, ALEX [...] The Hague warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Alex H. Lacerda of the National Nuclear Security Admin (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs to travel to Nijmengen, The Netherlands. May 20 to May 23, 2006. 2. The Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: [...] | 2006-05-09 14:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP NL |
06THEHAGUE1041 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) PRC Ambassador Xue Hanqin asked to meet with Amb. Javits on April 28 to discuss a number of issues. Xue raised the PRC request on the margins of last year's Conference of States Parties for bilateral discussions concerning issues ranging from destruction of abandoned CW to chemical indust [...] | 2006-05-09 14:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1042 | NETHERLANDS/NSG: RESPONSE TO PLENARY DISCUSSION OF [...] (C) Polmiloff discussed reftel points with MFA Senior Advisor for Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Affairs Ceta Noland on May 9. Noland confirmed that the Dutch plan a presentation on Iran for the information exchange of the Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG) plenary. She doubted, however, that th [...] | 2006-05-09 16:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP NL |
06THEHAGUE1043 | NETHERLANDS/AUSTRALIA GROUP: RESPONSE ON PLENARY [...] (S) Polmiloff discussed reftel points with MFA Senior Advisor for Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Affairs Ceta Noland on May 9. Noland said the Dutch plan a presentation on Iran and Syria, but not/not Russia, during the information exchange of the upcoming Australia Group plenary. She explain [...] | 2006-05-09 16:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PARM PREL AG ETTC NL |
06THEHAGUE1050 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KERM HENRIKSEN TO [...] The Hague warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Kerm Henriksen to travel to Maastricht, The Netherlands. July 9-14, 2006. 2. The Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas of the Mission must [...] | 2006-05-10 12:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA TPHY US IT NL |
06THEHAGUE1052 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KENNETH PROPP AND [...] The Hague warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Kenneth Propp and Thomas Burrows to travel to The Hague, Netherlands. May 15-16, 2006. 2. Control Officer at the Embassy is Susan Garro. Post would appreciate an apportunity to meet with travelers for an update on US-EU law enforce [...] | 2006-05-10 12:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KTIA EUN NL |
06THEHAGUE1066 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NASA (ARC) TO EDWARD [...] The Hague warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Edward Martinez from NASA's AMES Research Center (ARC) to travel to Noordwijk, The Netherlands. May 14-19, 2006. 2. The Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access int [...] | 2006-05-11 14:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1080 | NETHERLANDS: APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche May 10 to Deputy European Correspondent Bahia Tahzib-Lie and attended subsequent diplomatic community pre-GAERC briefing with European Correspondent Desiree Kopmels. The MFA does not expect significant progress on enlargement during this GAERC but does exp [...] | 2006-05-12 13:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UNAUS EUN MW SR BO IR IZ CG SU |
06THEHAGUE1081 | NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: STEPS TO RESTRICT VISAS TO [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche May 10 to MFA Sudan Task Force officer Sjoerd Sjoerdsma. The Dutch are in agreement with us: So long as the JEM is given until May 15, failure to sign the accords should result in visa restrictions or other punitive action. 2. (C) Following up on reftel [...] | 2006-05-12 13:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CVIS MARR PINS SOCI SU NL |
06THEHAGUE1097 | NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: ADDRESSING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-15 15:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM PREL SY NL |
06THEHAGUE1109 | AYAAN HIRSI ALI: PARLIAMENTARIAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY [...] (S) SUMMARY: The surprise decision by Dutch Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk to strip maverick parliamentarian Ayaan Hirsi Ali of her Dutch citizenship has sent shock waves through the Netherlands. Hirsi Ali announced on May 16 that she was immediately resigning from parliament. Verdonk's [...] | 2006-05-16 16:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | KISL NL PHUM PINR PREF PREL |
06THEHAGUE1110 | NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: FOLLOW-UP ON DARFUR PEACE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-17 05:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI EAID SU NL |
06THEHAGUE1119 | DUTCH OPPOSE SETTING DESTRUCTION DATE FOR OFFICIAL [...] In response to reftel B demarche, Ministry of Health Coordinator for Global Public Health, Lejo van der Heiden, told Global Issues Chief May 16 that the Dutch government would not support setting a date for destruction of the smallpox virus held in official repositories at the upcoming World [...] | 2006-05-17 18:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PREL AORC WHO NL |
06THEHAGUE1123 | NETHERLANDS/ISAF: DUTCH REVISING CAVEATS [...] (C) Summary: The GONL will soon submit through its delegation at NATO revised caveats to the new ISAF rules of engagement. These caveats will be less restrictive than current caveats and are intended to protect Dutch interests with regard to detainee issues and deconfliction between OEF and I [...] | 2006-05-18 11:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MARR PREL AF NL |
06THEHAGUE1141 | AYAAN HIRSI ALI: FIRESTORM CONTINUES [...] (S) SUMMARY: The debate over Ayaan Hirsi Ali's citizenship status continues to divide the Netherlands. Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk was roundly criticized during a marathon May 16 Parliamentary debate for hastily stripping Hirsi Ali's Dutch citizenship, and Prime Minister Balkenende has [...] | 2006-05-19 15:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PHUM PGOV PINR PREF KISL NL |
06THEHAGUE1147 | DUTCH REQUEST MORE INFORMATION ON COALITION AGAINST [...] Emboff delivered reftel demarche to Stefan Verbunt, CITES Management Authority for the Netherlands, and Senior Executive Officer with the Department of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality. Verbunt stated that, while he agreed in principle with the objectives of the Coalition Against Wildlife [...] | 2006-05-22 11:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE1148 | DUTCH MAINTAIN LEGALIZED PROSTITUTION IS TOOL TO [...] (SBU) Summary. In meetings with visiting G/TIP legal and research consultant Luke Goodrich May 8 and 9, government, police, and NGO representatives indicated that, overall, legalization of prostitution has helped municipal authorities fight crime, including trafficking in persons (TIP),in the [...] | 2006-05-22 11:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN NL |
06THEHAGUE1162 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation Team PD 06-09 R53 to travel to The Netherlands from June 4 - 9, 2006 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who nee [...] | 2006-05-23 11:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
06THEHAGUE1163 | DUTCH CONTRIBUTIONS TO SUDAN TOP 400 MILLION USD [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-23 11:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID MARR PREF KPKO SU NL |
06THEHAGUE1167 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) The U.S. achieved its primary goal at EC-45: discussion of the U.S. request for an extension of its 100% destruction deadline was serious and somber. Delegations were clearly disappointed that it did not appear likely the U.S. would complete destruction by 2012, but there was virtually n [...] | 2006-05-23 14:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1168 | NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA/GEORGIA: RESPONSE ON RUSSIAN [...] (C) Polmiloff discussed reftel points with MFA Deputy Head for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Thymen Kouwenaar on May 22 and 23. Kouwenaar appreciated the points, and was not aware of new Russian initiatives aimed to link South Ossetia and Russia through a "single information space," a gas p [...] | 2006-05-24 07:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL RU GG OSCE PGOV NL |
06THEHAGUE1170 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL SCIENCE [...] Country clearance is granted for May 30 - June 10, 2006 visit to The Netherlands of NSF official Dr. Thomas Cooley, Director in the Office of the Assistant Director, to participate at the Accountability in Science Research Funding Workshop with the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Rese [...] | 2006-05-24 08:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA KSCA NL |
06THEHAGUE1171 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL SCIENCE [...] Country clearance is granted for May 26 - June 11, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Dr. Christine Boesz, Inspector General, and Dr. Deborah Cureton, Associate IG for Audit, of the Office of Inspector General, to participate and co-host the Accountability in Science Research Funding Workshop wi [...] | 2006-05-24 08:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA KSCA NL |
06THEHAGUE1172 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PARTICIPANTS FOR [...] Country clearance is granted for June 26 - July 7, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Sandia National Laboratories personnel Mr. Josae Rafael Rodriguez, Mr. Michael J. Irwin, Mr. Herbert Metcalf, Mr. Dale Wiley Murray, Mr. Chris Eric Robertson, and Ms. Anita Romero, to participate in a training [...] | 2006-05-24 08:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC KNNP OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1173 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL NUCLEAR [...] Country clearance is granted for the June 14-17, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of NNSA official Walter W. Nederbragt to visit Hemburg, Inc. to discuss retrofitting a high-precision lathe, to meet LLNL's demanding machine requirements. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary [...] | 2006-05-24 08:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1174 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for the June 5 - 11, 2006, visit to the Netherlands of Dr. Lee Eiden, Laboratory Chief, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH; and Dr. Francoise Mahew, Visiting Fellow, NIH, to attend and give individual presentations at the Fifth Dutch Endocrinologists and Neu [...] | 2006-05-24 08:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1175 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for the June 7-12, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Dr. Lana Shekim, Director, Voice and Speech Program, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH, to attend and partcipate in the Fifth International Conference on Speech Motor Control. [...] | 2006-05-24 08:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1177 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for the June 6-13, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Dr. Elizabeth Nabel, Dr. Xuan Qu, Dr. Hong San, and Dr. Yifu Zhou to attend and particpate in the XIVth International Vasular Biology Meeting in Noordwijkerhout. 2. Embassy understands that no further assista [...] | 2006-05-24 08:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1178 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA GODDARD SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center official William Krabill to travel to the Netherlands from June 13-17, 2006 to attend Cryosat Calibration/Validation Activity Planning Meeting with the European Space Agency in Noordwijk [...] | 2006-05-24 09:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TSPA NL |
06THEHAGUE1179 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA CENTRAL REGION [...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration employees Roger D. Deaton, Senior Aviation Safety Inspector, Small Airplane Directorate; and Mary Katherine Eldridge, Small Airplane Directorate, to travel to the Netherlands from June 10-16, 2006, to conduct supplier audits at [...] | 2006-05-24 09:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE118 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NATIONAL HQ [...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration Air Traffic Organization Employees Russell Chew, Chief Operating Officer; Victoria Cox, FAA Chair of the FAA/EUROCONTROL Coordinating Committee; and Carey Fagan to visit the Netherlands from January 29 - February 17, 2006. [...] | 2006-01-19 08:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE1180 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NATIONAL HQ [...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration official Archie Muckle Jr., Special Assistant for Economic Environmental Analysis, Office of Environment and Energy, FAA, to travel to the Netherlands from May 29 - June 3, 2006, to attend the ICAO sponsored meetings for its CAE [...] | 2006-05-24 09:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE1183 | DUTCH GRANT CLEARANCE FOR R/V PELICAN [...] Embassy received MFA Diplomatic Note Number DES/TO-283/06 granting approval for R/V Pelican to conduct marine scientific research. 2. Following is the text of the diplomatic note: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and, [...] | 2006-05-24 13:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EWWT NL |
06THEHAGUE1184 | DUTCH SOCIALIST PARTY (SP): NOT YOUR FATHER'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under the charismatic leadership of Jan Marijnissen, the Dutch Socialist Party (SP) is reconfiguring itself to become a credible left-wing alternative to the increasingly centrist Labor Party (PvdA) of Wouter Bos. In a rare meeting with Ambassador Arnall on May 16, Marijnissen and [...] | 2006-05-24 15:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EU NL |
06THEHAGUE1185 | NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH REMAIN SKEPTICAL ON [...] (C) Summary: Following the May 2005 "no" vote on the EU Constitution, the Dutch government instituted a one-year period of reflection. The GONL last week presented to Parliament the results of this reflection and made a recommendation for the next year: continue to reflect. The GONL has fai [...] | 2006-05-24 16:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU NL |
06THEHAGUE1186 | NETHERLANDS/KYRGYZSTAN: RESPONSE ON MANAS AIRFIELD [...] (C) The GONL supports USG access to Manas airbase, and in principle, might be willing to approach the Government of Kyrgyzstan to express support for continued U.S. access. MFA Senior Advisor for Central Asia Tanja Roling told Polmiloff May 24 that the Dutch MOD has acknowledged it would be " [...] | 2006-05-24 16:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL AF KG NL |
06THEHAGUE119 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for January 23 - February 4, 2006 travel to The Netherlands of David Glenn Kostorowski, Lawrence Desonier, Timothy Gregoire, Walter Humphrey, Patrick Kolbas, Robbie York, Richard Mackoy, Mark Melany, and James Schol, from the National Nuclear Security Administration [...] | 2006-01-19 08:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1194 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR LAWRENCE BARTLETT, [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to PRM/ANE Deputy Director Larry Bartlett for travel to The Netherlands May 31-June 1. 2. Control Officer will be Political Officer Ted Burkhalter. He can be reached at: Tel: (W) 31-70-310-2336, (H) 31-70-324-1559, (M) 31-65-181-6873. F [...] | 2006-05-26 11:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1195 | DHS DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DUTCH ON PROPOSED [...] (U) Summary. During April 10 discussions, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Assistant Secretary for Policy Paul Rosenzweig and Deputy Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND) Gert Versluis reviewed outstanding DHS concerns about the proposed bilateral Internatio [...] | 2006-05-26 13:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS EAIR PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE120 | DUTCH SAY TOO LATE TO REVERSE EIB ACTION ON SYRIA [...] (C) Post conveyed reftel demarche January 4 to officials at the Dutch Ministries of Foreign Relations and Finance. On January 17, Econoffs followed up with Stefan van Wersch, Director of the Office for EU External Affairs, Directorate for European Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MF [...] | 2006-01-19 08:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV SY EUN NL |
06THEHAGUE1203 | NETHERLANDS: DEMARCHE DELIVERED, PROFESSOR RUTH [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-30 13:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC NL |
06THEHAGUE1204 | NETHERLANDS/UN REFORM: BRIDGING THE DIVIDE WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-30 13:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA AMGT AORC NL |
06THEHAGUE1205 | NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: PRESSING THE AU TO REQUEST [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche May 26 and 30 to MFA Sudan Task Force and Security Policy officers Stella Kloth and Pieter Blusse. The Dutch, relying on their own readout of Ambassador Jochem's conversations, believe that the African Union (AU) has accepted all of the NATO Category I and [...] | 2006-05-30 13:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL KPKO SU NL |
06THEHAGUE1206 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NATIONAL HQ [...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration official John Arthur Diaz visit to the Netherlands from June 12-15, 2006 to conduct inspection at KLM, a U.S. certificated Repair Station, on focus airs Boeing 747 Aircraft. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance [...] | 2006-05-30 13:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE1208 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL JANE [...] Country clearance is granted for Environmental Protection Agency official Jane Metcalfe, International Affairs Specialist, Office of International Affairs to travel to the Hague from June 12-18, 2006, as the EPA's lead representative for the Partnership for Clean Fueals and Vehicles. 2. E [...] | 2006-05-30 14:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL |
06THEHAGUE1209 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR 26 [...] (U) The week ending 26 May 2006 was relatively slow, so this week the wrap-up will bring together a few subjects that have yet to be reported to Washington: Japan views on CW destruction in China, anti-terrorism, and Article X. ------------------------------ Japan/China O/A CW Destruction [...] | 2006-05-30 14:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE121 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE [...] Country clearance has been granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration official Tracy Minish to travel to the Netherlands from February 3-8, 2006 to discuss final redlines and sign off on the new revisions for the atomated transfer vehicle program and to discuss verification com [...] | 2006-01-19 08:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1210 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TRANSPORTATION [...] Country Clearance is granted for TSA employees Stuart Miller and Johannes Knudsen to travel to the Netherlands from June 6-9, 2006 to participate in meetings with U.S. officials and Durch civil aviation authorites in the Hague. 2. Embassy point of contact is Economic Officer Jason Heung, [...] | 2006-05-30 14:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1211 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation Team PD 06-06/11 R54 to travel to The Netherlands from June 25 - July 22, 2006 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visito [...] | 2006-05-30 14:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
06THEHAGUE1212 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA GODDARD SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center officials Melanie Ott and Haris Riris to travel to the Netherlands from June 18-24, 2006 to participate at the ESA/NASA Workshop on Optoelectronics for Lidar Systems, in Noorwijk. 2. [...] | 2006-05-30 14:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TSPA NL |
06THEHAGUE1213 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA GODDARD SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center official Mark Stephen to travel to the Netherlands from June 19-23, 2006 to attend and present a paper at the ESA/NASA Workshop on Optoelectronics for Lidar Systems, in Noordwijk. 2 [...] | 2006-05-30 15:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TSPA NL |
06THEHAGUE1216 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center delegation consisting of Jacob Bloomberg, Deborah Harm, William Paloski, and Millard Reschke to travel to the Netherlands from June 5 - 10, 2006 to attend and present papers at the 7th Symposium [...] | 2006-05-31 09:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1217 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center official Bradley Jones to provide technical support to the European Space Agency Payload Safety Review Panel during a review of an international space station payload, in Noordwijk. 2. Emba [...] | 2006-05-31 09:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1218 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for the June 6-11, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Dr. Michelle Olive, Staff Scientist, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, to attend the XIVth International Vascular Biology Meeting in Noordwijkerout and Amsterdam. 2. Embassy understands that no f [...] | 2006-05-31 09:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1219 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL ENERGY [...] Country clearance is granted for John Mark Robinson, Director, Office of Energy Projects, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, to travel to the Netherlands from June 6-13, 2006 to attend the world Gas Conference in Amsterdam. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is reque [...] | 2006-05-31 10:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE122 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF THE [...] Country clearance is granted for January 29 - February 3, 2006 travel to the Netherlands of Scott M. Albinson, Managing Director, Examination, Office of Thrift Supervision, to attend the Accord Implementation Group Meeting in The Hague. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessar [...] | 2006-01-19 09:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM PTER NL |
06THEHAGUE1220 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN [...] Country clearance is granted for the June 19-29, 2006 travel to the Netherlands of Tara Gooen, Investigator, Office of Regional Operations, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS, for a regulatory/Inspection of Diosynth BV, Kloostrstraat for compliance with FDAs current Good Manufacturing Pra [...] | 2006-05-31 10:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1222 | NETHERLANDS/MTCR: LETTER ON UAV/CRUISE MISSILE [...] (C) MFA Senior Advisor for Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Ceta Noland said the GONL welcomes the opportunity to review any new USG proposal for the MTCR pertaining to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and cruise missiles. She said she would reserve any further comments until having revie [...] | 2006-05-31 12:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC TSPA KSCA NL |
06THEHAGUE1224 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for the June 7-11, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Dr. Christy Ludlow, Senior Investigator; Dr. Victor Henriquez, Fellow; and Dr. Torerey Loucks, Fellow, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH to attend and speak at the Fifth International C [...] | 2006-05-31 13:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1227 | REQUEST FOR COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ECONOMIC OFFICER [...] Country clearance is requested for Jason Heung, Economic Officer, to travel to Brussels, Belgium from June 1-2, 2006 to attend the Terrorist Finance Conference. 2. Mr. Heung has a top secret clearance. 3. Mr. Heung will be staying at the Hilton Hotel, 38 Boulevard de Waterloo, 1000 Br [...] | 2006-05-31 14:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE123 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF THE [...] Country clearance is granted for January 30 - February 6, 2006 travel to the Netherlands of Kevin E. Anderson, Special Assistant for International Affairs, Office of Thrift Supervision Bureau, DOT to attend a meeting of the Accord Implementation Group of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervi [...] | 2006-01-19 09:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM PTER NL |
06THEHAGUE1230 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL [...] Country clearance is granted for June 3-10, 2006 travel to the Netherlands of Thomas Lucey, Electronics Engineer, International Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, to attend the Group of Seven HF Frequency Coordination Meeting in Hilversum. 2. Embassy understands that no further as [...] | 2006-06-01 09:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ABLD ETRD NL |
06THEHAGUE1231 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center official Steven smith to travel to the Netherlands from June 6-7, 2006 to participate in European Space Agency Liaison Meetings in Noordwijk. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is ne [...] | 2006-06-01 09:51:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1232 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for Justin R. Swift, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, Department of Energy, to travel to the Netherlands from June 5-9, 2006 to attend and participate in the 23rd World Gas Conference sponsored by the International Gas Union. 2. Embassy und [...] | 2006-06-01 09:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1233 | NETHERLANDS/IRAN: DUTCH SUPPORT U.S. STATEMENT ON [...] (C) Ambassador Arnall delivered reftel demarche seeking public statements of support for the U.S. position on Iran to Rob Swartbol, Senior Foreign Affairs Advisor to Prime Minister Balkenende, on March 31. Swartbol promised to pass the message immediately to the Foreign Minister -- who was in [...] | 2006-06-01 11:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR NL |
06THEHAGUE1236 | NETHERLANDS/ELECTIONS: VVD PLAYS IT SAFE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an upset victory announced May 31, State Secretary for Education Mark Rutte defeated Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk in the contest to lead the Dutch Liberal Party (VVD) into the next election. While polls had consistently shown Verdonk in the lead, Rutte's popularity amo [...] | 2006-06-01 14:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NL |
06THEHAGUE1244 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: RESPONSE ON LAW AND ORDER [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-02 13:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER SNAR AF NATO NL |
06THEHAGUE1245 | NETHERLANDS: HIGH-THC CANNABIS REMAINS "SOFT" DRUG [...] Summary. Health Minister Hans Hoogervorst informed Parliament that the government will continue to treat Dutch- grown cannabis with high THC content as a "soft" drug. Research by the National Institute for Health and Environment (RIVM) showed that, although high-THC cannabis use induced elevat [...] | 2006-06-02 14:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PINS PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE1247 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR Dr. Thomas [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Dr. Thomas Langenickle, Visiting Fellow, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, to travel to the Netherlands on June 6-10, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend the XIVth International Vascular Biology Meeting in Noordwijkerhout. 2. As [...] | 2006-06-06 09:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA GM NL |
06THEHAGUE1249 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANT FOR BHARTIA AND DOUGLASS [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Pawan Bhartia and Anne Douglass from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to travel to the Netherlands on June 18-24, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend the Ozone Moitoring Instrument (OMI) Science Team Meeting.. 2. As per reftel, no a [...] | 2006-06-06 13:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1250 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DONALD COYLE [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Donald Coyle from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to travel to the Netherlands for June 18-23, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend and present two talks at the ESA/NASA workshop on Optoelectronics: qualification of technologies and les [...] | 2006-06-06 13:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1251 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GEORGE GAFKA [...] The Hague grants country clearance for George Gafka from NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) to travel to the Netherlands on June 17 - July 6, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend the Johnson Space Center fellowship coursework at European Space Technology Center. 2. As per reftel, no [...] | 2006-06-06 13:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1252 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DR. CARL LANDGREN [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Dr. Carl Landgren, Investigator, Genetic Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, for June 14-18, 2006 to travel to the Netherlands. The purpose of the travel is to attend the European Hematology Association meeting and present results from on [...] | 2006-06-06 13:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA SW NL |
06THEHAGUE1253 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DR. CRYSTAL MACKALL [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Dr. Crystal Mackall from National Cancer Institute (NCI),NIH to travel to the Netherlands on June 16-18, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend and participate in the 11th Congress of the European Hematology Association (EHA). 2. As per reftel [...] | 2006-06-06 13:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1254 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ROBERT NAVARRO [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Robert Navarro from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to travel to the Netherlands on June 24-30, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend the next generation correlator meeting in Groingen. 2. As per reftel, no assistance is required. [...] | 2006-06-06 13:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1255 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DR. STAUDT AND [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Dr. Louis Staudt and Dr. Wyndham Wilson National Cancer Institute (NCI),NIH to travel to the Netherlands on June 15-19, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend and participate in the 11th Congress of the European Hematology Association (EHA). 2. [...] | 2006-06-06 13:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1256 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR KOSTOROWSKI, [...] The Hague and grants country clearance to Kostorowski, Alderson, Donaldson, Heine, McKinsey, Walker, and Perry of the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation for June 9-26, 2006 to travel to the Netherlands. The purpose of the travel is to c [...] | 2006-06-06 13:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1257 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DR. AD BAX [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Dr. Ad Bax, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Dseases for June 10-15, 2006 to travel to the Netherlands. The purpose of the travel is to present a alk at a scientific symposium at Utrecht Universty honoring Dr. R [...] | 2006-06-06 13:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA DA NL |
06THEHAGUE126 | 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - THE NETHERLANDS [...] The following transmits the draft 2006 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for the Netherlands. This update corresponds with Chapter VI in the FY 2006 Country Commercial Guide. The full text of the ICS has been forwarded by e-mail to EUR/IFD/OIA to the attention of J. Nathaniel Hatcher and Pa [...] | 2006-01-19 14:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB NL OPIC USTR |
06THEHAGUE1261 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SMC 06-11 R53- [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation SMC 06-11 R53 to travel to the Netherlands on June 10-11, 2006. 2. As per reftel, no assistance is required. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. Since July 9, 2004, the Dutch Government has implemented heightened securit [...] | 2006-06-06 13:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA KHLS HLSX NL |
06THEHAGUE1262 | NETHERLANDS/IRAN: DUTCH WILL NOT SEEK CHAIR OF IOM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-06 14:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF AORC PREL SMIG IR NL |
06THEHAGUE1263 | NETHERLANDS/NATO: DUTCH LOOKING AT SMALL RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: Dutch MOD Director for General Policy Lo Casteleijn said June 6 the GONL is considering options to help fill NATO Response Force (NRF) 7 and 8 shortfalls. He could not make any promises -- the contribution would be small and much depended on what Dutch MOD military planners could [...] | 2006-06-06 15:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO NL |
06THEHAGUE1265 | NETHERLANDS/PSI: DUTCH ATTENDANCE AT PSI [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-06 15:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP PARM US PL NL |
06THEHAGUE1267 | NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: DUTCH CONTRIBUTIONS TO NTM-I [...] (C) Ambassador Arnall delivered reftel demarche soliciting enhanced contributions to the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) to Hugo Siblesz, Director General for Political Affairs at the Dutch MFA, on June 6. POLCOUNS and Hans Horbach, Deputy Director of the MFA's Security Affairs Department [...] | 2006-06-06 16:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS MARR IZ NL |
06THEHAGUE1268 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ACTING DAS REDDICK [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Acting DAS Eunice Reddick and Desk Officer Bill Schofield (AF/E) for travel to The Netherlands June 14-16, for Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission meetings. 2. Control Officer will be Political Officer Ted Burkhalter. He can be reache [...] | 2006-06-07 08:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1273 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) A WEOG meeting was held on May 29, despite it being a U.S. holiday. As the focus was the Article VII experience from EC-45, Betsy Sanders attended. Facilitator Amb. Maartin Lak (Netherlands) was furious about the failure of the report language during the EC and implied that it was the fau [...] | 2006-06-07 15:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1275 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ANDRE J. LAMARRE [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Andre J. Lamarre to travel to the Netherlands on June 12-13, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to conduct a recertification inspection commensurable to FAA authorizations for FAA repair stations in accordance with Federal Aviation regulations. 2. A [...] | 2006-06-08 07:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC FAA IFO NL |
06THEHAGUE1278 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SMC 06-11 R53 [...] The Hague grants country clearance FOR SMC 06-11 R53 Federal Air Marshal Service to travel to the Netherlands on June 10-11, 2006. 2. As per reftel, no assistance is required. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. Since July 9, 2004, the Dutch Government has implemented heightened security measures [...] | 2006-06-08 07:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA KHLS HLSX NL |
06THEHAGUE1281 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HABTESION AND ZOU [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Yakob Habtesion and Dr. Lanling Zou to travel to the Netherlands on June 17- 24, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend and participate in the 2006 vaccine forum. 2. As per reftel, no assistance is required. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. Since J [...] | 2006-06-08 13:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1282 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DR. LINDA LAMBERT [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Dr. Linda Lambert to travel to the Netherlands on June 18-22, 2006. The purpose is to attend and participate in the 2006 vaccine forum and to present an update of the NISID's influenza vaccine research program. 2. As per reftel, no assistance is requi [...] | 2006-06-08 13:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1283 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ROBERT MUELLER [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Robert Mueller from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC),to travel to the Netherlands on June 16-July 1, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend the NASA fellowship space system's engineering technical program through the University of Delft. 2. A [...] | 2006-06-08 13:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1284 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ADRIAN AYHAN AKINCI [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Adrian Ayhan Akinci from the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs to travel to the Netherlands on June 21-25, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend a joint European Space Agency (ESA) and National Aeronautica [...] | 2006-06-08 13:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP NL |
06THEHAGUE1285 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JOLANTE W VAN WIJK [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Jolante W. Van Wijk from the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs to travel to the Netherlands on June 30-July 12, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend collaboration meetings with Professor Cloetingh and Dr. [...] | 2006-06-08 13:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP NL |
06THEHAGUE1286 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GENETHA A GRAY [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Genetha A. Gray from the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs to travel to the Netherlands on June 23-27, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to visit the environmental group at the Department of Earth Sciences at Ut [...] | 2006-06-08 13:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP NL |
06THEHAGUE1287 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PD 06-06/11 R54 [...] The Hague grants country clearance PD 06-06/11 R54 Federal Air Marshal Service to travel to the Netherlands on June 26-July 22, 2006. 2. As per reftel, no assistance is required. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. Since July 9, 2004, the Dutch Government has implemented heightened security measu [...] | 2006-06-08 14:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA KHLS HLSX NL |
06THEHAGUE1292 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH FIGHTING ON THE [...] (C) Summary: Dutch troops in Uruzgan have faced their first serious military challenge in Uruzgan and, by all accounts, aquitted themselves professionally. Prime Minister Balkenende, CHOD Berlijn, Defense Minister Kamp, Foreign Minister Bot and other senior Dutch officials have all reaffirmed the D [...] | 2006-06-08 15:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR AF NL |
06THEHAGUE1299 | NETHERLANDS/TRIPARTITE DEMARCHE: DUTCH AFFIRM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-09 10:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE130 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA GREAT LAKES [...] Country clearance is granted for January 24-25, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Inspector Thomas M. Kieffaber to complete ATOS EPI Activity airman duties and flight deck procedures. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted [...] | 2006-01-19 15:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1301 | DONOR COUNTRIES COALESCE ON BHUTANESE REFUGEE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 1, 2006, seven members of the Core Group on Bhutanese Refugees, the UNHCR and the European Commission met in The Hague to set a near-term strategy to break the impasse in resolving the 16-year-old Bhutan refugee problem. Representatives agreed to lobby both Nepal (to take [...] | 2006-06-09 11:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL BT IN NP NL |
06THEHAGUE1303 | DONOR COUNTRIES COALESCE ON BHUTANESE REFUGEE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 1, 2006, seven members of the Core Group on Bhutanese Refugees, the UNHCR and the European Commission met in The Hague to set a near-term strategy to break the impasse in resolving the 16-year-old Bhutan refugee problem. Representatives agreed to lobby both Nepal (to take [...] | 2006-06-09 12:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL BT IN NP NL |
06THEHAGUE1308 | NETHERLANDS/EU: APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF [...] (U) Poloff and intern delivered reftel demarche June 7 and 8, to policy officers of the MFA Political Affairs and European Integration Departments. Substantive responses follow. Balkans ------- 2. (C) The GONL expects Serbia/Montenegro to dominate discussion of the Balkans, particularl [...] | 2006-06-09 13:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN KPAL UN BO CU IR IZ MW SR YI NL |
06THEHAGUE131 | NETHERLANDS/ISAF: PARLIAMENTARY TRIP CANCELED; [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch parliament on January 18 called off a fact-finding mission to Afghanistan citing security concerns and time constraints. The decision is not expected to have a significant impact on the upcoming debate on Dutch participation in ISAF III. The opposition Labor Party (PvdA [...] | 2006-01-19 16:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MAAR NL AF |
06THEHAGUE1321 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Facilitator Maarten Lak (Netherlands) hosted a June 8 informal consultation to present the results of the meeting of National Authorities in Mexico City, which focused on national implementation. Lak, Ambassador Arrospide (CSP Chairman, Peru),Legal Advisor Santiago Onate, and Mexican DCM [...] | 2006-06-13 14:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1323 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA (JSC) DELEGATION [...] The Hague welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA employees, Paul Delaune and John Saiz from Johnson Space Center (JSC) to travel to Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 7 thru July 14, 2006. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who n [...] | 2006-06-14 08:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TSPA NL |
06THEHAGUE1324 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA (JSC) DELEGATION [...] The Hague welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA employee, Alexander Tielens from Ames Research Center (ARC) to travel to Utrecht, Netherlands, June 24 thru July 2, 2006. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescor [...] | 2006-06-14 08:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TSPA NL |
06THEHAGUE1325 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JANE METCALFE [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Jane Metcalfe, International Affairs Specialist, Office of International Affairs (OIA) to travel to the Netherlands on June 13-18, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to work with UNEP and representatives from the oil industry to come to agreement on a do [...] | 2006-06-14 08:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA KSCA TPHY UNEP EPA NL |
06THEHAGUE133 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA GODDARD SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center delegation consisting of Thomas Johnson, Scott Lambros, Kirk Rhee and Steven Scott to travel to the Netherlands from February 13-16, 2006 to attend the James Webb Space Telescope Near In [...] | 2006-01-20 08:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TSPA NL |
06THEHAGUE1330 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SUSAN STANLEY [...] The Hague grants country clearance to IRS Tax Attache, Susan Stanley to travel to the Netherlands on July 11-13, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to visit The Hague for tax treaty negotiations with the Dutch Competent Authority. 2. As per reftel, no assistance is required. SECURITY A [...] | 2006-06-14 09:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN AMGT ASEC IRS TAX NL |
06THEHAGUE1332 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CYNTHIA HARRIS [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Cynthia Harris to travel to the Netherlands on June 24-July 1, 2006. The purpose of the travel is the pre approve medical device audit inspection of Dr. J. van der Zee, M.D., Ph.D., Principal Clinical Investigator at the research site of Daniel den Hoed C [...] | 2006-06-14 13:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO PREL OTRA US SW NL |
06THEHAGUE1333 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DRS. GAHL AND KLETA [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Dr. William Gahl, Clinical Director, National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI),NIH and Dr. Robert Kleta, Staff Scientist, NHGRI, NIH to travel to the Netherlands on June 29-July 2, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend and give talks at the [...] | 2006-06-14 13:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO PREL OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1334 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH STAYING THE COURSE [...] (C) Summary: Parliamentary Foreign Affairs spokespersons questioned FM Bot and DM Bot June 13 on the status of the Dutch deployment to Uruzgan province during the first hearing on Afghanistan since Parliament overwhelmingly approved the mission in February. The hearing confirmed the Dutch dep [...] | 2006-06-14 13:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO AF NL |
06THEHAGUE1338 | NETHELRANDS/UN: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: The GONL agrees that the first order of business in the new Human Rights Council (HRC) must be to establish procedures. They will oppose OIC attempts to table condemnatory measures relating to Israel. However, they will attempt to raise Sudan, if others begin raising specific is [...] | 2006-06-14 14:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE1339 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH STAYING THE COURSE [...] (C) Summary: Parliamentary Foreign Affairs spokespersons questioned FM Bot and DM Bot June 13 on the status of the Dutch deployment to Uruzgan province during the first hearing on Afghanistan since Parliament overwhelmingly approved the mission in February. The hearing confirmed the Dutch dep [...] | 2006-06-14 15:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO AF NL |
06THEHAGUE1342 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GUY R. GELFENBAUM [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Guy R. Gelfenbaum from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to travel to the Netherlands on June 20-July 8, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to confer with International experts on coastal erosion modeling at the Technical University at Delft and on new mo [...] | 2006-06-15 08:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SENV NL |
06THEHAGUE135 | MEDIA COVERAGE OF PDAS KURT VOLKER VISIT [...] Summary: PA organized a TV interview and a roundtable with journalists for PDAS Kurt Volker on January 17 in The Hague. All media emphasized Volker's "moderate" approach and reported positively his statement that the US is not pressuring the Dutch. They noted his assertion that [...] | 2006-01-20 10:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL MARR PGOV NL AF |
06THEHAGUE1350 | NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE ON FISSILE MATERIAL CUTOFF [...] The GONL is very appreciative of recent USG efforts to re-invigorate Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT) negotiations at the Conference on Disarmament (CD). MFA Head of Nuclear Affairs and Non-proliferation Paul Wilke said that the GONL disagrees with the USG on several issues related to th [...] | 2006-06-16 06:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL KNNP CDG |
06THEHAGUE1351 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR THOMPSON, MELLOTT, [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Political Officers Matt Thompson, Joe Mellott and John Cockrell to travel to the Netherlands on June 16, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend meetings at JFC Brunnsum. 2. As per reftel, no assistance is required. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. [...] | 2006-06-16 08:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1352 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STRAWHORN, JONES, [...] The Hague grants country clearance Julie Strawhorn, David Jones, and Tom Kearney of the Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to travel to the Netherlands on June 25-27, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to lead an international scan on "Procedures and Technolo [...] | 2006-06-16 10:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN TSPL OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1353 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DR. SCOTT PAUL [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Dr. Scott Paul, physiatrist, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, to travel to the Netherlands on June 21-25, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend and make an oral presentation, "Neonatal Onset of Multi-focal [...] | 2006-06-16 10:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1354 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR G. BRUCE VARNADO [...] The Hague grants country clearance to G. Bruce Varnado from the Sandia National Laboratories to travel to the Netherlands on June 26-July 7, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to participate at the training course on the security of nuclear research reactors. 2. As per reftel, no assistan [...] | 2006-06-16 10:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC KNNP OTRA AU NL |
06THEHAGUE1355 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SUSAN NEFF [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Susan Neff from the NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to travel to the Netherlands on July 10-18, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend and present a paper at the Fate of gas in the galaxies conference at the National Institute for Astronom [...] | 2006-06-16 10:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1356 | NETHERLANDS/MDA: DEMARCHE PRIOR TO JUNE 20 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-16 10:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ICRC PREF PREL IS NL |
06THEHAGUE1357 | NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: DEMARCHE ON ANTI-NGO LAW [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche June 15 to MFA Venzuela desk officer Dimitri Vogelaar. According to Vogelaar, the NGO law was raised in the June 6 COLAT working group, at the EU. On June 8, a resident European Union representative met in Caracas with the Vice Foreign Minister for Europe [...] | 2006-06-16 10:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID KDEM PGOV PREL VE NL |
06THEHAGUE1359 | NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA/BRAZIL: FM TO TRAVEL JULY [...] (C) Summary: Dutch FM Bot will likely travel to Brazil and Venezuela July 10 and 11, to meet with the Foreign Ministers of those two countries. As late as last month, the Dutch had hoped the meetings would be with Presidents Lula da Silva and Chavez. Chavez has refused for over a year to meet [...] | 2006-06-16 11:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BR VE NT NL |
06THEHAGUE136 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation PD 06-09 R49 to travel to The Netherlands from February 16 - 21, 2006 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who [...] | 2006-01-20 12:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
06THEHAGUE1360 | NETHERLANDS/NICARAGUA: SUPPORT FOR NICARAGUAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-16 11:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AORC KDEM PREL NU NL |
06THEHAGUE1361 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DR. RICHARD H. [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Dr. Richard H. Gracely from Veterans Affairs to travel to the Netherlands on June 20-25, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to participate and present at EULAR (European League Against Rheumatism). 2. As per reftel, no assistance is required. SECUR [...] | 2006-06-16 12:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE1362 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ALISA ERIKA KOCH [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Alisa Erika Koch from Veterans Affairs to travel to the Netherlands on June 20-July 18, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to participate in and present at Eular (European League Against Rheumatism). 2. As per reftel, no assistance is required. SEC [...] | 2006-06-16 13:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE1363 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JEFFERY SIEGEL [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Jeffery Siegel, Medical Officer, Center for Drug Evaluation Research, FDA, HHS to travel to the Netherlands on June 20-25, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to be meeting speaker/presenter at the meeting of Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR [...] | 2006-06-16 13:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA US PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE1364 | DUTCH INTEREST IN ACOTA, HIV/AIDS PROGRAMS AND [...] (S) Summary: Director of East African Affairs (and acting DAS) Eunice Reddick met June 14 with Wepke Kingma, the Director of the Dutch MFA's Africa Department. Also present on the Dutch side were Ambassador at Large for the Great Lakes Region, Fred Radke, and Head of East and Southern Africa [...] | 2006-06-16 13:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL MARR KHIV PREF XY XW ZF NL |
06THEHAGUE1371 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA LANGLEY [...] Country clearance is granted for June 19 - 25, 2006 travel to the Netherlands of Byron Meadows, NASA Langley Research Center, to make an oral presentation and participate in the second European Space Agency-NASA Working Meeting on Optoelectronics in Noordwijk. 2. Embassy understands that [...] | 2006-06-20 08:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1372 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NORTHWEST [...] Country clearance is granted for FAA Aircraft Certification personnel Kyle L. Olsen to travel to the Netherlands from June 26 - 29, 2006 November 27-30, 2005 to attend JAA Joint Safety Team meetings. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors w [...] | 2006-06-20 08:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1373 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR INTERNAL REVENUE [...] Country clearance is granted for IRS Manager, Aziz Benbrahim to travel to the Netherlands from July 10-14, 2006 to negotiate MAP and BAPA cases with the Dutch Competent Authority. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need une [...] | 2006-06-20 08:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN AMGT ASEC OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1374 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR INTERNAL REVENUE [...] Country clearance is granted for IRS Competent Authority Analyst, Vincent G. Salvo to travel to the Netherlands from July 10-14, 2006 to meet with Dutch Tax Officials to discuss double tax and APA cases in the Hague. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necessary. POST [...] | 2006-06-20 08:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN AMGT ASEC OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1375 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR INTERNAL REVENUE [...] Country clearance is granted for IRS Competent Authority Analyst, David S. Kosterlitz to travel to the Netherlands from July 10-14, 2006 to meet with Dutch Tax Officials to discuss competent authority cases. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: [...] | 2006-06-20 09:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN AMGT ASEC OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1378 | DUTCH CT COORDINATOR REITERATES CONCERN OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY. National Counter Terrorism Coordinator Tjibbe Joustra told the Ambassador June 9 that he was seriously concerned about Islamist radicalization, through both the Internet and a handful of problematic mosques; he said radicalization now seemed to be moving at a faster pace, in par [...] | 2006-06-20 12:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR KCRM PGOV PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE1383 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Del reps met with French, German and UK delegations on June 15 to deliver talking points, proposed draft decision text, and suggested site visit parameters. Del reps met initially with UK rep to express concern over the UK insistence upon visits to capitals (in the context of site visit p [...] | 2006-06-20 15:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1386 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SCENESETTER FOR [...] (C) There are two key objectives for the U.S. at EC-46. First, distribute the draft decision document on the U.S. 100% extension request and initiate discussion on that document. With careful management of expectations and timely circulation of documents, this can likely be steered in a posit [...] | 2006-06-21 15:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1391 | DUTCH ON PROPOSED NYSE-EURONEXT MERGER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch government does not oppose, in principle, the proposed merger between the Amsterdam- based Euronext and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE),but shares industry concerns regarding the potential application of U.S. regulations to Euronext-listed companies. Dutch law [...] | 2006-06-22 11:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV NL |
06THEHAGUE1392 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA GODDARD SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center officials Bryan Smith and James Free to travel to the Netherlands from June 27 - July 2, 2006 to participate in the Spacetech Post-Graduate Refresher Symposium regarding systems engineer [...] | 2006-06-22 12:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TSPA NL |
06THEHAGUE1395 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL HONGWEI [...] Country clearance is granted for July 8-15, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Hongwei Hsiao, Distinguished Consultant, NIOSI, HHS/CDC to attend the Applied Ergonomics Journal Editorial Board member meeting at the 16th World Congress on Ergonomics 2006 IEA. 2. Embassy understands that no as [...] | 2006-06-22 13:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1396 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL BARBARA [...] Country clearance is granted for July 17-19, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Senior Service Fellow, Barbara Lopes Cardozo, NCEH, HHS/CDC to provide technical assistance and meet with Antares directors and staff to discuss the extension of the cooperative agreement on Stress Management of Hum [...] | 2006-06-22 13:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1397 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL WANDA [...] Country clearance is granted for July 17-21, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Wanda Walton, Health Education Specialist, NCHSTP, HHS/CDC to participate in the meeting of the Task Force for Human Resource Development, an active component of the USAID-funded project - Tuberculosis Control Assis [...] | 2006-06-22 13:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1398 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIALS JAMES [...] Country clearance is granted for July 8-17, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of James Albers, Associate Service Fellow; Brian Lowe, Industrial Engineer; Susan Burt, Senior Research Officer; Thomas Waters, Supervisory Safety Engineer; James William Collins, Associate Director for Science, NIOSH, [...] | 2006-06-22 13:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1400 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for the June 21-25, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of National Institute of Arthritis and Musculosekeletal and Skin Diseases staff Drs. Ivona Aksentijevich, Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky, and Daniel Kastner, to attend and present at the Annual European Congress of Rheum [...] | 2006-06-22 13:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1401 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for the June 27-29, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Dr. Lucy Anderson, Research Biologist, Section Chief, Laboratory of Comparative Carcinogenesis, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH to serve as a Program Committee member of the Dutch Nati [...] | 2006-06-22 13:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1402 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF [...] Country clearance is granted for June 25-27, 2006 travel to the Netherlands of DOT Federal Highway Administration officials Julie Strawhorn, David Jones, and Tom Kearney to lead an international scan on "Procedures and Technologies for Enforcing Commercial Vehicle Size and Weight Laws and Reg [...] | 2006-06-22 14:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ELTN TSPL NL |
06THEHAGUE1403 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NATIONAL HQ [...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration official Edward M. Duchnowski, Aviation Safety Inspector, to travel to the Netherlands from June 25-29, 2006 to represent FAA at MMEL/MEL SG. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: [...] | 2006-06-22 14:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE1404 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF [...] Country clearance is granted for Mark Richard, Department of Justice Senior Counselor to travel to the Netherlands from June 27-28, 2006 to negotiate an agreement with EuroJust, in the Hague. 2. Embassy POC for the visit is Global Issues Chief, Susan Garro: Work Phone - (31) (70) 310-2250 [...] | 2006-06-22 14:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1405 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL CHARLES [...] Country clearance is granted for Charles Schenk, Diesel Technology Specialist, Office of Air and Radiation, EPA, to travel to the Netherlands from June 26-29, 2006 to attend a Conference on Global Diesel Emissions Strategies in Amsterdam. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance [...] | 2006-06-22 14:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL |
06THEHAGUE141 | UNEMPLOYMENT INCREASING AMONG DUTCH MUSLIMS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Unemployment among the almost 700,000 ethnic Turks and Moroccans in the Netherlands is high and rising. While the overall unemployment level in the country stabilized last year at 6.5 percent, survey data presented this week show that unemployment among the Turkish and Moroccan im [...] | 2006-01-20 15:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI PHUM PGOV ELAB KISL NL |
06THEHAGUE1411 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): UNDER SECRETARY [...] (U) In his June 21 meeting with Rogelio Pfirter, Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW),Under Secretary Joseph reaffirmed that the U.S. is working to complete destruction of its CW stocks as soon as possible. He also emphasized to Pfirter the imp [...] | 2006-06-23 12:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1414 | (S) TERRORIST FINANCE TRACKING PROGRAM: POINTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-23 15:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PTER EFIN KTFN NL |
06THEHAGUE1415 | PARLIAMENT BACKS DOWN ON CANNABIS CULTIVATION [...] Summary. Dutch Parliament backed away June 22 from a proposal to permit the regulated large-scale production of cannabis to supply marijuana "coffeeshops." Justice Minister Donner, who strongly opposes legalization of large- scale cannabis production, threatened to resign if Parliament passed [...] | 2006-06-23 17:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PINS PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE1422 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL WOODROW [...] Country clearance is granted for Woodrow Setzer, Office of Research and Development, EPA, to travel to the Netherlands from July 15-20, 2006 to participate in an international Expert Panel Meeting concerning risk assessment of compounds that are both genotoxic and carcinogenic. 2. Embas [...] | 2006-06-27 09:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL |
06THEHAGUE1423 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center official Cynthia Haven to travel to the Netherlands from July 23-27, 2006 to participate in the International Space Station Pre/Post Flight Baseline Data Collection Planning Meeting, in Nordwij [...] | 2006-06-27 09:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1424 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL ROBERT [...] Country clearance is granted for July 23-28, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Robert Milstein, Behavioral Scientist, NCCDPHP, Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control, to attend and present "CDC Obesity Dynamics Modeling Project" at the International System Dynamics Conference, in [...] | 2006-06-27 09:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1425 | NETHERLANDS: U/S JOSEPH'S JUNE 21 VISIT TO THE [...] (S) Summary: Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph held bilateral consultations at the Dutch MFA, met with Dutch defense and foreign affairs committee spokespersons, and spoke to the press on June 21. Topics covered during his meetings included: the Prolife [...] | 2006-06-27 09:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL KNNP PARM ENRG EU AORC MTCR NL ETTC |
06THEHAGUE1426 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for Dr. Mirjana Nesin, Medical Officer, and Dr. Malla Rao, Program Officer, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, to transit the Netherlands from July 14-15, 2006 to site visit three projects in Tanzania. 2. Emb [...] | 2006-06-27 10:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1427 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for Slawomir M. Tkaczyk to travel to The Netherlands from June 26-27, 2006 to visit the Rheinisch Westfaelisch Technische Hochscule Instite in Amsterdam where tracker end cap detector is being assembled. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...] | 2006-06-27 10:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1430 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GIVEN FOR DEPARTMENT OF [...] Country clearance has been granted for July 11-14, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of FAA official Allen L. Wilson, to conduct inspection at KLM, a U.S. certificated repair station, on Focus Air's Boeing 747 Aircraft. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is required. POST [...] | 2006-06-27 12:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA |
06THEHAGUE1431 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) In preparation for Executive Council 46 and beyond, del continued to work with other delegations to build support for the U.S. extension request draft decision. After initial discussions with allies, del offered general points on the elements of the extension request, and the fact that th [...] | 2006-06-27 12:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1433 | DUTCH OFFICIALS OUTLINE TRADE PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Dutch trade officials recently outlined current Dutch trade priorities: completion of Doha (WTO) talks, energy security, balancing of trade and security needs, and the export of Dutch water management expertise. A February 2007 High Tech Connections mission to San Francisc [...] | 2006-06-27 15:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | WTRO EAGR ETRD EU NL |
06THEHAGUE1435 | WTO DOHA ROUND NEGOTIATIONS: DEMARCHE POINTS [...] Post welcomed reftel A points from DC, which reinforced discussions held with senior Dutch trade officials on WTO Doha and trade issues earlier this month (see reftel B). As a follow up, Econoff shared reftel A points with Tjerk Opmeer, Dutch representative to the EU 133 Trade Committee, Minist [...] | 2006-06-27 16:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | WTRO ETRD ECON NL |
06THEHAGUE1437 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for DOE delegation consisting of Patrick Joseph Kolbas, Robert Lawrence Martinez, Richard MacKoy, and Gregory Clyde Stihel, National Nuclear Security Administration, Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, DOE, to travel to the Netherlands from July 6-14, 2006 t [...] | 2006-06-28 08:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1440 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation Team PD 06-06/11 R55 to travel to The Netherlands from July 25 - August 20, 2006 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visi [...] | 2006-06-28 11:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
06THEHAGUE1441 | NETHERLANDS/UN: UN REFORM AND LIFTING THE BUDGET [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered demarche on UN management reform and lifting the budget cap to Alain Ancion at the Dutch MFA's Office of UN Management Reform Office on June 27. Per instructions, Poloff also provided a copy of the draft resolution for the MFA to review. 2. (SBU) Ancion was supportiv [...] | 2006-06-28 12:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC EU EUN UNGA NL |
06THEHAGUE1448 | DUTCH TIP POLICY OFFICIALS TO VISIT UNITED STATES, [...] Summary. Eleven senior officials responsible for the development and enforcement of Dutch policy on combating trafficking in persons (TIP) will visit the United States July 4-7 to learn about U.S. approaches to TIP policy development, law enforcement, and victim assistance. The visit advance [...] | 2006-06-28 18:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE145 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA GODDARD SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center official Jean Allen to travel to The Netherlands from February 5-12, 2006 to attend the XMM-Newton RGS Calibration Meeting in Utrecht. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistan [...] | 2006-01-23 09:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TSPA NL |
06THEHAGUE1450 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation Team PD 06-06/11 R55 to travel to The Netherlands from July 25 - August 20, 2006 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visi [...] | 2006-06-29 06:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
06THEHAGUE1451 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for DOE delegation consisting of Aldo A. Zagonel, Thomas F. Corbet, James Ellison, and Leonard A. Malczynski to travel to the Netherlands from July 19-31, 2006 to attend and present at the International System Dynamics Conference in Nijmegen. 2. Embassy underst [...] | 2006-06-29 06:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1455 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR INTERNAL REVENUE [...] Country clearance is granted for IRS Manager Aziz Benbrahim to travel to the Netherlands from July 10-14, 2006 to negotiate MAP and BAPA cases with the Dutch Competent Authority. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unes [...] | 2006-06-29 09:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN AMGT ASEC OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1457 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): LETTER TO [...] (U) The following is the text of a June 23 letter from Rogelio Pfirter, Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to Secretary Rice regarding an OPCW workshop to be held in Rome on October 25-27. 2. (U) Begin text. Excellency, A Regional Wor [...] | 2006-06-29 10:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE146 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NATIONAL HQ [...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration Manager, Unmanned Aircraft Program Office, Kenneth Douglas Davis, to visit The Netherlands from February 12-17, 2006 to attend the Civil Air Navigation Service Organization Meeting in Maastricht. 2. Embassy understands that [...] | 2006-01-23 10:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE1465 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR, [...] Country clearance is granted for the visit of Deputy Director Nakian to travel to the Netherlands from July 6-8, 2006 to meet with Jewish leaders in Amsterdam; and meet with government officials in the Hague regarding the implementation of the amendments to the International Tracing Service a [...] | 2006-06-30 09:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PHUM KNAR NL |
06THEHAGUE1466 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF [...] Country clearance is granted for Mark Richard, Department of Justice Senior Counselor to travel to the Netherlands from July 11-12, 2006 to attend a farewell ceremony at EuroPol, in the Hague. 2. Embassy POC for the visit is Global Issues Chief, Susan Garro: Work Phone - (31) (70) 310-225 [...] | 2006-06-30 09:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1468 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL PAULINE [...] Country clearance is granted Pauline Harvey, Public Health Analyst, NIP, HHS/CDC to transit the Neatherlands from August 4-5, 2006 on her way to Abuja, Nigeria to assist in the polio strengthening immunization activities monitoring and evaluation. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance [...] | 2006-06-30 10:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1469 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL JOHN [...] Country clearance is granted for John Blandford, Economst, NCHSTP, CEC, HHS to transit the Nethrlands from August 4-5, 2006 on his way to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to lead a team to initiate data collection in Ethiopia for a five-country centrally funded targeted evaluation to estimate the cost o [...] | 2006-06-30 10:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1472 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for Drs. Ivona Aksentijevich, Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky, and Daniel Kastner, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, to travel to the Netherlands from June 21-25, 2006 to attend and resent at the Annual European Congress of Rheumaolog [...] | 2006-06-30 14:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1473 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for Drs. Ivona Aksentijevich, Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky, and Daniel Kastner, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, to travel to the Netherlands from June 21-25, 2006 to attend and resent at the Annual European Congress of Rheumaolog [...] | 2006-06-30 14:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1486 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) Facilitator Maarten Lak (Netherlands) held two informal consultations on 23 and 26 June to discuss Executive Council 46 report language. On Monday, delegations were asked to choose between two texts, the draft EC-45 text and a new facilitator's proposal. Mexico intervened to relay its in [...] | 2006-07-04 16:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1488 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL ANDREW [...] Country clearance is granted for Andrew Lanum, Fellow, COGH, HHS/CDC to transit the Netherlands from August 9-10, 2006 on his way to Amman, Jordan to test pilot Division of Epidemiology and Surveillance Capacity Development indicators at the Field Epidemiology Training Program site. 2. Em [...] | 2006-07-05 08:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1506 | NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN MISSILE [...] MFA Senior Advisor for Nuclear and Non-Proliferation Affairs Ceta Noland said the GONL fully supports recent EU and NATO statements condemning North Korea's July 4-5 launch of multiple ballistic missiles. She said the GONL supports MTCR efforts to restrict exports to North Korea. Polmiloff d [...] | 2006-07-06 12:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KN PARM KNNP NL |
06THEHAGUE1510 | NETHERLANDS: NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. In preparation for this year's interagency review for narcotics certification, Post submits the following update on Dutch anti-narcotics efforts and police- to-police cooperation. The Dutch remain focused on stemming the production and trade of ecstasy and are developing a second [...] | 2006-07-07 12:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PINS PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE1511 | NETHERLANDS: WILLING TO DISCUSS NEW MNF-I POSITION [...] (C) Summary: MOD Director for General Policy Affairs Lo Casteleijn said the GONL is holding firm to its decision to withdraw its staff officer from Basrah, Iraq, as part of the Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I). However, Casteleijn said he recognizes the political significance of maintaining a [...] | 2006-07-07 12:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV NL |
06THEHAGUE1514 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for Dr. Wei Zheng, Group Leader, Cell Signaling Assay Technology, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, to travel to the Netherlands from July 12-15, 2006 to attend and present at a conference "Hit to Lead Discovery with QHTS Screening 2006. 2. Emba [...] | 2006-07-07 13:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1530 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (SBU) It has been clear for some time that EC-47 in November would be a crucial (and difficult) session. The twin goals for EC-46 were to 1) lay a solid foundation for EC-47 approval of the U.S. request for an extension of its 100% destruction deadline, and 2) establish an atmosphere and fram [...] | 2006-07-11 10:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1532 | ICANN: DUTCH DESIRE GREATER INTERNATIONAL CONTROL [...] Econoff delivered ref A and B points July 3 to Wim Rullens, Director for International Affairs, Directorate-General for Energy and Telecom, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Rullens said that the Dutch Embassy in Washington would send a representative to the July 26 public meeting but that the Dut [...] | 2006-07-11 16:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EINT ETRD ETTC |
06THEHAGUE1537 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): INFORMING THE [...] (C) On July 3, per reftel, del rep passed the letter informing the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons of the recovery by Coalition Forces of approximately 500 chemical munitions to Horst Reeps, Director of Verification for the Technical Secretariat. Reeps' only comment was [...] | 2006-07-12 14:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1538 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA MIAMI OFFICIAL [...] Country clearance is granted for July 24-28,2006 visit to the Netherlands of Department of Transportation, FAA Miami official Michael Brian Bush, Aviation Safety Inspector to conduct surveillance of standard Aero B. V., an FAA certificated repair station, for the purpose of inspecting a subst [...] | 2006-07-13 05:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRAZ EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE1539 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA MIAMI OFFICIAL [...] Country clearance is granted for July 24-28,2006 visit to the Netherlands of Department of Transportation, FAA Miami official Randolph Bernard Moran, Aviation Safety Inspector to conduct surveillance of standard Aero B. V., an FAA certificated repair station, for the purpose of inspecting a s [...] | 2006-07-13 05:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRAZ EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE1549 | INTERNATIONAL TRACING SERVICE: DUTCH FOCUS ON [...] (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, [...] | 2006-07-13 16:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KNAR PHUM |
06THEHAGUE1550 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for Michael Williams and John David Wharton, National Nuclear Securtiy Administration's Office of Defense Programs to travel to the Netherlands from July 18-23, 2006 to conduct a site visit at Volkel Air Base in the Netherlands with USAFE staff at each location. [...] | 2006-07-13 16:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR TRGY OTRA KNNP NL |
06THEHAGUE1551 | TERRORIST FINANCE:IIRO PRENOTIFICATION DELIVERED [...] (S) Econoff delivered on July 5 reftel points and background paper on the USG designation of Saudi national Abd Al-Mujil and the Philippines and Indonesia offices of the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO) to Erik van Andel, Head Integrity Policy Division, Financial Markets Policy [...] | 2006-07-13 16:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC |
06THEHAGUE1552 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA MIAMI OFFICIAL [...] Country clearance is granted for August 7-12,2006 visit to the Netherlands of Department of Transportation, FAA Miami official Robert Lawrence Feldman, Aviation Safety Inspector to conduct inspection at KLM, an FAA certificated repair station and substantial contracted maintenance provider for [...] | 2006-07-14 07:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE1559 | NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: DUTCH STILL CONSIDERING MNF-I [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Arnall spoke July 14 with senior MFA and MOD officials to press for Dutch acceptance of an MNF-I position. Although the Dutch decision to withdraw its officer from Basra (reftel) is final, the GONL is still considering whether to send an officer to fill a staff positio [...] | 2006-07-14 12:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV NL |
06THEHAGUE1560 | WTO/DOHA: DUTCH ATTRIBUTE GENEVA FAILURE TO U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY/COMMENT. In recent statements to the parliament and press, Dutch Foreign Trade Minister van Gennip attributed the failure of recent WTO/Doha talks to USG unwillingness to negotiate an agreement, a signal of Dutch frustration with the current stalemate, according to senior trade [...] | 2006-07-14 13:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD USTR WTRO ECON EAGR EU NL |
06THEHAGUE1562 | NETHERLANDS/EU: APPROACH IN ADVANCE OF THE JULY 17 [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch expect discussion at the July GAERC to be more limited than normal - a reflection of the vacation season. Iran and the Israel are expected to be major foci of discussion. The Dutch will not raise North Korea but are not averse to its being raised by other members. Like [...] | 2006-07-14 15:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN KPAL UN BO CG IR IZ KN MW SR SU |
06THEHAGUE1566 | NETHERLANDS/NICARAGUA: SUPPORT FOR ELECTION DONOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-17 11:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC EUN KDEM PGOV NU NL |
06THEHAGUE1567 | NETHERLANDS/CUBA: PROVIDING BACKGROUND AND [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche July 14 to Gertie Mulder, Head of the MFA's South America Division. Mulder promised to share the document, which contained information previously requested by senior officials at the Ministry. 2. Post will share the information with NGOs active in the Cuba [...] | 2006-07-17 12:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL CU NL |
06THEHAGUE1571 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation Team SD 06-44 R54 to travel to The Netherlands from July 18 - 23, 2006 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who n [...] | 2006-07-18 08:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
06THEHAGUE1578 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation Team SD 06-44 R55 to travel to The Netherlands from July 24 - August 10, 2006 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitor [...] | 2006-07-19 13:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
06THEHAGUE1579 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA AMES RESEARCH [...] Country clearance is granted for the National Aeronautic and Space Administration Ames Research Center official Lawrence Lemke to travel to The Netherlands from July 30 - August 4, 2006 to participate in the Don Quixote Mission Study Reviewmeeting of the Joint Aviation Safety Team. 2. Emb [...] | 2006-07-19 13:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1580 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA AMES RESEARCH [...] Country clearance is granted for the National Aeronautic and Space Administration Ames Research Center official Diane Wooden to travel to The Netherlands from August 13-16, 2006 to work with Dr. Bernard Foing, Principal Scientist for the Smart-1 Lunar Mission at European Space Agency. 2. [...] | 2006-07-19 13:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1581 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center official Paul Mudget to travel to the Netherlands from September 1-8, 2006 to participate in the automated transfer vehicle empty module offgas test. 2. Embassy understands that no assistan [...] | 2006-07-19 13:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1585 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: CHEMICAL WEAPONS [...] (U) Reactions to the U.S. 100% extension request, and the recently submitted draft decision, continue to be surprisingly muted. However, comments over the past several weeks, and during EC-46, are beginning to shape a way forward for the U.S. strategy to gain approval for its extension reques [...] | 2006-07-20 12:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1586 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIALS - JULY [...] Country clearance is granted for Robbin Weyant, Microbiologist; Davie Ausdemore, Safety Engineer; Kenneth Buckner, Occupational Health Specialist; Brian Cook, Environmental Health Specialist; Francis Hardy-Bennett, Safety Engineer, Office of Health and Safety, OD, HHS/CDC to travel to the Net [...] | 2006-07-20 13:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1587 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center official Steven Smith to travel to the Netherlands from July 18-20, 2006 to attend and participate in European Space Agency Liaison Meetings. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is ne [...] | 2006-07-20 14:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1588 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA LANGLEY [...] Country clearance is granted for July 22- August 2, 2006 travel to the Netherlands of Dr. K. Chauncey Wu to meet with Dr. Gurdal of the Delft University to discuss research on tow-placed, variable stiffness composite structures. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is require [...] | 2006-07-20 14:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1590 | DESIGNATION OF TWO IRANIAN MISSILE-RELATED [...] (U) Econoff shared on July 20 reftel points concerning the designation of two Iranian missile-related entities with Joost van Ettro, Policy Officer, Terrorism and New Threats Unit, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Anne-Chris Visser, Senior Advisor, Financial Markets Policy Directorate, Du [...] | 2006-07-20 15:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC EFIN PGOV KTFN NL |
06THEHAGUE16 | NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS: ALSO COUNSELING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-05 07:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON UP RS NL |
06THEHAGUE1602 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR U.S. SECURITIES AND [...] Country clearance is granted for July 26-August 14, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Ethiopis Tafara, Director; and Gloria Dalton, Counsel to the Director, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, to meet with staff of the college of Euronext Regulators. 2. Embassy requests and would very [...] | 2006-07-25 02:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | NL OTRA |
06THEHAGUE1603 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL CHARLES [...] Country clearance is granted for Charles Wells, Medical Officer/Epidemiologist, NCHSTP, CDC, HHS to travel to the Netherlands to attend the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) - funded Tuberculosis Coalition for Technical Assistance board meeting in Amsterdam 2. E [...] | 2006-07-25 02:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE161 | COUNTRY CLEARANCES GRANTED FOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL [...] Country clearance is granted for USGS Research Hydrologist Christopher Neuzil to travel to The Netherlands from February 4-9, 2006 to present two seminars on low permaeability media and coupled flow phenomena to Vrije University in Amsterdam. 2. Embassy understands that no further assista [...] | 2006-01-25 11:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA NL |
06THEHAGUE1615 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA OFFICIAL JAMES [...] Country clearance is granted for July 31-August 1, 2006 travel to the Netherlands of FAA Safety Inspector James (Dick) Bailey to conduct a recertification inspection commensurable to FAA authorizations for FAA repair stations in accordance with Federal Aviation regulations. 2. Embassy und [...] | 2006-07-25 12:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC NL |
06THEHAGUE1616 | NETHERLANDS/UNGA: HIGH LEVEL ATTENDEES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-25 13:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP UNGA NL |
06THEHAGUE1619 | NETHERLANDS/FMCT: INFLEXIBLE ON REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The GONL remains greatly appreciative of U.S. efforts to revive Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT) negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament (CD). But the GONL "completely disagrees" with the U.S. request to abandon the consideration of other issues in favor of FMCT nego [...] | 2006-07-25 15:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PREL KNNP UNGA CDG NL |
06THEHAGUE162 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NATIONAL HQ [...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration personnel Frederick J. Leonelli, President, Fjleonelli Group, Inc., to travel to the Netherlands from April 2-7, 2006 to participate in a meeting with the CAA-NL and National Research Lab supporting the Terminal Area Safety Proj [...] | 2006-01-25 12:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE1621 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for Marianne M. Francois, National Nuclear Security Administration Office of Defense Programs, to travel to the Netherlands from August 12-17, 2006 to attend the Euromech Colloquium 479 on Numerical Simulation of Multiphase Flows with Deformable Interfaces in Schev [...] | 2006-07-26 08:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1622 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation SD 06-44 E/F R55 to travel to The Netherlands from August 14-25, 2006 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who ne [...] | 2006-07-26 08:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
06THEHAGUE1623 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation FO 06-47 R56 to travel to The Netherlands from September 9-11, 2006 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need [...] | 2006-07-26 10:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
06THEHAGUE1624 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Although generally a quiet week, delegations made up for it on Thursday 20 July, holding a WEOG meeting, two informal consultations (Budget and Article VII),and one small group discussion of the Schedule 3 Transfer draft decision language. ------ Budget ------ 2. (U) Co-facilitato [...] | 2006-07-26 14:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1626 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF ABOUSOFIAN [...] (U) Econoff delivered on July 24 reftel points concerning the USG designation of Abousofian Abdelrazik to Joost van Ettro, Policy Officer, Terrorism and New Threats Unit, Political Affairs Department, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Anne-Chris Visser, Senior Advisor, Integrity Division, [...] | 2006-07-27 05:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER NL |
06THEHAGUE1628 | OUTREACH ON DETAINEE POLICY MAKES INROADS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-27 13:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KAWC KJUS KPAO PHUM NL |
06THEHAGUE163 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL JOHN [...] Country clearance is granted for Environmental Protection Agency official John Lyon, Director, Office of Research and Development, to travel to the Netherlands from February 11-15, 2006 to attend the European Space Agency Third Atmospheric Chemistry Peer Review Panel Meeting in Noordijk. 2 [...] | 2006-01-25 12:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL |
06THEHAGUE1635 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL PETER [...] Country clearance is granted for Peter McElroy, Senior Research Scientist, NCHSTP, HHS/CDC to travel to the Netherlands from August 29-September 2, 2006 to attend the AIDS Vaccine 2006 Conference and exchange ideas and concerns with experts in the laboratory, clinical and epidemiology aspects [...] | 2006-07-27 15:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1636 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL JOHN [...] Country clearance is granted for John Nkengasong, Senior Service Fellow, NCHSTP, HHS/CDC to travel to the Netherlands to attend the Steering Committee Meeting of the WHO African AIDS Vaccine Program in Amsterdam and participate in the review of a new proposed five-year strategic plan and stru [...] | 2006-07-27 15:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1637 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation SMC 04-14 R55 to travel to The Netherlands from July 27-28, 2006 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need un [...] | 2006-07-27 15:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
06THEHAGUE1638 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation FO 06-47 R56 to travel to The Netherlands from September 9-11, 2006 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need [...] | 2006-07-27 15:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
06THEHAGUE1640 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearance is granted for Wojciech H. Zurek, from Los Alamos National Laboratory, to travel to the Netherlands from September 4-8, 2006 to attend the Coslab 2006 Conference in Leiden. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need u [...] | 2006-07-28 08:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1647 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH REMAIN COMMITTED [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch commitment to its ISAF-III Uruzgan deployment is not wavering in the face of initial casualties. On July 26, two Dutch officers died in a helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan (which also took U.S. and other lives). Defense Minister Henk Kamp issued a public statement [...] | 2006-07-28 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO AF NL |
06THEHAGUE1653 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation PD 06-06/11 R56 to travel to The Netherlands from August 20 - September 16, 2006 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visi [...] | 2006-07-31 08:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
06THEHAGUE1654 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL JOHN [...] Country clearance is granted for John Blandford, Economist, NCHSTP, CDC, HHS to layover in the Netherlands on his way to Ethiopia and Botswana to initiate data collection for a five-couintry targeted evaluation to estimate the cost of HIV treatment for PEPFAR. 2. Embassy understands that [...] | 2006-07-31 09:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE166 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for February 10-12, 2006 visit to The Netherlands of Senior Investigator, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, Dr. Ad Bax, to participate in the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research SPINOZSA selection committee meeting [...] | 2006-01-26 12:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1664 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR 28 [...] (U) The CW Delegation had a quiet week with no meetings scheduled for the foreseeable future. Delegates took the opportunity to host the new South African delegate Martinus Van Schalkwijk to lunch and found him to be a personable and experienced multilateral diplomat. -------------- Securi [...] | 2006-07-31 13:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1666 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: CHEMICAL WEAPONS [...] (U) Reactions to the U.S. 100% extension request, and the recently submitted draft decision, continue to be surprisingly muted. However, comments over the past several weeks, and during EC-46, are beginning to shape a way forward for the U.S. strategy to gain approval for its extension reques [...] | 2006-07-31 14:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE167 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL GARY [...] Country clearance is granted for February 9-13, 2006 travel to the Nethrlands of Gary Myers, Chief, Clinical Chemistry Branch, NCEH, Center for Disease Control, Health and Human Services, to attend the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry HbA1c Reference Lab Network Meeting. 2. [...] | 2006-01-26 13:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1672 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearance is granted for Herbert van de Sompel, from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to the Netherlands from August 19-23, 2006 to attend "Digital Libraries a la Carte - New Choices for the Future" Conference in Amsterdam. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is nece [...] | 2006-08-01 12:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1673 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL DEBORAH [...] Country clearance is granted for Deborah Birx, Director, Global AIDS Program, NCHSTP, CDC, HHS to travel to the Netherlands to attend the 2006 AIDS Vaccine Meeting Sessions in Amsterdam. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who n [...] | 2006-08-01 12:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1674 | NETHERLANDS/IRAN: P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-01 14:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM EU KNNP PREL IR NL |
06THEHAGUE1675 | NETHERLANDS/UNGA: HLD ON INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche July 31 to MFA UN and IFIs Senior Policy Officers Vasco Rodrigues and Andrea Maessen-Nederlof. Also present was MFA Migration and Alien Affairs Policy Advisor Marieke van Renssen. 2. (U) The Dutch delegation will likely include Development Minister van [...] | 2006-08-01 14:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA EAID PREF SMIG NL |
06THEHAGUE1677 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: DUTCH FIND LOW PATHOGENIC AI [...] (U) The Ministry of Agriculture announced on August 1 that low pathogenic avian influenza (AI) was discovered during routine sampling of a chicken farm in Voorthuizen. Voorthuizen, located in the center of the Netherlands, is situated in the middle of the main egg producing area of the country [...] | 2006-08-01 15:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | BTIO EAGR KFLU NL |
06THEHAGUE1681 | (C/NF) NETHERLANDS/UNSC/VENEZUELA/GUATEMALA: DUTCH [...] (C/NF) Summary: Foreign Minister Bot has ordered the MFA to review its earlier decision to support Guatemala over Venezuela for the GRULAC candidacy for a UNSC seat. A senior MFA official told us privately that the Dutch will probably "do the wise thing" and vote for Guatemala, but would not [...] | 2006-08-02 10:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UN UNSC GT VE NL |
06THEHAGUE1682 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation SD 06-47 R55 to travel to The Netherlands from August 24 - September 2, 2006 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors [...] | 2006-08-02 12:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
06THEHAGUE1683 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center official Steven Smith to travel to the Netherlands from August 8-13, 2006 to attend and participate in European Space Agency Liaison Meetings in Noordwijk. 2. Embassy understands that no as [...] | 2006-08-02 12:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1684 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for Dr. Emmeline Edwards, Deputy Director, Extramural Research Program, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH to travel to the Netherlands from August 23-27, 2006 to attend the 37th International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology Annual Me [...] | 2006-08-02 12:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1685 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for Dr. Jennifer Anderson, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to The Netherlands to give a talk on Exploring the transcriptome of the midgut of the tick Dermacentor variabilis at the 12th International Congress of Acarology in Am [...] | 2006-08-02 12:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1686 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL BERNARD [...] Country clearance is granted for Bernard Branson, Medical Epidmiologist, NCHSTP, CDC, HHS to travel to the Netherlands from August 29 - September 2, 2006 to represent HHS/CDC and give a presentation on "Techniques for Estimating HIV Incidence" at the AIDS Vacine 2006 Converence. 2. Embass [...] | 2006-08-02 12:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE169 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GAO VISIT TO THE [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Government Accountability Office officials Glen Trochelman, Faye Morrison, Edmond Menoche, and Richard Scott to travel to The Netherlands from February 1-4, 2006 to conduct a review of the Joint Planning and Development Office's efforts to [...] | 2006-01-26 14:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA CVIS NL |
06THEHAGUE1696 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL STEPHEN [...] Country clearance is granted for Steven Stewart, Health Communication specialist, NIP, CDC, HHS to layover in the Netherlands from August 19-20, 2006 on his way to Nairobi, Kenya to help facilitate, train and participate at a polio communications. 2. Embassy understands that no further as [...] | 2006-08-03 09:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE17 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA AMES RESEARCH [...] Country clearance is granted for the National Aeronautic and Space Administration Ames Research Center official Alexander Tielens to travel to The Netherlands from February 11-26, 2006 to attend a meeting to coordinate the Herschel Key Programs of the HIFI, PACS and SPIRE instruments in Leide [...] | 2006-01-05 11:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1701 | NETHERLANDS/BURMA: FINNISH ASEM INVITATION TO [...] (C) Summary: Although the GONL avoided inviting the Burmese to any EU fora during their 2005 EU Presidency, it insists such an invitation is consistent with EU procedures (per reftel). The Dutch are not actively pushing to reverse the Finnish decision. End summary. 2. (C) Poloffs delivere [...] | 2006-08-04 07:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL BU FI NL |
06THEHAGUE1702 | 2006 USNATO/USEU POL-MIL CONFERENCE, OCTOBER 4-6, [...] U.S. Embassy The Hague nominates the following officer to participate in the USNATO/USEU Pol-Mil Conference, October 4-6: Name: Jason Grubb Title: Political Officer Date of Birth: June 16, 1973 Security Clearance Level: Top Secret Telephone: (31) 70-310-2346 Fax: (31) 70-310-2348 Unclass [...] | 2006-08-04 09:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT MARR NATO PREL |
06THEHAGUE1703 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR INTERNAL REVENUE [...] Country clearance is granted for IRS Deputy Commissioner, Bruce B. Ungar to travel to the Netherlands from September 16-21, 2006 to attend and participate in the IFA Conference in Amsterdam. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors w [...] | 2006-08-04 13:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN AMGT ASEC OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1704 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL MARCIA [...] Country clearance is granted for Marcia Kalish, Microbiologist, NCHSTP, HHS/CDC to travel to the Netherlands from August 28-September 2, 2006 to attend the AIDS Vaccine 2006 Conference in Amsterdam. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: 3. Vi [...] | 2006-08-04 14:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1705 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL BRAD [...] Country clearance is granted for Brad Bartholow, Research Psychologist, NCHSTP, CDC, HHS to travel to the Netherlands from August 27 - September 2, 2006 to attend the AIDS Vaccine 2006 Conference in Amsterdam. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: [...] | 2006-08-04 14:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1706 | NETHERLANDS/CHINA: BERN PROCESS DEMARCHE ON PRC [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-04 15:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL CH NL |
06THEHAGUE1707 | NETHERLANDS/LEBANON: DUTCH SEE POTENTIAL NICHE [...] (S) Summary: Officially, the GONL continues to state that Dutch forces are "stretched too thin" in current operations in Afghanistan, Africa, and the Balkans to make a meaningful contribution to a possible International Force (IF) in Lebanon. But MFA Deputy Head for Conflict Prevention Joop [...] | 2006-08-04 15:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | MARR PREL LE NL |
06THEHAGUE1708 | NETHERLANDS: TURKISH IMAMS DENIED RESIDENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Netherlands, new, tighter immigration policies are causing friction with the country,s 436 mosques, which rely heavily on foreign-born clerics to lead their congregations. At least 18 Turkish mosques are without imams as a result of immigration delays. Meanwhile, the Neth [...] | 2006-08-04 16:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL PREL PGOV PINR PTER SOCI SCUL KPAO NL |
06THEHAGUE1714 | DUTCH ECONOMY: GOING STRONG IN LEAD UP TO ELECTIONS [...] SUMMARY. The Dutch economy is running ahead of eurozone averages for the first time in seven years, and the ruling coalition government is hoping this will translate into votes in the upcoming November elections. A draft 2007 budget to be presented in September will contain new tax breaks d [...] | 2006-08-07 05:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB NL |
06THEHAGUE1718 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FREDRICK W. STELLAR [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employee Fredrick W. Stellar to visit the Netherlands on August 29-30, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend JAA Regulations Sectorial Team (RST) meeting. 2. As per reftel, no assistance is required. SEC [...] | 2006-08-07 11:51:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE1719 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JAYA BAJPAYEE [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Jaya Bajpayee from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to visit the Netherlands on September 2-23, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Spacetech programme master of space systems engineering training. 2. As per reftel, no assistance [...] | 2006-08-07 12:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1721 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF [...] Country clearance is granted for August 30 - September 2, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Vladislav Victor Glinskii, Research Health Scientist, to attend and present at the 24th European Conference on Microcirculation. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is requested. PO [...] | 2006-08-07 14:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1723 | NETHERLANDS/WTO: WE MUST SALVAGE WHAT WE CAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Dutch Trade Minister van Gennip publicly blames the U.S. for the suspension of the Doha negotiations, but contacts at the ministries of Economic and Foreign Affairs stressed the need to avoid the blame game and restart talks. The Dutch see an agreement as critical to their inter [...] | 2006-08-07 16:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | WTRO EAGR ETRD EU NL |
06THEHAGUE1725 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL SUSAN [...] Country clearance is granted for Center for Disease Control, Department of Health and Human Services, employee Susan Gerber to travel to the Netherlands from August 29-30, 2006 for a layover on the way to Abuja, Nigeria to strengthen immunizaztion activities for the eradication of polio. [...] | 2006-08-08 10:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1726 | DUTCH CONCERNS OVER NYSE/EURONEXT MERGER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY The proposed NYSE/Euronext merger has raised concern among Dutch politicians, regulators, and investors about how national rules would apply or could be evaded across borders under such an arrangement. The Dutch Finance Ministry, which has the legal authority to approve or bl [...] | 2006-08-08 10:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV ELAB NL |
06THEHAGUE1730 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for Bette T. Korber, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Department of Energy, to travel to the Netherlands from August 29 - September 1, 2006 to speak on and discuss human immunodeficiency virus diversity and vaccine design at the acquired immune deficiency syndrome v [...] | 2006-08-08 10:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR TRGY OTRA KNNP NL |
06THEHAGUE1739 | NETHERLANDS/JSF/C-17/LEBANON/AFGHANISTAN: MEETING [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Henk Kamp said the GONL is committed to the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program, and hopes to sign the follow-on MOU prior to the parliamentary elections on November 22. He said the GONL remains interested in the NATO C-17 consortium, and is actively reviewing funding o [...] | 2006-08-09 14:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL NL LE AF |
06THEHAGUE1747 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SALVATORE BUTERA [...] The Hague grants country clearance for research microbiologist, NCHSTP, HHS/CDC Salvatore Butera to travel to the Netherlands on August 26- September 1, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend and present at the AIDS vaccine 2006 conference. 2. As per reftel, no assistance is required [...] | 2006-08-10 12:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA US CDC NL |
06THEHAGUE1750 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR BURTON, DANENBERGER, [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Johnnie Burton, Elmber Danenberger, Chris Oynes, Lars Herbst of the Minerals Management Service (MMS) of the Department of the Interior to travel to the Netherlands on September 30- October 7, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend the 2006 meeting [...] | 2006-08-10 12:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY TSPL EPET OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1758 | NETHERLANDS/LEBANON: DUTCH WILL OPPOSE UNBALANCED [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch find the draft Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution on Lebanon "unacceptable" and will speak out against it publicly. According to Dutch Foreign Minister Bot, the HRC risks making itself irrelevant by adopting such a one-sided resolution. Although Bot has been attack [...] | 2006-08-11 08:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KPAO UNRCR NL |
06THEHAGUE1766 | NETHERLANDS/UNSC/VENEZUELA/GUATEMALA: DUTCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch still have not decided whether to vote for Guatemala or Venezuela for the open GRULAC seat on the UN Security Council. According to Dutch Foreign Minister Bot, however, momentum is building for Venezuela's candidacy, and Guatemala may be planning to withdraw. Post beli [...] | 2006-08-11 14:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNSC GT VE NL |
06THEHAGUE1768 | NETHERLANDS/LEBANON: DUTCH WELCOME UNSCR 1701 [...] (C) Acting Dutch MFA Political Director Wim Geerts told POLCOUNS August 12, in response to ref a points, that the Dutch welcomed UNSCR 1701 and would actively seek opportunities to demonstrate this support publicly. This is consistent with comments Foreign Minister Bot made to Ambassador Arn [...] | 2006-08-14 05:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS UNSC IS LE NL |
06THEHAGUE1770 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TRANSPORTATION [...] Country Clearance is granted for TSA employee Yasmin Rosetta Moorgan, Senior Aviation Security Inspector, Frankfurt, Germany to travel to the Netherlands from August 14-31, 2006 in response to the elevated threat level at U.S. airports. 2. Embassy point of contact is Economic Officer Jaso [...] | 2006-08-14 08:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1771 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JEFFREY JOHN [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Jeffrey John Danneels from the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs to travel to the Netherlands for September 16-19, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to develop understanding of how water resource issues affect i [...] | 2006-08-14 11:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP NL |
06THEHAGUE1772 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FERNANDO NMN [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Fernando NMN Grinstein from the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs to travel to the Netherlands for September 1-9, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to present and participate in the European community on computa [...] | 2006-08-14 11:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP NL |
06THEHAGUE1773 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR WILLIAM J. RIDER [...] The Hague grants country clearance for William J. Rider from the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs to travel to the Netherlands on September 1-9, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to present and participate in the European community on computational [...] | 2006-08-14 11:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP NL |
06THEHAGUE1776 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DUNCAN VISIT TO THE [...] We warmly welcome your visit to the Netherlands on transportation infrastructure and security issues. The Netherlands prides itself as the "Gateway to Europe" for trade and commerce. The Port of Rotterdam is the world's third largest in terms of cargo throughput. Amsterdam's Schiphol airpor [...] | 2006-08-14 13:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ECON PREL PGOV OREP NL |
06THEHAGUE1780 | NETHERLANDS/CHINA: REVISED BERN PROCESS POINTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-14 14:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CH NL |
06THEHAGUE1781 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DIANA MARIE LAGUNA [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Diana Marie Laguna of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to travel to the Netherlands from August 16-31, 2006 to monitor newly implemented security measures for U.S. destination flights from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. 2. As per reftel, [...] | 2006-08-14 15:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ASEC KHLS PTER OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1782 | NETHERLANDS/LEBANON/VENEZUELA/JSF: AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende is confident his Christian Democrats (CDA) will do better than originally expected in the upcoming November elections, possibly even beating Labor (PvdA) to remain the largest party in Parliament. Balkenende welcomed the adoption of UNSCR 1701 on Lebanon [...] | 2006-08-14 15:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC MOPS NL |
06THEHAGUE1787 | NETHERLANDS/JSF: OPEN-MINDED PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Summary: A delegation of Dutch parliamentary Defense Committee members intends to keep an ""open mind"" during their upcoming ""fact-finding"" trip to Washington and Ft. Worth to discuss the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. Parliamentary supporters and critics alike voiced concerns during an [...] | 2006-08-15 08:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE1797 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DR. MARY WARD [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Dr. Mary Ward, staff scientist, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to the Netherlands on September 7-9, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to meet with collaborators at the Department of Health Risk Analysis and Toxicology, University of Maastricht [...] | 2006-08-16 11:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA TPHY OTRA FR NL |
06THEHAGUE1798 | NETHERLANDS/LEBANON: RESPONSE TO UNIFIL [...] (C) Charge delivered ref A demarche August 16 to Laurent Stokvis, the assistant-secretary equivalent who heads the MFA's Western Hemisphere division, and left the non-paper behind. Stokvis said the Dutch were focused primarily on humanitarian assistance in Lebanon but were "thinking" about o [...] | 2006-08-16 11:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL LE NL |
06THEHAGUE1799 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SILVEY AND BRADLEY [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Thomas Silvey and John Bradley of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Defense programs to travel to the Netherlands on September 9-20, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to perform the final technical acceptance test of the new [...] | 2006-08-16 11:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP NL |
06THEHAGUE1800 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JEFFREY JOHN [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Jeffrey John Danneels from the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs to travel to the Netherlands for August 16-19, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to develop understanding of how water resource issues affect inst [...] | 2006-08-16 11:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP NL |
06THEHAGUE1826 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DALE F. BUSS [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Dale F. Buss from the FAA to travel to the Netherlands on August 20-23, 2006, to perform ATOS surveillance, EPI 3.1.9 for United Air Lines. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands no assistance is required. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. Since July 9, 20 [...] | 2006-08-21 06:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE1830 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JAN VINJE [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Jan Vinje from HHS/CDC to travel to the Netherlands on September 23-24, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to layover in Amsterdam on the way from Nairobi/Kisumu. 2. As per reftel, no assistance is required. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. Since July 9 [...] | 2006-08-21 10:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA KE ASEC CDC NL |
06THEHAGUE1831 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ELIZABETH ZELL [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Elizabeth Zell from HHS/CDC to travel to the Netherlands on August 22-23, 2006. The purpose of the travel is a layover in Amsterdam on the way to Nairobi/Kisumu. 2. As per reftel, no assistance is required. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. Since July 9, [...] | 2006-08-21 10:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA ASEC KE SF CDC NL |
06THEHAGUE1832 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR BARRY FIELDS AND [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Barry Fields and Stephanie Schwartz from HHS/CDC to travel to the Netherlands on August 22-23, 2006 and August 31, 2006. The purpose of the travel is a layover in Amsterdam on the way to Nairobi/Kisumu. 2. As per reftel, no assistance is required. [...] | 2006-08-21 10:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA ASEC KE CDC NL |
06THEHAGUE1839 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MALCOLM CAPLAN [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Malcolm Caplan from the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation to travel to the Netherlands on September 14-15, 2006. The purpose of the travel is an overnight stopover enroute back to the U.S. 2. [...] | 2006-08-22 11:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1842 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ANGELA GJERTSON [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Angela Gjertson, Foreign Affairs Officer of the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation office of Multilateral Nuclear and Security Affairs to travel to the Netherlands on September 20-24, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to participate i [...] | 2006-08-22 13:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PARM KNNP CH GM JA NL |
06THEHAGUE1855 | NETHERLANDS/ILC/HRC: INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-24 09:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PHUM PREL UNHRC NL |
06THEHAGUE1856 | NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO: UPDATED BRIEFING ON STATUS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche Aug 22 to Sebastiaan Messerschmidt, Senior Policy Advisor, MFA Western Balkans Division. The Dutch support our policy but continue to stress that a timeline should not be imposed at the expense of a comprehensive solution. Secondly, they continue to urge [...] | 2006-08-24 09:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU PGOV UN UNMIK YI NL |
06THEHAGUE1857 | NETHERLANDS/HRC: DUTCH FOLLOWING EU LEAD AT NEW HRC [...] (C) The Dutch see no end to OIC efforts to tar Israel at the HRC. Moreover, they see little prospect of successfully blocking these attempts, given the OIC's 17 votes and the willingness of other HRC members to vote with the OIC. 2. (C) Poloff delivered ref A demarche August 23 to Peter van [...] | 2006-08-24 09:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC NL |
06THEHAGUE1864 | NYSE/EURONEXT MERGER: DUTCH SAY SHAREHOLDERS CAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY The Dutch Finance Ministry has publicly confirmed its position that shareholders should decide on the proposed NYSE/Euronext merger, once regulatory concerns have been addressed. The Ministry is awaiting findings from a taskforce of regulators and may seek further high-level [...] | 2006-08-25 12:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ELAB NL |
06THEHAGUE1878 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation PD 06-09 R57 to travel to The Netherlands from October 2-7, 2006 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need un [...] | 2006-08-28 13:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
06THEHAGUE1879 | NETHERLANDS/NATO: C-17 COMMITMENT STILL UP IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch remain committed to NATO's C-17 consortium project in principle and hope to sign a Letter of Intent (LOI) committing to 500 hours by September 8. There is still no agreement within the GONL on funding, however, and the Dutch will make no additional commitments to the p [...] | 2006-08-28 13:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL NATO NL |
06THEHAGUE1880 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation PD 06-09 R57 to travel to The Netherlands from October 2-7, 2006 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need un [...] | 2006-08-28 13:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
06THEHAGUE1881 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation PD 06-09 R57 to travel to The Netherlands from October 2-7, 2006 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need un [...] | 2006-08-28 14:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
06THEHAGUE1886 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA GLENN RESEARCH [...] Country clearance is granted for Sheila Bailey to travel to the Netherlands from September 9-16, 2006 to participate in the 11th Workshop on Space Solar Cell Calibration and Measurement Techniques. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visit [...] | 2006-08-29 07:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TSPA NL |
06THEHAGUE189 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA GODDARD SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center officials Samuel Moseley and Bernard Rauscher to vist the Netherlands from February 26 - March 1, 2006 to attend a Near Infrared Spectrograph Science Team Meeting in Leiden. POST ACCES [...] | 2006-01-27 12:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TSPA NL |
06THEHAGUE1890 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NATIONAL HQ [...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration aviation safety inspector, aircraft maintenance division John Goodwin to travel to the Netherlands on September 11-16, 2006. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors wh [...] | 2006-08-29 11:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE1891 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL NUCLEAR [...] Country clearance is granted for NNSA officials Mark M. Hart, James Paul Fingerlos, Kevin C. Hale, Kevin J. Maloney, Jack E. Stayton to travel to the Netherlands on September 11-17, 2006 to participate as technical advisor to the DOE/NNSA voting member for the USAF nuclear weapon system safet [...] | 2006-08-29 11:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1892 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA DRYDEN FLIGHT [...] Country clearance is granted for NASA Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC) delegation Andrew Holguin, David Neufeld, Clifford Nunnelee, Allen Parker, Van Tran, and Steve Thomas to travel to the Netherlands from September 12-23, 2006 to receive training on the new flight loads lab load control [...] | 2006-08-29 12:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | NL OTRA TSPA |
06THEHAGUE1893 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Del reps delivered on August 23 the U.S. responses to Russian questions regarding the U.S. CW destruction program (formally received during the 46th Executive Council session),as well as a series of questions for Moscow related to Russia's CW destruction program and coordination with int [...] | 2006-08-29 12:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1894 | CHINA IPR WTO DISPUTE: DUTCH PREFER DIALOGUE AND [...] (U) On August 18, Econoff shared reftel points concerning a possible USG request for WTO dispute settlement consultations regarding aspects of China's protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) with Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs (MEA),Innovation Department officials Brigitte Spiege [...] | 2006-08-29 12:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD AORC KIPR EURM WTRO USTR CH NL |
06THEHAGUE1895 | NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO: UPDATED BRIEFING ON STATUS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche Aug 22 to Sebastiaan Messerschmidt, Senior Policy Advisor, MFA Western Balkans Division. The Dutch support our policy but continue to stress that a timeline should not be imposed at the expense of a comprehensive solution. Secondly, they continue to urge [...] | 2006-08-29 12:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU PGOV UN UNMIK YI NL |
06THEHAGUE1896 | NETHERLANDS/ILC/HRC: INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-29 12:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PHUM PREL UNHRC NL |
06THEHAGUE1897 | NETHERLANDS/HRC: DUTCH FOLLOWING EU LEAD AT NEW HRC [...] (C) The Dutch see no end to OIC efforts to tar Israel at the HRC. Moreover, they see little prospect of successfully blocking these attempts, given the OIC's 17 votes and the willingness of other HRC members to vote with the OIC. 2. (C) Poloff delivered ref A demarche August 23 to Peter van [...] | 2006-08-29 12:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC NL |
06THEHAGUE1898 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DUTCH TO ATTEND US-EU FINANCIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-29 12:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL ETTC NL |
06THEHAGUE1899 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation PD 06-09 R57 to travel to The Netherlands from October 2-7, 2006 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need un [...] | 2006-08-29 13:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
06THEHAGUE190 | NETHERLANDS/ISAF: STARTING LINE UP FOR [...] (C) Summary: The GONL is making final preparations for the parliamentary debate on participation in Stage III. The MFA and MOD continue to slog through the 193 questions posed by Parliament. The list of external experts for the January 30 hearing has firmed up; also key will be an informal, c [...] | 2006-01-27 12:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR AF NL |
06THEHAGUE1900 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL ALAN [...] Country clearance is granted for Center for Disease Control, Department of Health and Human Services, employee Alan Parkinson, Deputy Director, Arctic Investigations Program, NCID, HHS/CDC to travel to the Netherlands from September 5-6, 2006 for a layover on the way to Moscow and Copenhagen. [...] | 2006-08-29 13:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1901 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation Team FO 06-50 R57 to travel to the Netherlands from September 23-October 6, 2006 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visi [...] | 2006-08-30 06:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAIR KHLS NL OTRA PTER HLSX |
06THEHAGUE1903 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIALS [...] Country clearance is granted for Environmental Protection Agency officials Christopher Lau and John Rogers to travel to the Netherlands from September 9-26, 2006. Christopher Lau will present a poster at the FNPS describing his recent findings on the long-term effects of prenatal and lactation [...] | 2006-08-30 09:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL |
06THEHAGUE1904 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL FRANK [...] Country clearance is granted for Environmental Protection Agency official Frank Sanders, Division Director, Associate Director(AD). Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substance (OPPTS) to travel to The Hague, Netherlands from September 25-28, 2006 to give a presentation at its 13th a [...] | 2006-08-30 09:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL |
06THEHAGUE1908 | CODEL POE VISIT TO THE NETHERLANDS- September 2-4, [...] Post welcomes the September 2-4, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Representative Ted Poe and Dr. Carol Statuto Bevan, House International Relations Committee, to investigate European anti-terror efforts, immigration policies, and flood control efforts. 2. Hotel reservations have been made [...] | 2006-08-30 11:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NL |
06THEHAGUE191 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL SCIENCE [...] Country clearance is granted for February 5-8, 2006 travel to the Netherlands of NSF official Dr. Wayne van Citters, Division Director in the Division of Astronomical Sciences, to attend the Square Millimeter Array International Meeting at Schiphol Airport. 2. Embassy understands that no [...] | 2006-01-27 12:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY KSCA AORC OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1910 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ARUNMOZHI BALAJEE [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Arunmozhi Balajee from NCID, CDC, HHS to travel to the Netherlands on August 31-September 24, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend training on DNA fingerprinting techniques for rapid discrimination of the opportunistic fungal pathongen Aspergillus [...] | 2006-08-30 13:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA ASEC CDC NL |
06THEHAGUE1913 | (C) ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON - DUTCH PLAN ADDITIONAL [...] (U) On August 30, Econoff shared reftel points on U.S. assistance to Lebanon with Maaike van Koldam, Deputy Head, Humanitarian Aid Division, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Van Koldam confirmed that Dutch assistance to date totaled 4.8 million euros committed and pledged. 2. (C) Va [...] | 2006-08-30 16:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL IS LE SW NL |
06THEHAGUE1915 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for the September 10-16, 2006, visit to the Netherlands of Dr. Paul Costa, Laboratory Chief and Dr. Antonio Terracciano, Staff Scientist, National Institute on Aging, NIH, to attend a workshop sentitled "Workshop on Methodology for Behavior Genetics and Genetic Ep [...] | 2006-08-31 07:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1916 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA LANGLEY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-31 08:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE192 | NETHERLANDS/TERRORISM FINANCING: OP-ED USEFUL [...] (U) On January 4, the Financieele Dagblad (the Netherlands' equivalent to the Wall Street Journal) ran the Op-Ed provided ref A, with changes approved by EB/ESC/TFS (refs B and C). To date, the paper has not received any follow-up letters or reactions to the Op-Ed. Econoff also followed up [...] | 2006-01-27 13:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC EUN PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE1924 | NETHERLANDS/IRAN: DUTCH WANT MORE INFORMATION ON [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Dutch are frustrated at the lack of information sharing on Iran within the EU, and do not believe a discussion of sanctions is appropriate at Gymnich absent more details of the Iranian response to the P5 1 proposals. Without having seen the response directly, the Dutch unde [...] | 2006-08-31 14:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM EU KNNP PGOV PREL UN IR NL |
06THEHAGUE1927 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for the September 12-14, 2006, visit to the Netherlands of Dr. Mark Cookson, Investigator, National Institute on Aging, NIH,to travel to Amsterdam to attend and give a presentation," Pathways to Parkinsonism" at the Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research siminar. [...] | 2006-09-01 08:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE193 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHAN DONORS CONFERENCE: DUTCH WILL [...] Econoff delivered reftel information on planed U.S. participation and pledging to MFA Afghan desk officer Marit van Zomeren on 25 January. Van Zomeren appreciated receiving the information. 2. In a subsequent phone call, South Asia office director Wilfred Mohr confirmed Development Minis [...] | 2006-01-27 13:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV AF NL |
06THEHAGUE1935 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center official Steven Smith to travel to the Netherlands from September 6-7,2006,to attend and participate in European Space Agency Liaison meetings in Noordwijk. 2. Embassy understands that no a [...] | 2006-09-05 07:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1936 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for the September 7-12, 2006, visit to the Netherlands of Dr. Johan Jansma, visiting fellow, National Institue of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, NIH,to travel to Utrecht to present a talk, Cognitive Network at the Brain Days Seminar at the Rudolf Magnus Institu [...] | 2006-09-05 07:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1937 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA EASTERN REGION [...] Country clearance is granted for September 11-15, 2006 visit of Federal Aviation Administration Employees Dayton Mosher, Noel Arbis, Leslie Williams, J.C. Jones, and Andre Lamarre to the Netherlands to ensure the recertification inspection and added (aircraft) ratings are commensurate to the [...] | 2006-09-05 08:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC AMGT FAA FRA IFO NL |
06THEHAGUE1940 | TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: THE NETHERLANDS [...] In response to reftel, the following are the main sector data for the Dutch textiles and apparel producing industry and a description of the Dutch stance on imports from China. All data are for 2005. -- Total industrial production: 234 billion euros (300 billion dollars) -- Total textiles [...] | 2006-09-05 12:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX NL |
06THEHAGUE1944 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF THE [...] Country clearance is granted for Department of the Treasury employee Robert George Stone to travel to The Netherlands from September 8-24, 2006 to attend meetings with the Central Bank counterfeit deterrence group and technical working group. 2. Embassy understands that no further assista [...] | 2006-09-06 08:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1945 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for the September 13-17, 2006, visit to the Netherlands of Dr. Alisa Glodstein, Dr. Maria Landi, Dr. Alison Martin, Dr. Suresh Mohla, Dr. Margaret Tucker, and Dr. Ashani Weeraratna, NIH staff from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and National Cancer Institute [...] | 2006-09-06 08:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1947 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA EASTERN REGION [...] Country clearance is granted for September 11-15, 2006 visit of Federal Aviation Administration Employee Tom Weatherman to the Netherlands to ensure the recertification inspection and added (aircraft) ratings are commensurate to the FAA authorizations for KLM Airlines, FAA repair station, and [...] | 2006-09-06 10:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC AMGT FAA FRA IFO NL |
06THEHAGUE1948 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HHS/CDC OFFICIAL [...] Country clearance is granted for September 27-28, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Marc-Alain Widdowson for a layover in Amsterdam on the way back to the United States from Switzerland. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unesco [...] | 2006-09-06 10:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1949 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (SBU) Del reps met with senior Technical Secretariat staff on August 31 to discuss the operational requirements that would arise with Iraq's accession to the CWC. The Iraqi Ambassador in The Hague had written to the Director General to inform him that the Iraqi Council of Ministers had appro [...] | 2006-09-06 11:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1952 | NETHERLANDS/SOFA: MILITARY EXTRATERRITORIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-06 14:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM MARR PBTS NL |
06THEHAGUE1954 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA GODDARD SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center official Robin Stebbins to travel to the Netherlands from September 18-22, 2006 to meet with the European Space Agency (ESA) project scientist and other project personnel at ESA's ESTEC. [...] | 2006-09-07 07:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TSPA NL |
06THEHAGUE1958 | NETHERLANDS/NATO: SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-07 09:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MAAR ISAF NATO NL AF |
06THEHAGUE1965 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PDAS VOLKER [...] (SBU) Country Clearance is granted and post warmly welcomes EUR PDAS Kurt Volker to travel to The Netherlands September 12-13. 2. (SBU) Control Officer will be Political Officer Ted Burkhalter. He can be reached at: Tel: (W) 31-70-310-2336, (H) 31-70-324-1559, (M) 31-65-181-6873. Fax: (W [...] | 2006-09-07 14:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1966 | EXTRADITION: SUPREME COURT APPROVES EXTRADITION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Dutch Supreme Court ruled September 5 that Iraqi-born Dutch citizen Wesam Al Daelema may be extradited to the United States to face terrorism charges. Al Daelema was the first individual to be indicted in a U.S. criminal case for terrorist activities in Iraq. In fighting h [...] | 2006-09-08 05:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN PTER PREL CVIS KCRM NL |
06THEHAGUE1971 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL PASCALE [...] Country clearance is granted for Center for Disease Control, Department of Health and Human Services, employee Pascale Krumm, Writer/Editor, COGH, HHS/CDC to layover in the Netherlands on the way to Nairobi, Kenya to meet with Kenya's Field Epidemiology Laboratory and Training Program to discu [...] | 2006-09-08 11:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1972 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AVIATION [...] Country clearance is granted for September 19 - 21, 2006 travel to the Netherlands of J. C. Jones, FAA Safety Inspector, to conduct a recertification inspection commensurable to FAA authorizations for FAA repair stations in accordance with Federal Aviation Regulations. 2. Embassy understa [...] | 2006-09-08 11:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE1973 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA LANGLEY [...] Country clearance is granted for September 16-20, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of K. Chauncey Wu, to meet with Dr. Gurdal of the Delft University to work on publications and research documents. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitor [...] | 2006-09-08 12:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1975 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA FRANKFURT [...] Country clearance is granted for September 17-20, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Andre J. Lamarre, Federal Aviation Administration Safety Inspector, to conduct a recertification inspection commensurable to FAA authorizations for FAA Repair Stations in accordance with federal aviation regula [...] | 2006-09-08 14:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC NL |
06THEHAGUE1976 | SCENESETTER FOR EUR PDAS VOLKER'S VISIT TO THE [...] (C) My staff and I warmly welcome you to The Hague. Our Dutch MFA hosts are looking forward to consulting on a wide range of issues, including the Riga Summit, Uruzgan, Lebanon, OSCE reform (and the Kazakh presidency bid),the Arms Trade Treaty, and detainee policy. You will also have excelle [...] | 2006-09-11 05:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MAAR ISAF NATO AF NL |
06THEHAGUE1978 | NETHERLANDS/DETAINEES: SECRET PRISONS COULD BECOME [...] (C) Summary: Dutch press and parliamentarians of all stripes are expressing disappointment and/or outrage over the revelation of CIA-operated secret prisons for high-value detainees. Foreign Minister Bot is coming under intense pressure, including from his own party, for misleading Parliament [...] | 2006-09-11 05:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM NL |
06THEHAGUE1979 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIALS BRUNE [...] Country clearance is granted for Center for Disease Control, Department of Health and Human Services, employees Jurgewn Brune, Supervisory Physical Scientist; and, Richard Karl Zipf, Senior Mining Engineer, NIOSH, to lay over in the Netherlands on their way to Germany for consultations. 2. [...] | 2006-09-11 06:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1980 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA GLENN RESEARCH [...] Country clearance granted for September 16-24, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Damodar Ambur, to present a paper on Technical Challenges in the Analysis and Experimentation of Advanced Aeropropulsion Materials and Structures. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is required. [...] | 2006-09-11 13:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TSPA NL |
06THEHAGUE1981 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL SUSAN [...] Country clearance is granted for Susan Markis to travel to the Netherlands from September 25-October 5, 2006 to attend a conference. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas of the Mission [...] | 2006-09-11 13:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL |
06THEHAGUE1984 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL KEVIN [...] Country clearance is granted for Kevin Summers to travel to the Netherlands from September 25-28, 2006 to attend a conference. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas of the Mission must [...] | 2006-09-11 14:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL |
06THEHAGUE1985 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA JET PROPULSION [...] Country clearance is granted for October 17-23, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of National Aeronautics and Space Administration official Paul Deflorio to attend the concurrent engineering for space application workshop in Noordwijk. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is nec [...] | 2006-09-12 06:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TSPA NL |
06THEHAGUE1987 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) The first budget consultations after the summer break were held on September 5. The first intervention was made by the Malaysian delegate who provided delegations with the "NAM" position on the budget. This included: concerns about the low level of funding for ICA, concerns about the re [...] | 2006-09-12 11:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE1988 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA MIAMI OFFICIAL [...] Country clearance is granted for October 11-18, 2006 travel to the Netherlands of John A. Diaz, Aviation Safety Inspector, to conduct inspection at KLM, a U.S. Certificated Repair Station, on Focus Air's Boeing 747 aircraft. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necessary. [...] | 2006-09-12 11:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE1989 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA MIAMI OFFICIAL [...] Country clearance is granted for September 22 - November 6, 2006 travel to the Netherlands of Federal Aviation Administration employee William L. McNease, Aviation Safety Inspector, to validate the training program for the Airbus A380. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is [...] | 2006-09-12 11:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE1990 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA MIAMI OFFICIAL [...] Country clearance is granted for October 11-18, 2006 travel to the Netherlands of John A. Diaz, Aviation Safety Inspector, to conduct inspection at KLM, a U.S. Certificated Repair Station, on Focus Air's Boeing 747 aircraft. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necessary. [...] | 2006-09-12 11:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE1991 | NETHERLANDS/NATO: AMB. NULAND DISCUSSES ROAD TO [...] (C) Summary: During her September 8 visit to The Hague, U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO Victoria Nuland discussed the road to Riga with FM Ben Bot, Dutch officials, parliamentarians and journalists. Nuland framed discussion with three top summit goals: 1) progress in Afghanistan; 2) a co [...] | 2006-09-12 13:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PGOV PREL AF NL |
06THEHAGUE1995 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center official Paul Mudgett to travel to the Netherlands from September 16-23, 2006 to participate in the automated transfer vehicle empty module offgas test in Amsterdam. 2. Embassy understands [...] | 2006-09-13 06:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1996 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for Dr. Philip Murphy, Chief, Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to the Netherlands from September 21-28, 2006 to conduct a mini-symposium on Chemokine Receptors and to attend a PhD Defense after [...] | 2006-09-13 06:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE1997 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation Team PD 06-06/11 R57 to travel to The Netherlands from September 19 - October 14, 2006 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. [...] | 2006-09-13 07:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
06THEHAGUE1999 | PAKISTAN BORDER STRATEGY MEETING: DUTCH ATTENDEES [...] (SBU) Emboffs delivered reftel invitations to Dutch officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Finance. The following Dutch officials plan to attend the September 18 Pakistan Border Strategy meeting: -- Ruud Treffers, Director General for International Cooperation, Dutch [...] | 2006-09-13 12:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CT EAID PK NL |
06THEHAGUE20 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL FRED [...] Country clearance is granted for Environmental Protection Agency official Fred Hauchman, Division Director, Office of Research and Development to travel to the Netherlands from January 10-14, 2006 to meet with representatives of UNICEF-IHE and to make a presentation at the Delft University Wa [...] | 2006-01-05 12:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL |
06THEHAGUE2000 | NETHERLANDS/EU: SEPTEMBER 15 GAERC TO FOCUS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The September 15 GAERC will focus exclusively on "external" issues rather than "general" issues such as enlargement, according to Dutch MFA contacts. The Dutch will continue to push for Serbian cooperation with ICTY but believe it is too early for a meaningful GAERC discussion o [...] | 2006-09-13 14:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN NL |
06THEHAGUE2005 | NETHERLANDS/EU/IRAN: DUTCH WEIGHING OPTIONS [...] (C) POLCOUNS delivered reftel points urging EU foreign ministers to use the September 15 GAERC to deliver a strong message to Iran to Wim Geerts, Deputy Director General for Political Affairs at the Dutch MFA, on September 13. Geerts confirmed that Iran would be on the agenda and said he would [...] | 2006-09-13 16:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP EUN IR UN NL |
06THEHAGUE2013 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center officials Jennifer Comella and George Norris to travel to the Netherlands from October 1-5, 2006 to meet with European Space Agency Mission Intergration personnel on certification of flight read [...] | 2006-09-14 09:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE202 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NATIONAL HQ [...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration official Kenneth William Peppard, Program Manager, ATO-P, FAA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. to travel to the Netherlands from February 7-10, 2006, to serve as U.S. and North American Representative to Civil Air Navigation Servi [...] | 2006-01-31 09:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE2023 | NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: DUTCH AVOID HIGH LEVEL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-15 15:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER USUN EU LE SY NL |
06THEHAGUE2024 | NETHERLANDS/DETAINEES: FM BOT DEFENDS ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: FM Bot told parliament September 13 that he had spoken with Secretary Rice and made known Dutch concerns over secret prisons and detainee policy. He defended his acceptance of her assurances last year, and said that U.S. arguments on the challenges of interrogating terror suspects [...] | 2006-09-15 15:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EU NL |
06THEHAGUE2029 | NETHERLANDS/UN: SEPTEMBER 20 COMMUNITY OF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-18 15:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE2030 | NETHERLANDS/UN: SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-18 15:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC KUNR UNGA NL |
06THEHAGUE2031 | NETHERLANDS/MTCR: PLENARY PAPERS, UAV/CRUISE [...] (S) Summary: The GONL appreciates the opportunity to review U.S. papers in preparation for the October 2-6, 2006 Plenary in Copenhagen, but has concerns regarding U.S. unwillingness to deliver pre-launch notifications as part of the Hague Code of Conduct. They also believe the U.S. proposal o [...] | 2006-09-18 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE2033 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL [...] Country clearance is granted for Center for Disease Control, Department of Health and Human Services, employees Christine Branche, Director, Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention, NCIPC, HH?S/CDC to travel to the Netherlands from October 8-12, 2006 to attend one of several meetings of e [...] | 2006-09-19 09:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2034 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL HELEN [...] Country clearance is granted for Center for Disease Control, Department of Health and Human Services, employees Helen Dale, Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer, NCHSTP, CDC, HHS to lay over in Amsterdam on her way to Harare, Zimbabwe to attend the World Health Organization regional conferen [...] | 2006-09-19 09:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2036 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for Ron L. Cutright, George W. Pukanic, and Diane R. Madden to travel to the Netherlands from Octuber 10-18, 2006 to meet with representatives of Shell Global Solutions, Shell Global Solutions Internation, UHDE GMBH, ELCOGAS SA, and Unon Power, to tour operating g [...] | 2006-09-19 13:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR TRGY OTRA KNNP NL |
06THEHAGUE2037 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for Ron L. Cutright, George W. Pukanic, and Diane R. Madden to travel to the Netherlands from Octuber 10-18, 2006 to meet with representatives of Shell Global Solutions, Shell Global Solutions Internation, UHDE GMBH, ELCOGAS SA, and Unon Power, to tour operating g [...] | 2006-09-19 13:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR TRGY OTRA KNNP NL |
06THEHAGUE2038 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH [...] Country clearance is granted for September 19-22, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Diane Maloney, Associate Director for Policy, Office of the Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA, HHS to attend a meeting on the 13th Pharmaceutical Inspection Coorporation Scheme - PIC/S [...] | 2006-09-19 13:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2039 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA AMES RESEARCH [...] Country clearance is granted for the National Aeronautic and Space Administration Ames Research Center official Alexander Tielens to travel to The Netherlands from September 22-27, 2006 to attend a science discussion meeting at the Netherlands Institute for Space Research. 2. Embassy unde [...] | 2006-09-19 13:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2040 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearance is granted for William E. Hart, from the National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Defense Programs, to travel to the Netherlands from September 23-30, 2006 to participate in a working group in order to develop understanding of how water resource issues affect ins [...] | 2006-09-19 13:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2041 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL SCIENCE [...] Country clearance is granted for September 28 - October 2, 2006 visit to The Netherlands of NSF official Dr. David Lightfoot, Assistant Director of the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences, who will consult with ESF standing committee for social sciences and conduct indep [...] | 2006-09-19 13:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA KSCA NL |
06THEHAGUE2042 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearance is granted for Rajat Sapra, from the National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Defense Programs to travel to the Netherlands from September 30 - October 5, 2006 to attend the metabolic engineering VI: from recnda towards engineering biological systems. The confer [...] | 2006-09-19 13:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2043 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA FRANKFURT [...] Country clearance is granted for October 2-6, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Marcos Rivera, Federal Aviation Administration Safety Inspector, to conduct a recertification inspection commensurable to FAA authorizations for FAA repair stations in accordance with federal aviation regulatins. [...] | 2006-09-19 14:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC NL |
06THEHAGUE2044 | NETHERLANDS/ICTY/SERBIA: DEL PONTE, GONL URGE [...] (C) Summary: ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte and Dutch MFA officials have expressed concern that the message from the U.S., as well as the messages being sent by various EU and NATO members, are not consistent. The Dutch are maintaining a hard line on ICTY compliance and are worried tha [...] | 2006-09-19 15:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ICTY PGOV PHUM SR YI NL |
06THEHAGUE2046 | NETHERLANDS: DUTCH VIEWS ON FMCT, BWC, INDIAN [...] (C) Summary: Washington-based Poloff Robert Blum paid a courtesy call on new MFA Head of Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Henk Cor van der Kwast on September 15. Topics of conversation included recent EU efforts regarding the Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT),the upcoming Biological [...] | 2006-09-19 16:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PREL KNNP NL |
06THEHAGUE2047 | NETHERLANDS/U.S.: PDAS VOLKER DISCUSSES BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: During his September 12 visit to The Hague, EUR PDAS Volker discussed the road to Riga, detainee policy, Lebanon, ICTY compliance (septel),Guatemala's UNSC bid, contacts with Syria (ref b),OSCE reform and presidency, the Arms Trade Treaty concept, JSF, and energy security. He met wit [...] | 2006-09-20 05:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG MASS NATO OSCE PHUM UN NL |
06THEHAGUE2048 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Budget consultations were held on September 12 and 14. The consultations covered the International Cooperation and Assistance Division (ICA),the Secretariat for the Policy Making Organs (PMO),the External Relations Division (ERD),and the Executive Management (EM) sections of the budget [...] | 2006-09-20 06:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE2049 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): DISCUSSIONS [...] (U) Background: In December 2005, the Technical Secretariat (TS) announced its intention to begin sampling SIPDIS and analysis (S&A) (on a limited basis) during subsequent inspections of Schedule 2 facilities beginning in the third quarter of 2006. This will be done on a trial basis for ap [...] | 2006-09-20 07:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE205 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR U.S. TRADE [...] Country clearance is granted for January 31, 2006 travel to the Netherlands of Julia Bliss and Christopher Melly, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, to meet with appropriate officials in The Hague to exchange views on the services negotiations of the World Trade Organization Doha develop [...] | 2006-01-31 10:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ETRD USTR NL |
06THEHAGUE2050 | COUNTRY CLEARANCES GRANTED FOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL [...] Country clearance is granted for Dr. Jean Self-Trail to travel to the Netherlands from September 30 - October 8, 2006 to discuss and compare geology of the type localities with localities in Eastern North Africa. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is required. POST ACCES [...] | 2006-09-20 10:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA NL |
06THEHAGUE2051 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for Karina Yusim to travel to the Netherlands from September 30 - October 9, 2006 to wqork on collaborative projects at the University of Utrecht, Theorectical Biology and Bioformatics Department. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is requested. [...] | 2006-09-20 11:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR TRGY OTRA KNNP NL |
06THEHAGUE2052 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL MICHAEL [...] Country clearance is granted for September 30 - October 1, 2006 travel to the Netherlands of CDC official Michael Washington, to layover in the Netherlands on his way to Johannesburg to conduct a workshop on modeling and allocating scarce public health resources. 2. Embassy understands th [...] | 2006-09-20 11:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2053 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation Team SD 07-44 R58 to travel to The Netherlands from October 16 - November 13, 2006 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Vi [...] | 2006-09-20 12:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
06THEHAGUE2062 | Netherlands: Justice and Housing Ministers Resign [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 21, Dutch Justice Minister Piet Hein Donner and Housing Minister Sybilla Dekker announced their resignations, less than two months before the November 22 national elections. The resignations followed the publication of a highly critical investigative report into [...] | 2006-09-21 15:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NL |
06THEHAGUE2067 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): STATUS OF OPCW [...] (U) Ambassador Javits recently held extensive discussions with OPCW Director General Pfirter on the prospects for the workshop on the universality of the Chemical Weapons Convention to be held in Rome on October 25-27. Pfirter said he had been reflecting on the value of the conference and re [...] | 2006-09-22 10:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE2068 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation Team PD 07-06/11 R58 to travel to The Netherlands from October 17 - November 13, 2006 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas o [...] | 2006-09-22 10:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
06THEHAGUE207 | NETHERLANDS/SUDA: GATHERING INFORMATION FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-31 13:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC EUN PREL CVIS KVPR NL |
06THEHAGUE2070 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearance is granted for Richard D. Ivey from the National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, DOE, to travel to the Netherlands from October 1-5, 2006 in support of U.S. mixed oxide Program. Traveler will perform a Quality Assurance audit of [...] | 2006-09-22 10:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2072 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearance is granted for Brady Alan Pompei, James A. Rivera and Terry L. Bisbee to travel to the Netherlands from September 23 - October 1, 2006 to conduct an annual exercise and computer study to access the security of U.S. assets and interests on foreign soil on behalf of the North [...] | 2006-09-22 10:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2073 | COUNTRY CLEARANCES GRANTED FOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL [...] Country clearance is granted for Dana W. Kolpin, Research hydrologist, to travel to the Netherlands from September 24-28, 2006 to give a presentation at the meeting "Risk Assessment of Pharmaceuticals and Veterinary Medicines in the Environment". 2. Embassy understands that no further ass [...] | 2006-09-22 10:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA NL |
06THEHAGUE2075 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN [...] Country clearance is granted for the September 24-27, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Armen Donabedian, Project Manager, OPHEP, OS, HHS, for a quarterly site visit for diligence of pandemic flu vaccine advanced development contract to Solvay and Baxter. 2. Embassy understands that no ass [...] | 2006-09-22 10:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2076 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN [...] Country clearance is granted for the October 2-4, 2006, visit to the Netherlands of Murray Lumpkin, Deputy Commissioner, Office of the Commissioner, FDA, HHS to attend the annual conference and regulatory advisory board meeting of TOPRA (The Organization for Professionals in Regulatory Affair [...] | 2006-09-22 10:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2077 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center official Steven Smith to travel to the Netherlands from October 4-5, 2006 to attend and participate in European Space Agency liaison meetings. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is n [...] | 2006-09-22 11:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2079 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA FRANKFURT [...] Country clearance is granted for November 30 - December 1, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Carlos Agueda, Federal Aviation Administration Safety Inspector, to conduct a recertification inspection commensurable to FAA authorizations for FAA repair stations in accordance with Federal Aviation [...] | 2006-09-22 12:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC NL |
06THEHAGUE2081 | NETHERLANDS/LEBANON: DUTCH TO CONTRIBUTE FRIGATE [...] (C) Summary: Dutch Defense Minister Henk Kamp announced September 22 that the GONL intends to contribute a 150-person frigate to the maritime component of UNIFIL. Kamp made the announcement following the weekly Cabinet meeting, noting that the Dutch were satisfied with the rules of engagement [...] | 2006-09-22 14:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL LE NL |
06THEHAGUE2098 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JENNIFER ANTHONY, [...] Country clearance is granted for September 27 - November 30, 2006 rotation to the Netherlands of Jennifer Anthony, Presidential Management Fellows Program participant. 2. Embassy point of contact for the visit is Economic Counselor Karen Enstrom - Work Phone: (31) (70) 310-2273; Cell Phon [...] | 2006-09-26 09:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2099 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL RESERVE [...] Country Clearance is granted for the September 30 - October 14, 2006 visit to the Netherland of Nathan Viets, Senior Examiner and Risk Specialist to provide training to the Dutch National Bank and conduct a visit of ABN AMRO's Sanctions Desk withthe DNB. 2. Embassy understands that no ass [...] | 2006-09-26 10:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | NL TSPA OTRA |
06THEHAGUE21 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL FRED [...] Country clearance is granted for Environmental Protection Agency official Fred Hauchman, Division Director, Office of Research and Development to travel to the Netherlands from January 10-14, 2006 to meet with representatives of UNICEF-IHE and to make a presentation at the Delft University Wa [...] | 2006-01-05 12:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL |
06THEHAGUE210 | NETHERLANDS/ISAF: TURNING THE CORNER [...] (C) Summary: Following over 12 hours of Parliamentary hearings on January 30, the two largest parties in the Dutch Parliament -- the coalition CDA and opposition PvdA -- appear poised to vote in favor of participating in ISAF III. This would all but ensure a broad majority in favor of deployment wh [...] | 2006-01-31 17:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR NL AF |
06THEHAGUE2100 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NUCLEAR REGULATORY [...] Country clearance is granted for the September 28 - October 7, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of NRC officials Robert Lewis, Section Chief; and William Ruland, Deputy Director, Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, to site visit of Urenco facility and uranium hexafluoride (UF6) shipment opra [...] | 2006-09-26 10:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2101 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NATIONAL HQ [...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration officials David Wayne Siewert, Air Traffic Manager, FAA Eastern Retion; and Nadine Farrell, Front Line Manager, FAA Eastern Retion, to travel to the Netherlands from October 3-7, 2006 to discuss operational issues regarding oepr [...] | 2006-09-26 10:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE2102 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA GODDARD SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for NASA Goddard Space Flight Center official Andrew Ackerman, October 22-28, 2006 visit to the Netherlands to participate at the "From Brown Dwarfs to Planets: Chemistry and Cloud Formation" Conference in Leiden. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is n [...] | 2006-09-26 10:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TSPA NL |
06THEHAGUE2103 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA GODDARD SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for NASA Goddard Space Flight Center official Cornelis Gehrels to travel to the Netherlands from October 9-12, 2006 to attend the integral science working froup meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors wh [...] | 2006-09-26 10:51:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TSPA NL |
06THEHAGUE2108 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FISH AND WILDLIFE [...] Country clearance is granted for the September 25-October 8, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Robert R. Gabel, Chief, Division of Scientific Research; Laura Noguchi, Biologist; and Bruce J. Weissgold, Cites Policy Specialist of the Department of the Interior to scope out accommodations and me [...] | 2006-09-26 12:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2113 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL SCIENCE [...] Country clearance is granted for September 28 - October 2, 2006 visit to The Netherlands of NSF official Dr. David Lightfoot, Assistant Director of the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences, who will consult with ESF standing committee for social sciences and conduct indep [...] | 2006-09-27 11:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA KSCA NL |
06THEHAGUE2115 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA FRANKFURT [...] Country clearance is granted for December 7-8, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Carlos Agueda, Federal Aviation Administration Safety Inspector, to conduct a recertification inspection commensurable to FAA authorizations for FAA repair stations in accordance with Federal Aviation regulations. [...] | 2006-09-27 12:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC NL |
06THEHAGUE2117 | NETHERLANDS/HRC: PRIORITIES FOR THE SECOND SESSION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-27 15:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UN NL |
06THEHAGUE2118 | NETHERLANDS/CHINA: REVISED TALKING POINTS FOR BERN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-27 15:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CH NL |
06THEHAGUE2119 | NETHERLANDS/HRC: RESPONSE TO CUBA AT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche 25 September to Joris Geeven, policy officer at MFA human rights division, and Peter van der Vliet, Head of the Political and Legal Affairs, UN and IFIs Department. Geeven thanked us for the information. He said the GONL had expected the Cubans to renew t [...] | 2006-09-27 15:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE2127 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA AMES RESEARCH [...] Country clearance is granted for the National Aeronautic and Space Administration Ames Research Center officials Lawrence Lemke and Mary Marley to travel to The Netherlands from October 21-28, 2006 to participate in the Don Quixote Mission Mid Term Review and to attend a workshop on Brown Dra [...] | 2006-09-29 05:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2128 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA JET PROPULSION [...] Country clearance is granted for October 21-26, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of National Aeronautics and Space Administration official Jennifer Wiseman to attend the Hershel Space Observatory Science Team Meeting in Noordwijk. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necess [...] | 2006-09-29 05:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TSPA NL |
06THEHAGUE2129 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center official Alexander Tabakman to travel to the Netherlands from October 26-28, 2006 to attend the automated transportation vehicle project development status meeting in Noordwijk. 2. Embassy [...] | 2006-09-29 05:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2133 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearance is granted for John P. Hoffman, Patricia Ann Garcia and Richard B. Stump from the National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Defense Programs, DOE, to travel to the Netherlands from October 10-14, 2006 to represent the Department of Energy and the NNSA with attenda [...] | 2006-09-29 09:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2135 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for Dr. David Newman, Chemist, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to the Netherlands from October 10-14, 2006 for a layover on the way to Tromso, Norway to give an invited talk on natutal product repositories at a conference on bioprospecting and drug disco [...] | 2006-09-29 10:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2137 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA MIAMI OFFICIAL [...] Country clearance is granted for October 11-18, 2006 travel to the Netherlands of Federal Aviation Administration employee Allen L. Wilson, to conduct inspection at KLM, a U.S. certificated repair station, on Focus Air's Boeing 747 aircraft. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistan [...] | 2006-09-29 10:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE2139 | NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE TO IRANIAN UAV DEMARCHE [...] (S) Polmiloff discussed reftel points with MFA Senior Advisor for Nuclear Affairs and Non-proliferation Ceta Noland on September 28. Noland claimed the points did not present any new information -- the Dutch intelligence service AIVD has been in close contact with U.S. intelligence agencies regardi [...] | 2006-09-29 14:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC IR NL |
06THEHAGUE2140 | NETHERLANDS/JSF: CABINET APPROVES FOLLOW-ON PHASE; [...] (C) Summary: Following the weekly Cabinet meeting, the GONL announced September 29 its decision to participate in the Production, Sustainment, and Follow-on Phase of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. The Cabinet announcement stressed that the GONL intends to sign the follow-on MOU with the US [...] | 2006-09-29 14:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE2145 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN [...] Country clearance is granted for the October 14-17, 2006, visit to the Netherlands of Stephen Eich, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS to conduct a medical device inspection of medical workshop BV in Eindhoven. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POS [...] | 2006-10-02 08:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2146 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for Dr. Joseph Frank, Chief, Experimental Neuroimaging Section, Clinical Center, NIH, to travel to the Netherlands from October 8-11, 2006 to give a talk at the Fifth Europe Tissue Engineering Society meeting in Rotterdam. 2. Embassy understands that no furthe [...] | 2006-10-02 08:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2164 | DUTCH 2007 BUDGET: LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Netherlands' center-right governing coalition has presented a draft 2007 budget that includes a surplus for the first time in five years, new tax breaks, and increased spending on national security. Unveiled just two months before parliamentary elections on November 22, [...] | 2006-10-03 13:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL EINV ELAB PGOV NL |
06THEHAGUE2167 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HHS INVESTIGATOR, [...] Country clearance is granted for Perry Gambrell, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS to travel to the Netherlands from October 20-27, 2006 for an inspection of the Philips Medical System. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance from post is necessary. POST ACCE [...] | 2006-10-04 06:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA OVIP KSCA NL |
06THEHAGUE2168 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NATIONAL HQ [...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration official Brian Anthony Vera, Aerospace Engineer, Avionic Systems Branch, Air-130, FAA Washington, to travel to the Netherlands from October 6-13, 2006 to attend the joint aviation administration flight recorder study group data [...] | 2006-10-04 07:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE2176 | NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: ENSURING A LEGITIMATE PEACE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-04 13:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PGOV ER SU NL |
06THEHAGUE2177 | NETHERLANDS/CUBA: SEEKING EU SUPPORT FOR AMENDMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-04 13:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EUN PREL UNGA UN NL |
06THEHAGUE2180 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL RORY [...] Country clearance is granted for Environmental Protection Agency official Rory Conolly, Senior Research Biologist, Office of Research and Development to travel to the Netherlands from October 18-20, 2006 to attend a conference in Utrecht. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance [...] | 2006-10-05 10:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL |
06THEHAGUE2181 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PDAS KURT VOLKER - [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Kurt Volker to travel to The Netherlands from October 11-12, 2006 to meet with the Legal Advisor with Senior Dutch Justice and Foreign Policy Officials on cooperation on counter-terrorism and detainee [...] | 2006-10-05 11:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP OTRA ASEC GM NL |
06THEHAGUE2186 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Although there have been relatively few indications of renewed interest in the U.S. draft decision, several recent conversations are worth noting. First, Ambassador Petri of Germany has, in his role as WEOG Vice Chair of the CW Cluster, told Ambassador Javits that he has recently been ap [...] | 2006-10-06 09:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE2189 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NATIONAL HQ [...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration official Forrest Leland Keller, Aviation Safety Inspector, to travel to the Netherlands from November 6-10, 2006 to conduct an R&D project review with contractor National Aerospace Library. 2. Embassy understands that no fur [...] | 2006-10-06 11:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE2190 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF [...] Country clearance is granted for October 14-19, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Joseph Roy Thurn, Physician, VAMC, Minneapolis, MN to attend the Sixth International Conference of the Hospital Infection Society and meet with experts in infection prevention and control from around the globe. [...] | 2006-10-06 13:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2191 | NETHERLANDS/DPRK: DUTCH WORRIED AND FRUSTRATED [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch share U.S. concerns about a potential North Korean nuclear test and support international efforts to bring Pyongyang back to the Six Party Talks. They believe the EU and individual European states, however, have minimal influence over North Korean actions, and point to [...] | 2006-10-06 14:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN NL |
06THEHAGUE2199 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR U.S. ATTORNEY [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and delegation consisting of Michael Aaron Beck, Special Assistant to the Attorney General; Matthew Wilhelm Friedrich, Counselor to the Attorney General; D. Kyle Sampson, Chief of Staff to the Attorne [...] | 2006-10-10 12:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2200 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TRANSPORTATION [...] Country Clearance is granted for Stuart D. Miller, Transportation Security Administration Representative, to travel to the Netherlands on October 10, 2006 to meet with Ministry of Justice Civil Aviation Security and Airport Security officials to review EU security regulations with respect to [...] | 2006-10-10 12:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2201 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for Dr. Joseph Frank, Chief, Experimental Neuroimaging Section, Clinical Center, NIH, to travel to the Netherlands from October 8-11, 2006 to give a talk at the Fifth Europe Tissue Engineering Society meeting in Rotterdam. 2. Embassy understands that no furthe [...] | 2006-10-10 12:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2208 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NATIONAL HQ [...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration official Cristina S. Tan to travel to the Netherlands from November 7-10, 2006 to participate in meetings with the CAA Netherlands and their support contractor the National Aerospace Laboratory to discuss the amendments to the m [...] | 2006-10-11 11:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE2209 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation Team SD 07-44 R59 to travel to the Netherlands from November 14- December 9, 2006 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Vis [...] | 2006-10-11 11:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAIR KHLS NL OTRA PTER HLSX |
06THEHAGUE2213 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for Dr. John Niederhuber, Director, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to the Netherlands from October 11-15, 2006 to meet with Dr. H. M. Pinedo and other colleagues to follow up on the newly built translation research center. 2. Embassy understands tha [...] | 2006-10-12 07:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2214 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for Dr. John Niederhuber, Director, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to the Netherlands from October 11-15, 2006 to meet with Dr. H. M. Pinedo and other colleagues to follow up on the newly built translation research center. 2. Embassy understands tha [...] | 2006-10-12 07:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2215 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for Dr. Stephen Katz, Director, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculosekeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, to travel to the Netherlands from October 18-20, 2006 to discuss and plan the next set of collaborative experiments on the role of Langerhans cells in GvHD [...] | 2006-10-12 08:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2216 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH [...] Country clearance is granted for October 15-20, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Thomas Warf, Product Process Development Analyst, OPHEP, OS, HHS to site visit Solvay Vaccines to insure that there is no bacterial contamination in the influenza vaccine under constract. 2. Embassy understan [...] | 2006-10-12 08:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2217 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH [...] Country clearance is granted for October 28 - November 2, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Azza Talaat, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS, to inspect Lek Pharmaceuticals for compliance with FDAs Good Manufacturing Practice Regulations and audit data submitted in their appli [...] | 2006-10-12 09:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2218 | COUNTRY CLEARANCES GRANTED FOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL [...] Country clearance is granted for USGS Research Wildlife Biologist Robert E. Gill to travel to the Netherlands from October 11-13, 2006 to work on two manuscripts with Professor Theunis Piersma at the Groningen University. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is required. P [...] | 2006-10-12 09:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA NL |
06THEHAGUE2219 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL SCIENCE [...] Country clearance is granted for October 15-16, 2006 visit to The Netherlands of NSF official Dr. Jeanne Hudson, Program Director in the Office of International Science and Engineering, who is meeting with Dutch officials on collaboration in networking and in Materialsworldnet. 2. Embassy [...] | 2006-10-12 09:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA KSCA NL |
06THEHAGUE2220 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) PRC Amb. Xue Hanqin asked to meet with Amb. Javits on Oct. 6, and began by raising the issue of the Taiwan Chemical Industry Association requesting observer status at the December Conference of States Parties. She noted that Beijing still objects to the TCIA receiving observer status. Sh [...] | 2006-10-12 11:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE2228 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation Team PD 07-06/11 R59 to travel to The Netherlands from November 12 - December 10, 2006 to deter criminal acts targetting civil aviation. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Vis [...] | 2006-10-13 08:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
06THEHAGUE2235 | HIV/AIDS: DUTCH SEEK BROAD-BASED COOPERATION [...] SUMMARY: The Dutch want to significantly expand bilateral cooperation on HIV/AIDS in Africa and seek State concurrence to develop these initiatives. See Action Request in paragraphs 5-7. END SUMMARY. 2. In response to reftel request for ideas to reinvigorate the 2003 U.S.-Dutch bilateral a [...] | 2006-10-16 06:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KHIV NL UNGA AF |
06THEHAGUE2237 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL TERESA [...] Country clearance is granted for Center for Disease Control, Health and Human Services, official Teresa Horan, Nurse Epidemiologist, NCID, HHS/CDC to travel to the Netherlands from October 15-18, 2006 to attend the Sixth International Conference of the Hospital Infection Society, speak at the [...] | 2006-10-16 07:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2238 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA AMES RESEARCH [...] Country clearance is granted for the National Aeronautic and Space Administration Ames Research Center officials Alexander Tielens and Thomas Greene to travel to the Netherlands from December 2-10, 2006 to attend a workshop on Molecular Databases; and to attend the James Webb Space Telescope [...] | 2006-10-16 07:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2250 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearance is granted for Alan K. Burnham, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy, to travel to the Netherlands from October 31 - November 4, 2006, to present an invited talk entitled "In-Situ Processing of Oil Shale and Heavy Oil" at the first annual Shell International Sc [...] | 2006-10-17 09:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2252 | DUTCH PROSECUTOR GENERAL ON TIP VISIT, RUSSIAN TIP [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary. During an October 5 meeting with DCM, Prosecutor-General Herman Bolhaar stressed his determination to fully investigate the case of TIP victim Irine Veselykh, who testified before the U.S. Congress in June [...] | 2006-10-18 09:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SMIG KCRM KWMN PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE2253 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Del reps met with South African delegate Marthinus van Schalkwyk on Oct. 13 to discuss the perceived need among delegations for an open discussion of the U.S. and Russian extension requests. Van Schalkwyk confirmed that although delegations have not voiced specific concerns, some have ap [...] | 2006-10-18 10:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE2254 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearance is granted for Patrick B. Davis, Office of Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Infrastructure Technoligies Program, Safety Codes and Standards, DOE to travel to Petten, the Netherlands from November 5-10, 2006 to coordinate future IEA activities, and as the DOE representative to the IEA [...] | 2006-10-18 11:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2255 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center official Steven Smith to travel to the Netherlands from October 24-25, 2006 to attend and participate in European Space Agency liaison meetings in Noordwijk. 2. Embassy understands that no [...] | 2006-10-18 11:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2260 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIALS SILVIA [...] Country clearance is granted for Center for Disease Control, Health and Human Services officials Silvia Penaranda, Microbiologist; and Naomi Dybdahl-Sissoko, Microbiologist to travel to the Netherlands from November 18-19, 2006 for a layover in Amsterdam on the way to Entebbe, Uganda to serve [...] | 2006-10-18 11:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2261 | DUTCH ON INVESTIGATION OF AMCITS IN YUKOS CASE [...] (C) Econoff delivered on October 10 reftel points regarding the GOR criminal investigation against the American and former Yukos executives Steven Theede, Bruce Misamore and David Godfrey to Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials Natascha Soons, Policy officer, Eastern Europe and C [...] | 2006-10-18 12:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET RS NL |
06THEHAGUE2262 | NETHERLANDS/SYRIA/LEBANON: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (S) Ambassador Arnall discussed reftel points with MFA Head of Middle Eastern Affairs Henriette van Lynden-Leijten on October 17. Van Lynden-Leijten said she had heard "similar echoes" from the Dutch embassy in Damascus, especially regarding the fragility of the Siniora government and Syrian [...] | 2006-10-18 12:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS NL |
06THEHAGUE2264 | NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE ON CCW REVCON DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: While the GONL sees the value in pursuing an "opt in" annex for an anti-vehicle mine (AVM) protocol at the upcoming Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) Review Conference, the Dutch have historically opposed optional clauses. MFA Head of Arms Control and Export Policy Matthij [...] | 2006-10-18 14:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PARM PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE2266 | NETHERLANDS/SOUTHERN SUDAN: SUPPORT FOR UNHCR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-18 16:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL SU NL |
06THEHAGUE2267 | NETHERLANDS/SUDAN TARGETED SANCTIONS: SOLICITING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-18 16:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SU NL |
06THEHAGUE2269 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID OFFICIAL [...] Country clearance is granted for USAID/DCHA/OFDA Logistic Officer Robert Demeranville to travel to the Netherlands from October 25-29, 2006 to attend the humanitarian logistics fleet forum conference in Amsterdam. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necessary. POST ACC [...] | 2006-10-19 07:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2270 | COUNTRY CLEARANCES GRANTED FOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL [...] Country clearance is granted for USGS Research Drs. Robert Morton, Bruce Richmond, Guy Gelfenbaum, and Bruce Jaffe; and Ocean Engineer Gerald Hatcher to travel to Bonaire, the Netherlands Antilles, from November 1-10, 2006 to conduct field studies to improve the ability to recognize ancient s [...] | 2006-10-19 09:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA NL |
06THEHAGUE2271 | COUNTRY CLEARANCES GRANTED FOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL [...] Country clearance is granted for USGS hydrologist Jeff Conaway to travel to the Netherlands from October 28-November 8, 2006 to present a paper on streambed monitoring, in Amsterdam. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need u [...] | 2006-10-19 09:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA NL |
06THEHAGUE2272 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC ECONOMIST JOHN [...] Country clearance is granted for Center for Disease Control, Health and Human Services Economist, John Blandford to travel to the Netherlands for a layover on the way to Gaborone, Botswana to lead the team in initiating field data collection for Botswana sites as part of a Five-Country Antire [...] | 2006-10-19 09:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2275 | DUTCH COULD BLOCK NYSE/EURONEXT MERGER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Concerns about the proposed NYSE/Euronext legal corporate structure could lead the Dutch Finance Ministry to block the announced merger if these issues are not addressed. Finance Minister Zalm will raise these concerns with visiting NYSE CEO Thain next week, and his ministry [...] | 2006-10-19 13:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ELAB NL |
06THEHAGUE2277 | SCENESETTER FOR ATT... [...] (SBU) We warmly welcome your visit to the Netherlands, the first by an Attorney General since Attorney General Aschroft visited in September 2004. There are four important issues where you can advance our law enforcement agenda: (1) Establish a strong working relationship with new Minister o [...] | 2006-10-19 15:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PTER SNAR PREL PGOV KJUS PINR NL |
06THEHAGUE2282 | NETHERLANDS/SCENESETTER: FOREIGN MINISTER BOT'S [...] (C) Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot's upcoming visit to Washington DC comes just one month before national elections. It therefore provides an excellent opportunity to move some difficult issues forward in a way that helps ensure that the next Dutch government, whatever its configuration, co [...] | 2006-10-20 11:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV PHUM NL |
06THEHAGUE2283 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AVIATION [...] Country clearance is granted for the October 24-27, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of FAA Inspector Hugh Joseph Thomas for surveillance on operational procedures of assigned Kalitta Air, LLC. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors [...] | 2006-10-20 12:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE2284 | COUNTRY CLEARANCES GRANTED FOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL [...] Country clearance is granted for USGS Integrated Taxonomic Information System Director Michael A. Ruggiero to travel to the Netherlands from November 6-11, 2006 to lead a European Regional workshop on the global pollinator information project as part of his IPA detail assignment with the glob [...] | 2006-10-20 12:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA NL |
06THEHAGUE2286 | DETAINEE POLICY/MILITARY COMMISSIONS: BELLINGER [...] (U) Summary: State Department Legal Adviser John Bellinger visited The Netherlands October 10-12, accompanied by EUR PDAS Kurt Volker and several other senior State and DOD officials. The team met with Dutch Defense, Justice, and Foreign Affairs officials for closed-door talks, answering detai [...] | 2006-10-20 15:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KPAO PREL PTER NL |
06THEHAGUE2289 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SCENESETTER FOR [...] (U) If Iran elects to be reasonable and not block consensus, it should be possible to get agreement on three critical issues at EC-47: the U.S. extension request, the 2007 OPCW budget and the Director General's proposal for tenure reform. It will also be possible to approve a mechanism for p [...] | 2006-10-23 10:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE2291 | EMBASSY THE HAGUE'S FY 2007 FSI DIRECT FUNDING [...] Summary. Post is pleased to submit a FY 2007 Direct Funding Initiative (DFI) proposal for 12,506 dollars to fund Dutch language training and materials. Embassy The Hague's FY 2007 program fund budget proposal is for 8,689 dollars. Post's FY 2006 DFI award was 5,988 dollars with a program fund [...] | 2006-10-23 13:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AFSI AMGT KFLO NL |
06THEHAGUE2292 | TOP DUTCH PROSECUTOR CALLS FOR ENDING TIP IN FOUR [...] Harm Brouwer, Chairman of the College of Prosecutors- General told an October 17 press conference that his goal is to eliminate human trafficking (TIP) in the Netherlands within four years. He called TIP a modern form of slavery, unworthy of society. Brouwer said that hundreds of foreign wom [...] | 2006-10-23 15:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SMIG KCRM KWMN PREF NL |
06THEHAGUE2295 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S.-NL CYBER CRIME [...] Post grants country clearance and warmly welcomes all participants in the Cyber Crime Conference to be held in the Hague from October 26-27, 2006 at the Crowne Plaza Promenade Hotel, Van Stolkweg 1, 2585 JL The Hague - Phone: (31) (70) 352-5161; FAX: (31) (70) 354-1046. Participants are lis [...] | 2006-10-24 12:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2299 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Facilitator Marten Lak (Netherlands) held two consultations on his draft EC-47 report language. The first session on October 5 introduced the draft and invited general comments. Other than Sudan, all delegations that spoke supported the basic thrust of the draft. Sudan asked that the f [...] | 2006-10-24 14:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE2301 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USEU DELEGATION TO [...] Country clearance is granted for Mark Richard, James McAnulty, Thomas Scarantino and Kathleen Conway to visit the Netherlands from October 24-26, 2006 to attend attend meetings at Europol and attend selected sessions of the cyber-crime Conference. 2. Embassy control officer for the visit [...] | 2006-10-24 14:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EUN KCRM KJUS NL |
06THEHAGUE2302 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF THE [...] Country clearance is granted for Department of the Treasury Financial Attache Barbara Matthews to travel to the Netherlands from October 25-26, 2006 to attend a conference on Financial Crime in Europe and to deliver a speech, in Amsterdam. 2. Embassy point of contact is Embassy Economic O [...] | 2006-10-24 15:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2304 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TRANSPORTATION [...] Country Clearance is granted for TSA attache Stuart D. Miller, Brussels, Belgium, to travel to the Netherlands from October 25-27, 2006 to attend a conference by the Ministry of Transport pertaining to developments in security critical infrastructure, sluices and tunnels, in the Hague. 2. [...] | 2006-10-24 15:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2305 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TRANSPORTATION [...] Country Clearance is granted for TSA official Rodney Doyle Raines III, to travel to the Netherlands from October 25-28, 2006 to attend a Critical Infrastructure Protection Conference focused on bridges, tunnels, and dams, in the Hague. 2. Embassy control officer for the visit is Global Is [...] | 2006-10-24 15:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2306 | NETHERLANDS/JSF: PARLIAMENT APPROVES FOLLOW-ON [...] (C) Summary: A parliamentary majority approved a resolution October 24 to support GONL participation in the Production, Sustainment, and Follow-on Development (PSFD) phase of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. Parliamentary approval represented the last hurdle prior to the GONL's plans to sign [...] | 2006-10-24 16:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE2308 | Netherlands/Elections: Start Your Engines! [...] (SBU) Summary: Dutch voters go to the polls November 22 to elect the 150 member Second Chamber of Parliament ("Tweede Kamer") and, indirectly, to choose the next Dutch government. Although formal campaigning does not begin until November 1, the race is already shaping up as a mano-a- mano fi [...] | 2006-10-25 08:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NL |
06THEHAGUE2312 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC MICROBIOLOGIST [...] Country clearance is granted for Center for Disease Control, Health and Human Services Microbiologist Silvia Penaranda to travel to the Netherlands from November 18-19, 2006 for a layover on the way to Entebbe as an instructor for a training workshop and PCR for Poliovirus Diagnostics for WHO [...] | 2006-10-25 13:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2314 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearance is granted for the National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, Morris Hassler, Trent Andes and Laurie Ballard to travel to the Netherlands from October 27-28, 2006 for a layover. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance [...] | 2006-10-25 15:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2316 | SHELL/SAKHALIN II: A VIEW FROM THE NETHERLANDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A Shell representative recently offered his version of events at Sakhalin II and confirmed that the Government of Russia (GOR) had not revoked the project's environmental permit. Shell will continue to meet project deadlines and commitments without seeking to use political cha [...] | 2006-10-26 07:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE2323 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN [...] Country clearance is granted for the November 5-7, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Tod Merkel, Senior Staff Fellow, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA, HHS to travel to Bilthoven, the Netherlands to visit the Netherlands vaccine Institute to discuss a planned collaboration on a [...] | 2006-10-27 08:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2326 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR U.S. COAST GUARD [...] Country clearance is granted for the November 27-December 2, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of U.S. Coast Guard personnel Felton L. Gilmore, LCDR; Joseph E. Couch, GS-13; and Brian J. Pruitt, LT, to provide support for the Department of Homeland Security to assess the anti-terrorism measures m [...] | 2006-10-27 12:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2330 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN [...] Country clearance is granted for the November 10-17, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of George Allen, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS for an inspection of Cordis Europa N.V, to inspect one medical device manufacturer for compliance with FDAs Good Manufacturing Practice and [...] | 2006-10-30 11:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2336 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF THE [...] Country clearance is granted for November 1-3, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Avi Jorisch, Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crime, Department of the Treasury, to attend the financial action task force working group meeting on real-estate. 2. Embassy POC is Economic Officer Ja [...] | 2006-10-31 09:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2337 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC EPIDEMIOLOGIST, [...] Country clearance is granted for Center for Disease Control, Health and Human Services Epidemiologist Arunmozhi Balajee to travel to Nijmegen, the Netherlands from November 17-23, 2006 8-19, 2006 to give a presentation on the "ISHAM Working Group on nonfumigatus Aspergillus" at the Dutch Myco [...] | 2006-10-31 09:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2340 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL KENNETH [...] Country clearance is granted for Kennethy E. Feith, Office of Air and Radiation, EPA, to travel to the Netherlands from November 7-18, 2006 to attend the UN/ECE World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necessary. [...] | 2006-11-01 08:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL |
06THEHAGUE2341 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL KENNETH [...] Country clearance is granted for Kennethy E. Feith, Office of Air and Radiation, EPA, to travel to the Netherlands from November 7-18, 2006 to attend the UN/ECE World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necessary. [...] | 2006-11-01 08:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL |
06THEHAGUE2342 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Del rep continued meeting with interested delegations on the subject of the U.S. extension request. A meeting with the Indian delegation was positive. The Indians expressed support for U.S. transparency, and an understanding for difficulties the U.S. has encountered in its destruction pr [...] | 2006-11-01 11:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE2343 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EUR DEPUTY ASSISTANT [...] Country clearance is granted for November 2, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Matthew J. Bryza to attend the Diversity Dialogue Conference. 2. Control officer for the visit is Embassy Economic Officer Jason Heung - Emb. Tel: (31) (70) 310-2339; Cell Phone: - (31) (65) 378-2313; Fax: ( [...] | 2006-11-01 12:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2345 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for Drs. John Milner, Branch Chief, National Cancer Institute (NCI),NIH; and Dr. Arthur Schatzkin, Branch Chief, NCI, to travel to the Netherlands from November 5-11, 2006, to attend and participate in the World Cancer Research Fund November Panel Meeting, which w [...] | 2006-11-01 12:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2346 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NATIONAL HQ [...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration officials Kenneth Peppard, Program Manager; and Mary Lucke Summers, Manager, to travel to the Netherlands from November 5-10, 2006 to serve as U.S. and North American reprsentatives to Civil Air Navigation Services Organization [...] | 2006-11-01 14:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE235 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA LANGLEY [...] Country clearance is granted for February 11-17, 2006 travel to the Netherlands of Douglas Arbuckle and Kenneth M. Jones to participate in FAA/Boeing Global Air Traffic Interoperability discussions and present at the ATC Maastricht 2006. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance i [...] | 2006-02-03 16:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2352 | NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1718 [...] (S) Polmiloff discussed reftel points with MFA Head of Nuclear Affairs and Non-proliferation Henk van der Kwast on November 1. Van Der Kwast appreciated the points, noting that the GONL would live up to its UNSCR 1718 obligations. He labelled North Korea's decision to return to the six-party [...] | 2006-11-02 09:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PARM NL |
06THEHAGUE2355 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA GODDARD SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for NASA Goddard Space Flight Center official Elizabeth Middleton to travel to the Netherlands from November 17-22, 2006 to attend the first fluorescence explorer mission assessment group meeting and confer with colleagues. 2. Embassy understands that no assis [...] | 2006-11-02 13:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TSPA NL |
06THEHAGUE2356 | NETHERLANDS/ILC: NO DUTCH DECISION ON WEOG [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-02 14:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ILC ODIP UNGA NL |
06THEHAGUE236 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA HEADQUARTERS [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration official Raynor L. Taylor to travel to The Netherlands from February 14-18, 2006 to participate in the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna Pathfinder Mission Preliminary Design Review in Amsterdam. 2. Embassy un [...] | 2006-02-03 16:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TSPA NL |
06THEHAGUE2360 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EMBASSY ANKARA [...] Country clearance is granted for Resident Legal Advisor Suzanne Hayden to travel to the Netherlands on November 6, 2006 to participate in meetings. 2. A hotel reservation has been made for November 6, 2006 at the Crowne Plaza Promenade Hotel, Van Stolkweg 1, 2585 JL The Hague - Phone - (3 [...] | 2006-11-02 15:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ECON PREL PTER NL |
06THEHAGUE2361 | NETHERLANDS: DUTCH AGREE KOSOVO NOT A PRECEDENT [...] (C) Summary: MFA Head of the Western Balkans Division Cees Roels said the GONL is in "complete agreement" with the USG argument explaining why an independent Kosovo does not set a precedent for separatist movements in "frozen conflicts." He said Kosovo is a "special case," while a gradual inde [...] | 2006-11-02 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AL PBTS PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE2362 | NETHERLANDS/TRANSNISTRIA: DISRUPTION OF [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche Nov 1 to MFA Deputy Head of Eastern Europe and Central Asia Division Thymen Kouwenaar and Moldova Desk Officer Natascha Soons. Kouwenaar said that the MFA was reviewing a frozen conflicts proposal delivered by us to the Dutch embassy in Washington last week [...] | 2006-11-02 15:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ELTN RS MD UP NL |
06THEHAGUE2363 | NETHERLANDS: DUTCH SUPPORT CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Polmiloff discussed reftel points with MFA Senior Policy Advisor Marieke Monroy-Winter on November 2. Monroy-Winter agreed with the importance of continued engagement with Ukraine, and suggested support for eventual Ukrainian NATO membership aspirations was now more important than ever. S [...] | 2006-11-02 15:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS UP NL |
06THEHAGUE2367 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA GODDARD SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for NASA Goddard Space Flight Center delegation consisting of Douglas Campbell, Stuart Glazer, Matthew Greenhouse, Scott Lambros, Michael Menzel, Steven Scott, Rajeev Sharma, George Sonneborn, and Pamela Sullivan to travel to the Netherlands from December 3-13, 20 [...] | 2006-11-03 12:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TSPA NL |
06THEHAGUE2369 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NORTHWEST [...] Country clearance is granted for FAA Aviation Safety Inspector Forrest Leland Keller to travel to the Netherlands from November 6-10, 2006 to review a contract with National Aerospace Library, Amsterdam. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitor [...] | 2006-11-03 12:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE237 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA HEADQUARTERS [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration official Raynor L. Taylor to travel to The Netherlands from February 14-18, 2006 to participate in the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna Pathfinder Mission Preliminary Design Review in Amsterdam. 2. Embassy un [...] | 2006-02-03 16:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TSPA NL |
06THEHAGUE2370 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GIVEN FOR DEPARTMENT OF [...] Country clearance has been granted for July 11-14, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of FAA official Allen L. Wilson, to conduct inspection at KLM, a U.S. certificated repair station, on Focus Air's Boeing 747 Aircraft. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is required. POST AC [...] | 2006-11-03 13:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA |
06THEHAGUE2371 | NETHERLANDS/NATO: MANAGING EXPECTATIONS [...] (C) Summary: MFA NATO Division Deputy Head Eric Strating described a "pessimistic" GONL already trying to temper expectations leading up to the Riga Summit. That said, he expected PM Balkenende at the summit heads of state dinnerto challenge allies as well as other international organizations [...] | 2006-11-03 14:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PGOV PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE2374 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FRANKFURT [...] Country clearance is granted for the November 22-23, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of TSA specialists Craig Matthew Lynes, Irene Goosley, and Sandra Lee Rohrbach to attend an aviation transportation security meeting in Amsterdam. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is requir [...] | 2006-11-03 14:51:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2375 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC ECONOMIST JOHN [...] Country clearance is granted for Center for Disease Control, Health and Human Services Economist John Blandford to lay over in the Netherlands for the night of November 19, 2006 on his way to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to provide formal training in economic evaluation methods applied to HIV treatm [...] | 2006-11-03 14:51:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2379 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR BUREAU OF [...] Country clearance is granted for November 21-26, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Bureau of Reclamation official John W. Shisler, Mechanical Engineer, to witness specification required factory inspection and testing of the hydraulic operating cylinder for the 4 by 6 foot high pressure slide g [...] | 2006-11-03 16:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE238 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NATIONAL HQ [...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration official John P. LaPointe to travel to the Netherlands from April 2-7, 2006 to participate in the Steering Group for the Development of a Casual Model for Air Transport Safety. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistan [...] | 2006-02-03 16:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE2380 | DUTCH SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR ITU COUNCIL AND [...] (U) On October 12, Econoff shared reftel demarche and diplomatic notes with Hein van der Hoeven, Department for UN and Financial Institutions, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Wim Rullens, Directorate General for Energy and Telecom, Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. 2. (SBU) Van der [...] | 2006-11-03 17:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECPS ITU NL |
06THEHAGUE2385 | NETHERLANDS/CUBA: EU CONSENSUS POSITION ON THE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-06 10:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNGA UN CU NL |
06THEHAGUE2389 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR BUREAU OF [...] Country clearance is granted for November 21-26, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Bureau of Reclamation official John W. Shisler, Mechanical Engineer, to witness specification required factory inspection and testing of the hydraulic operating cylinder for the 4 by 6 foot high pressure slide g [...] | 2006-11-06 11:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE239 | NETHERLANDS/TURKEY/CYPRUS: DUTCH CONSIDER ENGAGING [...] (C) Summary: MFA working level contacts responded positively to ref A demarche on February 2, and support the concept of using the Turkish proposal to restart final settlement talks. Obstacles within the EU, however, including perceived reluctance of the Austrian presidency, the ability of th [...] | 2006-02-03 16:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CY GR TU NL |
06THEHAGUE2390 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA GREAT LAKES [...] Country clearance is granted for November 12-17, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Inspector William Pratt to complete airman duties and flight deck procedures. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas [...] | 2006-11-06 16:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2392 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NATIONAL HQ [...] Country clearance is granted for December 11-15, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Federal Aviation Administration official John P. LaPointe, Manager, Flight Safety Branch, to participate in a joint FAA/CAA-NL review of aviation safety casual modeling efforts . 2. Embassy understands that [...] | 2006-11-06 16:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE2393 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NATIONAL HQ [...] Country clearance is granted for November 7-10, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Federal Aviation Administration official Cristina S. Tan, Computer Specialist; and William J. Hughes to participate in meetings with the CAA Netherlands and their support contractor the National Aerospace Laborat [...] | 2006-11-06 16:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE2394 | NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE TO PSI LETTER ON UNSCR 1718 [...] Polmiloff discussed reftel letter with MFA Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Senior Advisor Frank van Beuningen on November 6. Van Beuningen appreciated the letter, characterizing it as a "fruitful" effort to combine PSI and UNSCR 1718 efforts. He noted that Dutch implementation of UNS [...] | 2006-11-06 16:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS NL |
06THEHAGUE2399 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED JOHN C. WYSS AND DAVID J. [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-07 14:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA GM XG XT NL |
06THEHAGUE241 | NETHERLANDS/ISAF: GOING TO URUZGAN [...] (C) Summary: O February 2, the Dutch Parliament overwhelmingly-- 127 to 23 -- endorsed the GONL's proposal to articipate in ISAF Stage III following a full day f debate with Cabinet ministers. On February 3, te Dutch Cabinet formally took a final, unanimousdecision to deploy Dutch troops to t [...] | 2006-02-03 17:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL AF |
06THEHAGUE2411 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL SCIENCE [...] Country clearance is granted for NSF Official Dr. Scott Moore, Investigative Scientist in the Office of the Inspector General, to travel to the Netherlands from November 24-28, 2006 to attend the workshop on integrity in science, standing committee for the social sciences, European science fo [...] | 2006-11-08 15:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY KSCA AORC OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2415 | SIX SUSPECTS ARRESTED FOR JIHAD RECRUITM... [...] The National Crime Squad (NR) arrested five men and one woman in Amsterdam and The Hague on November 6 and 7 for suspicion of recruitment for Jihad, participating in a terrorist organization, and obtaining false travel documents. According to the National Prosecutor's Office, the arrests are [...] | 2006-11-08 16:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR PINS KPRP PGOV NL |
06THEHAGUE2417 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation Team PD 07-28/29 R60 to travel to The Netherlands from December 22, 2006 - January 6, 2007 to deter criminal acts targetting civil aviation. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. [...] | 2006-11-08 16:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
06THEHAGUE2418 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation Team PD 07-06/11 R60 to travel to The Netherlands from December 12, 2006 - January 8, 2007 to deter criminal acts targetting civil aviation. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. [...] | 2006-11-08 16:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
06THEHAGUE2419 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA GODDARD SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center officials Shaune Allen, David Bogart, Joseph Schepis and Ray Lundquist to travel to the Netherlands from December 4-9, 2006 to attend the James Webb Space Telescope mid infrared instrumen [...] | 2006-11-08 16:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TSPA NL |
06THEHAGUE2420 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA GODDARD SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center official William Danchi to travel to the Netherlands from December 5-9, 2006 to attend the European Space Agency Darwin Terrestrial Exoplanet Meeting in Noordwijk. 2. Embassy underst [...] | 2006-11-08 16:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TSPA NL |
06THEHAGUE2421 | COUNTRY CLEARANCES GRANTED FOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL [...] Country clearance is granted for USGS Geologist Herman A. Karl to travel to the Netherlands from November 13-22, 2006 to make an invited presentation at the workshop "Living with Sediments" as part of an international project team of experts. 2. Embassy understands that no further assista [...] | 2006-11-08 16:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA NL |
06THEHAGUE2422 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN [...] Country clearance is granted for the November 25 - December 1, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Dipesh Shah, Investigator, Office of Regional Operations, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS to inspect a medical device manufacturer for compliance with FDAs good manufacturing practice and au [...] | 2006-11-08 16:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2423 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) AT [...] (U) The following is provided in response to ref A, paragraphs 8 and 9. ------------------------------------- TFCO Representatives and Coordination ------------------------------------- 2. (C) Embassy The Hague's TFCO is DCM Chat Blakeman (MGT Counselor Sarah Solberg is currently serving [...] | 2006-11-08 16:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN NL |
06THEHAGUE2424 | INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ -- DUTCH DO NOT [...] (U) Econoff delivered on November 8 reftel points concerning further debt relief for the International Compact with Iraq to Hans de Voogd, responsible for bilateral debt relief, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Nicole Bollen, Head of the Dutch Paris Club Delegation, Ministry of Finance. [...] | 2006-11-08 16:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ ECON EFIN NL |
06THEHAGUE2426 | NETHERLANDS/UNGA: THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) Summary: MFA Human Rights Division chief expects the GONL to oppose the Iranian retaliatory resolution and the Belarusian measure on country resolution mechanisms. He believes the GONL will, in the end, find itself reluctantly supporting the resolution on detentions. He expressed a stron [...] | 2006-11-09 06:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KTIA UN NL |
06THEHAGUE2429 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) On October 31, EC Vice Chair Alexander Petri (Germany) chaired a discussion of requests for extension of the deadline for completion of destruction of 100% of Category 1 CW. The meeting was very widely attended across all regional groups, and had to be moved to the much larger Ieper Room a [...] | 2006-11-09 12:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE2430 | NETHERLANDS/THIRD COMMITTEE: DUTCH INDICATE [...] (C) Poloff spoke November 9 with Deputy Director General for Political Affairs Wim Geerts and Deputy European Correspondent (and Geerts assistant) Jeroen Boender about the Third Committee retaliatory resolutions tabled by Uzbekistan and Belarus. Poloff repeated the less-than-welcome message c [...] | 2006-11-09 17:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KTIA UN BO UZ NL |
06THEHAGUE2431 | NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH POSITIONS AHEAD OF THE [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch expect the GAERC to focus largely on Turkey and enlargement, with limited discussion on a range of other issues. They do not expect the Turks to fulfill their Ankara protocol commitments, but seem unlikely to press for wholesale suspension of negotiations. The Dutch exp [...] | 2006-11-09 21:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL MARR PGOV PHUM EUN UN BK CG CU IR |
06THEHAGUE2436 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA GODDARD SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for NASA Goddard Space Flight Center delegation consisting ofPamela Davila, William Eichhorn and Steven Graham to travel to the Netherlands from December 3-9, 2006 attend the James Webb Space Telescope Mid Infrared Instrument Critical Design Review to be held at E [...] | 2006-11-13 15:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TSPA NL |
06THEHAGUE2437 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for Dr. Lenore Launer, Senior Investigator, National Institute on Agine, NIH, to travel to the Netherlands from November 25-30, 2006 to consult with Dr. Mark Van Buchum on AGES and Camera studies and give a lecture on Vascular Dementia at a special symposium for t [...] | 2006-11-13 15:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2438 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN [...] Country clearance is granted for the November 26 - December 1, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Dr. Richard Whiting, Senior Scientist, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, HHS to travel to Bilhoven, The Netherlands from November 26 - December 1, 2006 to attend, on Dr. Buchanans [...] | 2006-11-13 15:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2439 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN [...] Country clearance is granted for the November 26 - December 1, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Dr. Richard Whiting, Senior Scientist, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, HHS to travel to Bilhoven, The Netherlands from November 26 - De3cember 1, 2006 to attend on Dr. Buchanans [...] | 2006-11-13 15:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2440 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIALS DAVID [...] Country clearance is granted for Center for Disease Control, Health and Human Services officials David Forney and Donald Ackerman to travel to the Netherlands from November 18-21, 2006 to lay over on their way to Papenburg, Germany to provide technical consultations to shipyard personnel on th [...] | 2006-11-13 15:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2441 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL HUSSAIN [...] Country clearance is granted for Center for Disease Control, Health and Human Services official Hussain Baseer, Public Health Officer, NCID, HHS/CDC to transit the Netherlands from December 23-24, 2006 on his way to Kigali, Rwanda to assist the Rwanda Public Health Advisor with program and ma [...] | 2006-11-13 15:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2442 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL HUSSAIN [...] Country clearance is granted for Center for Disease Control, Health and Human Services official Hussain Baseer, Public Health Officer, NCID, HHS/CDC to transit the Netherlands from December 23-24, 2006 on his way to Kigali, Rwanda to assist the Rwanda Public Health Advisor with program and ma [...] | 2006-11-13 15:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2443 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA FRANKFURT SAFETY [...] Country clearance is granted for November 21, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of FAA Safety Inspector Dayton Mosher to conduct a recertification inspection commensurable to FAA authorizations for FAA repair stations in accordance with federal aviation regulations. 2. Embassy understands tha [...] | 2006-11-14 14:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR FAA NL |
06THEHAGUE2445 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) It was not possible to reach agreement at EC-47 on the U.S. request for an extension of the 100% destruction deadline, as details could not be ironed out regarding visit to the U.S. and Russia in connection with both extension requests. There also was no agreement on the 2007 OPCW budget [...] | 2006-11-15 09:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE2450 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA GODDARD SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for NASA Goddard Space Flight Center official Kirk Rhee to travel to the Netherlands from December 3-8, 2006 to attend the James Webb Space Telescope MID Infrared Instrument Critical Design Review. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. POST [...] | 2006-11-15 12:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TSPA NL |
06THEHAGUE2451 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center officials Daniel Jacobs and Mark Hershey to travel to the Netherlands from December 10-16, 2006 to participate in common systems operations cost meetings at the European Space Technology Center [...] | 2006-11-15 12:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2456 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NATIONAL HQ [...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration official Frederick J. Leonelli, Air Traffic Organization, to travel to the Netherlands from December 11-15, 2006 to meet with CAA-NL and EASA representatives, as well as research engineers from NLR. 2. Embassy understands th [...] | 2006-11-16 12:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE2457 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for Dr. Kent Hunter, Principal Investigator, National Cencer Institute, HIH, to travel to Amsterdam, The Netherlands from November 30 - December 2, 2006 to give a talk at the Josepine Nefkens Symposium. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is nec [...] | 2006-11-16 13:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2458 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL [...] Country clearance is granted for Center for Disease Control, Health and Human Services official Elizabeth Hall, Mathematical Statistician, NCID, HHS/CDC to lay over in the Netherlands on her way to Johannesburg, South Africa to attend the Scientific Steering Committee meeting. 2. Embassy [...] | 2006-11-16 13:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2459 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR INTERNAL REVENUE [...] Country clearance is granted for IRS Taxpayer Service Specialist, Jewel L. Vanderhoel to travel to the Netherlands from January 12-22, 2007 to teach at the overseas military installations. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who [...] | 2006-11-16 13:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN AMGT ASEC OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2460 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR INTERNAL REVENUE [...] Country clearance is granted for IRS Taxpayer Service Specialist, Helga M. Sturm Jewel L. Vanderhoel to travel to the Netherlands from January 12-22, 2007 to teach at the overseas military installations. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: 3 [...] | 2006-11-16 13:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN AMGT ASEC OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2461 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearance is granted for Senior Engineer II, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Gunjit S. Bir, to travel to Delft, The Netherlands to make a presentation. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access [...] | 2006-11-16 13:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2462 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NUCLEAR REGULATORY [...] Country clearance is granted for the December 9-10,2006 visit to the Netherlands of J. Keith Everly, Senior Program Manager; Michael Mangefrida, IT Specialist; and Susan Bagley, Transportation Security Specialist, Nuclear Security and Incident Response; Timothy Johnson, Senior Environmental E [...] | 2006-11-16 16:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2464 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL [...] Country clearance is granted for Center for Disease Control, Health and Human Services official Elizabeth Zell, Mathematical Statistician, NCID, HHS/CDC to lay over in the Netherlands on her way to Johannesburg, South Africa to attend the Scientific Steering Committee meeting. 2. Embassy [...] | 2006-11-17 08:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2465 | UNGA ESS: DUTCH LIKELY TO ABSTAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-17 11:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA EUN IS NL |
06THEHAGUE2467 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEBORAH MALAC, [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for Deborah Malac, Deputy Director for the Office of East African Affairs to travel to The Netherlands from November 27 - 28, 2006 to attend the Core Group Meeting on Uganda. 2. Per reftel, reservations have been made at the Sofitel Hot [...] | 2006-11-17 15:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OVIP ASEC GM OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2468 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EUNICE REDDICK, [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to (A/E) Director Eunice Reddick, (AF/E) William Schofield and (L) Melanie Khanna to travel to the Netherlands on November 19-21, 2006 to attend a meeting of the Eritrea-ethiopia Boundry Commission. 2. Per reftel, reservations at the Carlt [...] | 2006-11-17 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP PGOV PREL OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2469 | TORTURE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST DUTCH TROOPS [...] (SBU) Summary: A major Dutch daily reported November 17 that Dutch military intelligence officers had abused prisoners in 2003 in al-Muthanna province, Iraq. Following a Cabinet meeting later in the day, Defense Minister Kamp issued a statement that the allegations had been investigated at th [...] | 2006-11-17 15:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR AF IR NL |
06THEHAGUE2474 | NETHERLANDS/UNSCR 1718: REPORT PENDING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-20 12:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM EUN XX KN NL |
06THEHAGUE2476 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TRANSPORTATION [...] Country Clearance is granted for Kevin Paul Cahill, TSA Specialist, to travel to the Netherlands from December 3-15, 2006 to assist in conducting an International Civil Aviation Organization audit of Amsterdam Airport. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: [...] | 2006-11-20 16:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2483 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR U.S. POSTAL [...] Country clearance is granted for November 26-December 2, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Postal Inspectors Ruth Mendonca and Guy Brescia, to meet with Europol and Embassy representatives to prepare for anticipated USPIS TDY assignment to Europol. 2. Embassy control officer for the visit [...] | 2006-11-21 14:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2487 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): EXTENSION [...] (U) On November 20, Ambassador Javits, Ambassador Parker (UK) and Ambassador Gevorgian (Russia) reached agreement on the text in para 2 on a draft decision document concerning visits by Executive Council representatives to CW destruction facilities. Delegation believes the text is in accordan [...] | 2006-11-21 16:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE2490 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) Ambassador Parker (UK) chaired a meeting of the RevCon Working Group (WG) on November 13. The agenda for the meeting was: (1) Involvement of external bodies in the review process (continued from earlier meetings); (2) The role of the CWC in enhancing international peace and security (init [...] | 2006-11-21 16:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE2496 | NETHERLANDS/BMENA: FM BOT NOT PLANNING TO ATTEND [...] (SBU) Dutch Foreign Minister Ben Bot is currently not/not planning to attend the November 30 - December 1 Forum for the Future (FFF) meeting at the Dead Sea, according to Roger van Laak, Senior Policy Officer at the Dutch MFA's Department of Middle East and North African Affairs. Van Laak tol [...] | 2006-11-22 15:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KMPI NL |
06THEHAGUE2501 | COUNTRY CLEARANCES GRANTED FOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL [...] Country clearance is granted for USGS Research Geologists Donald L. Gautier and Timothy R. Klett to travel to the Hague, the Netherlands from November 26-29, 2006 to meet with Geologists of Shell International Ltd. to obtain information and data concerning petroleum resource potential of the [...] | 2006-11-24 14:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA NL |
06THEHAGUE2502 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA FRANKFURT SAFETY [...] Country clearance is granted for December 6-8, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of FAA Safety Inspector John J. Benning to conduct a recertification inspection commensurable to FAA authorizations for FAA repair stations in accordance with Federal Aviation regulations. 2. Embassy understands [...] | 2006-11-24 14:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC NL |
06THEHAGUE2503 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA FRANKFURT SAFETY [...] Country clearance is granted for December 18-21, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of safety inspectors Calvin B. Clark and Jose R. Benavides to conduct a recertification inspection commensurable to FAA authorizations for FAA repair stations in accordance with federal aviation regulations. 2. [...] | 2006-11-24 15:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR FAA NL |
06THEHAGUE2506 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIALS [...] Country clearance is granted for Center for Disease Control, Health and Human Services officials Russell Enscore, Christopher Sexton and Mark Duffy to lay over in the Netherlands from November 28-29, 2006 on their way to Entebbe and Arua, Uganda to assist on pneumonic plague outbreak control. [...] | 2006-11-27 12:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2509 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TRANSPORTATION [...] Country Clearance is granted for TSA officials Stuart David Miller, Robert Dewey Jamison, Jeanette Hanna-Ruiz and Dennis Holley to travel to Amsterdam, The Netherlands from November 30 - December 1, 2006 to meet with airport officials at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. 2. Embassy control offi [...] | 2006-11-28 12:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EAIR ASEC NL |
06THEHAGUE2514 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Supervisor Dennis Holley to travel to the Netherlands on December 1, 2006 to accompany Mr. Jamison on a tour of Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors [...] | 2006-11-29 13:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
06THEHAGUE2515 | EMBASSY HOSTS DUTCH-U.S. MUSLIM DIALOGUE [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Embassy and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund convened the mission's most extensive outreach effort to date on November 1-2 when more than 120 Dutch and American Muslims, government officials, policy experts, civil rights and business leaders gathered fo [...] | 2006-11-29 16:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL SOCI KPAO PHUM PREL KISL PINR NL |
06THEHAGUE2516 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID SENIOR POLICY [...] Country clearance is granted for United States Agency for International Development Senior Policy Advisor for Donor Coordination (USAID/PPC/DCO) Noreen O'Meara to travel to the Netherlands from December 6-10, 2006 to participate in the review of findings of a donor-sponsored study on multi-don [...] | 2006-11-29 16:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2517 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL [...] Country clearance is granted for Center for Disease Control, Health and Human Services Public Health Advisor, Jennifer Mann to lay over in the Netherlands from December 2-3, 2006 and January 4-5, 2007 on her way to and from Nairobi, Kenya to provide health information and immunization campaig [...] | 2006-11-29 16:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2518 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA FRANKFURT SAFETY [...] Country clearance is granted for December 18-21, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Federal Aviation Administration safety inspector, Noel E. Arbis to conduct a recertification inspection commensurable to FAA authorizations for FAA repair stations in accordance with federal aviation reglations. [...] | 2006-11-29 16:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR FAA NL |
06THEHAGUE2524 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Budget consultations were held on November 22. Once again the focus was Article VI inspections, and once again the Director General attended and made an impassioned plea for delegations to accept the Technical Secretariat's Article VI proposal found in the budget. The DG urged delegations [...] | 2006-11-30 11:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE2526 | SCENESETTER FOR CONGRESSMAN LANTOS' DECEMBER 3-4 [...] (SBU) My Embassy and I warmly welcome you back to the Netherlands. Since your last visit here, the political landscape has changed dramatically. The November 22 national elections have left the country divided, with no party or group of parties having a clear majority. In the short run, we d [...] | 2006-11-30 17:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON KISL NL |
06THEHAGUE2529 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for Dr. Trevor Archer, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, to travel to the Netherlands from November 30 - December 3, 2006 to visit Radbound University in Nijmegen to take part in a seminar and present a talk entitled "H [...] | 2006-12-01 14:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE253 | DUTCH VIEWS ON MITTAL'S TAKEOVER BID FOR ARCELOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Dutch industry and financial experts see Amsterdam-traded Mittal Steel's takeover bid for Arcelor as part of a continuing consolidation of the European steel industry. If the takeover succeeds, antitrust concerns would likely prevent Mittal from going after other leading Eur [...] | 2006-02-06 15:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ECON ETRD LU NL OECD EUN |
06THEHAGUE2530 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL SCIENCE [...] Country clearance is granted December 5-9, 2006 travel to the Netherlands of NSF official Dr. Lynda Carlson, Director, Science Resource Statistics Division, to attend a meeting on innovation and technology policy. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: [...] | 2006-12-01 14:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY KSCA AORC OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2531 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL [...] Country clearance is granted for NTSB team consisting of Thomas Kenneth Roth-Roffy and Alan Barry Strauch, both Marine Accident Investigators, to travel to the Netherlands from December 3-4, 2006 to observe bridge resource management training. 2. Embassy will contact the National Transpor [...] | 2006-12-01 14:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EWWT ASEC NL |
06THEHAGUE2532 | CUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL ROGER [...] Country clearance is granted for Roger Fernandez, Office of Air and Radiation, to travel to the Netherlands on December 12, 2006 to meet with Shell Oil Company representatives to discuss the Natural Gas Star International Program under the methane to markets Partnership. 2. Embassy point [...] | 2006-12-01 14:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL |
06THEHAGUE2533 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL RESERVE [...] Country Clearance is granted for December 9-16, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Bimal B. Goel, Senior Examiner; and Paul Sternhagen, Analyst, from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, to meet with the management of ABN AMRO Bank, NV, and Dutch Regulators related to implementation of Basel II. [...] | 2006-12-01 14:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | NL TSPA OTRA |
06THEHAGUE2536 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA HEADQUARTERS [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration official Zlatan Tsvetanov to travel to The Netherlands from December 6-9, 2006 to attend the Darwin Terrestrial Exoplanet Science Advisory Team Meeting, in Noordwijk. 2. Embassy understands that no further assi [...] | 2006-12-01 14:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TSPA NL |
06THEHAGUE2543 | NETHERLANDS/LEBANON: DUTCH SUPPORT ENGAGING WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Dutch will continue to press Syria to become a more responsible actor and believe the international community should hold Damascus strictly accountable for its actions. The international community, however, should also be prepared to engage positively with Syria if/when it ac [...] | 2006-12-04 12:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SY NL |
06THEHAGUE2544 | NETHERLANDS/IRAN: BOT TO DELIVER "FIRM" MESSAGE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Dutch Foreign Minister Bot intends to deliver a "firm" message to Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki when the two meet on December 7, focusing on Iran's nuclear program, support for terrorism, regional meddling, and lack of human rights. Bot also expected to raise the al-Mansuri c [...] | 2006-12-04 12:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM IR NL |
06THEHAGUE2546 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S BOUCHER'S DECEMBER 6 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) My embassy and I warmly welcome you to the Netherlands. Your visit comes at a time when the Dutch political landscape is undergoing significant change. The November 22 national elections have left the country divided, with no party or group of parties having a clear majority. In the sh [...] | 2006-12-04 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AF NL |
06THEHAGUE2548 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA HEADQUARTERS [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration delegation, consisting of George Jackson, Glenn Rakow, and David Raphael, to travel to The Netherlands from January 16-20, 2006 to attend the Magnetospheric Multiscale Spacewire Working Group Meeting in Noordwijk. [...] | 2006-12-05 11:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TSPA NL |
06THEHAGUE2550 | NETHERLANDS/CHINA/EU: GONL COMMITTED TO CHINA ARMS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche December 5 to MFA Deputy European Correspondent Jeroen Boender, who said he foresaw no change in the EU's position on the China arms embargo. The French call for a discussion of the embargo was, he said, a "Pavlovian reaction to the Finnish Presidency's" p [...] | 2006-12-05 13:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM EUN PHUM PREL MARR CH JA TW NL |
06THEHAGUE2551 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for Dr. Ronald Germain, Chief, Lymphocyte Biology Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to visit the Netherlands Cancer Institute and present "Building a Systems-Level Understanding of Adaptive Immunity: From Molecules to Models to M [...] | 2006-12-05 15:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2552 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for Dr. Roderic Pettigrew, Director, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering; and Melanie Kotys, Research Fellow, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, to travel to the Netherlands from December 7-12, 2006 to participate in the 2006 P [...] | 2006-12-05 15:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2553 | DUTCH RESPONSE: EU EMISSIONS TRADING AND [...] (U) Econoff delivered on November 22 reftel demarche on the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and its potential effects on international aviation to Rene Fennes, Head of International Relations at the Ministry of Transport, Public Works, and Water Management (MOT). Fennes responded that the [...] | 2006-12-05 17:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON SENV |
06THEHAGUE2555 | TERRORIST LISTS FOR THE NETHERLANDS [...] (U) Econoff spoke December 1 regarding the Dutch list of banned terrorist entities with Joost van Ettro, Policy Officer, Terrorism and New Threats Unit, Political Affairs Department, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (SBU) Joost noted that - with one exception - there is no national lis [...] | 2006-12-06 07:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN NL |
06THEHAGUE2557 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL HEATHER [...] Country clearance is granted for Center for Disease Control, Health and Human Services Public Health Advisor, Heather Joseph, Behavioral Scientist, COGH, CCC, HHS to travel to the Netherlands from January 23-24, 2006 and February 9-10, 2007 to lay over in the Netherlands on her way to and fro [...] | 2006-12-06 11:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2561 | NETHERLANDS/BOLIVIA: GONL REMAINS POSITIVE ON [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales, on his second visit to the Netherlands this year, continued to impress hopeful GONL officials with his goal of social justice and his ability to reach political solutions. The Dutch say Morales understands the need for good relations with the U.S b [...] | 2006-12-06 14:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECON EPET BO NL |
06THEHAGUE2564 | NETHERLANDS/TURKEY: ACCESSION DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT [...] Summary: (SBU) The GONL supports the goal of Turkish accession but continues to insist that the Turks meet their obligations, particularly the opening of northern Cypriot ports. The GONL is fighting to avoid a formal suspension of, or an outright deadline for ending, accession negotiations. A [...] | 2006-12-06 16:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EUN NL |
06THEHAGUE2566 | NETHERLANDS/CUBA: LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Dutch investments in Cuba are minimal, and post is aware of no bilateral trade agreements between the Cuban and Dutch governments. Post is aware of no exchange programs. The GONL is a leading EU advocate for human rights, and both the government and Dutch NGOs are active in prom [...] | 2006-12-07 12:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC CU NL |
06THEHAGUE2567 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearance is granted for Paul S. Veers to travel to the Netherlands from December 10-14, 2006 to attend the application for smart structures for large wind turbine rotor blades workshop, in Delft. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: [...] | 2006-12-07 13:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2568 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF THE [...] Country clearance is granted for Department of the Treasury officials Kenneth Peel and Barbara Geiser; and, African Development Bank in Tunis officials Ambassador Cynthia Perry and Roy Adkins to travel to the Netherlands from December 6-9, 2006 to attend the AFDP mid-term review meeting in th [...] | 2006-12-07 15:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE257 | DUTCH REACTIONS TO CARTOON CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) Summary: As of 6 February, there has been no violence in the Netherlands in response to the controversial cartoons, though daily newspaper "De Volkskrant" received a bomb threat for having reprinted the Danish cartoons. The Prime Minister emphasized the primacy of law in resolving dispu [...] | 2006-02-07 06:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO NL |
06THEHAGUE2572 | (C) DUTCH REVIEWING TFTP AND SWIFT [...] (C) Econoff delivered on December 6 reftel points concerning SWIFT and the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) to Paul ten Westeneind, Policy Advisor, Integrity Policy Division, Dutch Ministry of Finance (MOF) and responsible for MOF responses to questions from the Dutch Parliament on SW [...] | 2006-12-07 16:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER ECON NL |
06THEHAGUE2573 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN [...] Country clearance is granted for the December 13-20, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Alexander Kosyak and Ned Heltzer to attend an IDA Beta test site inspection tool and meet with the European Commission on Humanitarian Aid to discuss precertification and possible collaboration . 2. Emba [...] | 2006-12-07 16:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2575 | NETHERLANDS/LEBANON COMMISSION: EU TO SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-08 12:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KUNR NL |
06THEHAGUE2576 | NETHERLANDS/ISRAEL: ESS ON REGISTER OF DAMAGES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-08 12:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS NL |
06THEHAGUE2577 | Integration: Netherlands Searches for a "New [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The diverse opinions heard during November 3 meetings between Farah Pandith, Director for Middle East Regional Initiatives, National Security Council, and Dutch government and think tank representatives capture the debate on what integration means for all of Dutch society. Agree [...] | 2006-12-08 12:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL NL SCUL SCOI PINR |
06THEHAGUE2578 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL POE - DECEMBER [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ted Poe, Member, Subcommittee on Europe and Emerging Threats; and Alan Knapp, Legislative Director, to travel to the Netherlands from December 20-22, 2006, to meet with senior-level government officials to discuss anti-terrorism efforts [...] | 2006-12-08 13:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NL |
06THEHAGUE2579 | NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH ON DECEMBER 11-12 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 7, POLCOUNS was briefed by Jeroen Boender (Deputy European Correspondent, MFA) and Koes Dijkstra (MFA Department of European Integration) on Dutch positions for the upcoming December 11-12 GAERC (ref A). Boender and Dijkstra anticipated enlargement questions, particul [...] | 2006-12-08 14:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN NL |
06THEHAGUE2581 | AMSTERDAM MOVES TO CLEAN UP PROSTITUTION SECTOR [...] Summary. On December 1, 2006, the Amsterdam city council decided to cancel licenses for 110 of the 350 prostitution windows in Amsterdam's Red Light district. The windows, which are operated by a small number of individuals who together held 33 licenses to operate them, are scheduled to be [...] | 2006-12-08 15:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SMIG KCRM KWMN PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE2585 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service operation PD 07-28/29 R61 to travel to the Netherlands from January 13-February 3, 2007 to act as a strategic deterrence against criminal acts targetting civil aviation, to include hijacking. 2. Embassy understands that no assis [...] | 2006-12-08 16:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
06THEHAGUE2587 | NETHERLANDS: BOUCHER'S DECEMBER 6 VISIT TO THE [...] (C) Summary: During his December 6 visit to The Hague, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher highlighted the strategic importance of a stable Afghanistan in a zone of potential stability stretching from Central to South Asia. He stressed the results of a rec [...] | 2006-12-11 14:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO AF IN PK NL |
06THEHAGUE2588 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation Team PD 07-06/11 R61 to travel to The Netherlands from January 8 - February 4, 2006, to deter criminal acts targetting civil aviation. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visito [...] | 2006-12-11 15:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
06THEHAGUE2595 | SHARPER TOOLS FOR THE CT TOOLBOX: DUTCH [...] SUMMARY: The Dutch Parliament approved three significant pieces of counter terrorism legislation in 2006. The first, permitting the use of intelligence information in criminal proceedings, went into effect November 1. The other two, which will expand the use of special investigative techniq [...] | 2006-12-12 15:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR PINS PGOV NL |
06THEHAGUE2597 | NETHERLANDS/BALKENENDE: PM OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a December 12 meeting with Ambassador Arnall, Dutch Prime Minister Jan Pieter Balkenende expressed satisfaction with his party's strong performance in the November elections, and predicted a centrist-coalition government could be in place by February. According to Balkenende, th [...] | 2006-12-13 09:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM ECON IR RU NL |
06THEHAGUE2601 | NETHERLANDS: BILATERAL MEETINGS ON MARGINS OF [...] MFA Head of the Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Division Henk Cor van der Kwast confirmed he will attend on behalf of the GONL the December 18-21 Nuclear Nonproliferation Conference at Wilton Park, United Kingdom. He expressed high interest in meeting on the margins of the conference with [...] | 2006-12-13 15:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT |
06THEHAGUE2602 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) The Conference approved the U.S. request for an extension of its 100% destruction deadline to April 29, 2012. It also approved the Russian 100% destruction deadline request to 2012 and an accompanying decision regarding site visits that concerns the U.S. and Russia. Iran dragged the pro [...] | 2006-12-13 15:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE2603 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP OF [...] (SBU) U.S.-China bilateral consultations on implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC),held at Chinese initiative, were substantive and detailed. Chinese Ambassador Xue Hanqin, who participated throughout the two full days of discussions, said in an opening statement that these [...] | 2006-12-13 16:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE2605 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL RAYMOND [...] Country clearance is granted for Center for Disease Control, Health and Human Services Senior Scientist, NCHSTP, CDC, HHS, to travel to the Netherlands on January 7, 2006 to transit stop en route to Kigali, Rwanda to provide technical assistance on information technology systems in order to s [...] | 2006-12-14 09:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2610 | NETHERLANDS: CALIFORNIA DELEGATION FOCUSES ON [...] A delegation led by California Senate Republican Leader Dick Ackerman visited The Netherlands December 8-13 to discuss flood protection, climate adaptation, and an upcoming trade mission to San Francisco. 2. Delegation members included Senator Christine Kehoe, (Democrat - San Diego),Senato [...] | 2006-12-14 14:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV BEXP ETRD NL |
06THEHAGUE2611 | THREE-YEAR REVIEW OF DUTCH INTEGRATION [...] Summary. Three years after the Balkenende government instituted significant changes to Dutch immigration and integration policies, "there is still a long way to go" on the integration of ethnic minorities, according to the Justice Ministry's Annual Memorandum on Integration Policy. The Memor [...] | 2006-12-14 14:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR PINS PGOV KISL NL |
06THEHAGUE2619 | NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: BOT'S ROAD TO DAMASCUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Foreign Minister Bot used his December 12 visit to Damascus to press for quick resolution of a controversial child custody case as well as to discuss broader regional issues, including Iraq, Lebanon, and Israeli-Palestinian relations. Bot's Syrian interlocutors, including [...] | 2006-12-15 11:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN SY NL |
06THEHAGUE2624 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation Team FO 07-11 R61 to travel to the Nethrlands from January 9-11, 2006 to deter criminal acts targetting civil aviation. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need une [...] | 2006-12-18 06:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
06THEHAGUE2625 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation Team PD 07-09 R61 to travel to the Nethrlands from January 9-11, 2006 to deter criminal acts targetting civil aviation. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need une [...] | 2006-12-18 06:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
06THEHAGUE2627 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) On the margins of the 11th Conference of States Parties, Assistant Secretary of Commerce Christopher Padilla met with Horst Reeps (Director, Verification),Ichiro Akiyama (Inspectorate),and Bill Kane (Industry Verification) regarding a number of industry implementation issues. 2. (U) A [...] | 2006-12-18 13:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE2628 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF THE [...] Country clearance is granted for Department of the Treasury officials Kevin E. Anderson, Special Assistant for International Affairs; and Jonathan Jones, Senior Financial Economist, to travel to the Netherlands from January 5-10, 2006 to attend a conference of host supervisors of ING, hoisted [...] | 2006-12-18 14:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2629 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF THE [...] Country clearance is granted for Department of the Treasury official Neal F. Moran to travel to the Netherlands from January 5-10, 2006 to attend a conference sponsored by the Dutch National Bank. 2. Embassy point of contact is Embassy Economic Officer Jason Heung ) Emb. Tel: (31) (70) 3 [...] | 2006-12-18 14:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2630 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NATIONAL HQ [...] Country clearance is granted for January 9 - 14, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Federal Aviation Administration contractor Professor Ali Mosleh, to participate in the Peer Review Meeting of the Aviation Safety Causal Modeling Project sponsored by the Ministry of Transportation, The Civil Av [...] | 2006-12-18 14:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE2634 | NETHERLANDS/IRAN: MEDIA PROJECTS TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY [...] (SBU) Summary: Eleven Dutch-funded Iranian media projects, worth over 13 million Euros, have moved into the operational phase. The projects, begun in early 2006 at the behest of the Dutch parliament, represent the broadest Dutch media diversity efforts anywhere, according to MFA officials. En [...] | 2006-12-18 16:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM EUN PREL IR NL |
06THEHAGUE2639 | NETHERLANDS: STILL STRUGGLING WITH SREBRENICA [...] (C) Summary: Dutch Defense Minister Henk Kamp presented a special insignia on December 4 to troops who served in Dutch Battalion (Dutchbat) III under the UN Protection Force (UNPROFOR) in Bosnia in 1995. While the insignia is intended to honor Dutch servicemen who functioned honorably and conscient [...] | 2006-12-19 16:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NL |
06THEHAGUE2641 | DUTCH COURT OK'S TERROR SUSPECT'S EXTRADITION [...] (C) Summary. A District Court in The Hague cleared the way for the extradition of terror suspect Wesam Al Delaema when it rejected his final appeal today. Al Delaema, a Dutch citizen of Iraqi extraction, is the first person to be charged in the United States for terrorism in Iraq. The FBI ho [...] | 2006-12-20 06:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL CJAN CVIS KCRM NL |
06THEHAGUE2644 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearance is granted for DOE official Alexander Heger to travel to the Netherlands from January 20-27, 2007 to collaborate with Dr. Norbert Langer of the University of Utrecht Sterrenkundig on the field of evolution of massive stars and their nucleosynthesis. This collaboration is in [...] | 2006-12-20 14:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2645 | DUTCH SEEK POSITIVE CONSENSUS ON SWIFT [...] (C) Summary. The Dutch government is marshaling legal arguments that would allow the current SWIFT and TFTP systems to continue. Ministry of Finance officials confirm Embassy London's report that they are working in tandem with a "coalition of the constructive" that includes the U.K., Belgium, [...] | 2006-12-20 14:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER ECON NL |
06THEHAGUE2647 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA LANGLEY [...] Country clearance is granted for December 18 - Ausust 31, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Mark Carpenter to participate in a 9-month detail at the Technical University of Delft to develop efficient solver technology for time-dependent simulations. 2. Embassy understands that no further ass [...] | 2006-12-20 15:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2648 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA FRANKFURT SAFETY [...] Country clearance is granted for the January 16-17, 2007 visit to the Netherlands of Federal Aviation Administration safety inspector, J. C. Jones to conduct a recertification inspection commensurable to FAA authorizations for FAA repair stations in accordance with federal aviation reglations. [...] | 2006-12-20 15:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR FAA NL |
06THEHAGUE265 | HOLOCAUST ART RESTITUTION: DUTCH RETURN PAINTINGS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a historic move, the Dutch government announced on February 6 the return of 202 of some of the greatest Dutch, Flemish, and Italian paintings to the heirs of Jacques Goudstikker, a Dutch Jewish art collector and dealer who fled the Netherlands during World War II. While th [...] | 2006-02-07 13:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNAR PHUM SOCI NL |
06THEHAGUE2650 | REQUEST FOR COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PERSONAL TRAVEL [...] Country clearance is requested for Jason Heung, Economic Officer, to travel to Istanbul, Turkey on personal travel from December 22-26, 2006. 2. Mr. Heung has a top secret clearance. 3. Mr. Heung will arrive in Istanbul on Friday, December 22 at 3:15 p.m. on Luftansa Flight No. 3350 f [...] | 2006-12-21 11:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2651 | (CORRECTED COPY) REQUEST FOR COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR [...] Country clearance is requested for Jason Heung, Economic Officer, to travel to Istanbul, Turkey on personal travel from December 22-26, 2006. 2. Mr. Heung has a top secret clearance. 3. Mr. Heung will arrive in Istanbul, Turkey on Friday, December 22 at 3:15 p.m. via Lufthansa Flight [...] | 2006-12-21 11:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE2654 | ILSA: DUTCH, SHELL ON YADAVARAN, IRAN, SAKHALIN II [...] (SBU) Summary. The Dutch government supports targeted sanctions against Iran but not actions that limit Shell's activities there. Shell does not plan a final Yadavaran investment decision until 2008 and will keep State abreast. The government continues to follow negotiations between Gazprom an [...] | 2006-12-21 16:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EPET ENRG PREL NL CH IR |
06THEHAGUE2661 | NETHERLANDS/IRAN: BOT AND MOTTAKI ON NUKES, MIDDLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his December 7 meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki, Dutch Foreign Minister Bot urged Iran to work with the IAEA to address international concerns about Iran's nuclear program or face possible UNSC sanctions. Bot also called on Iran to rein in Hizballah and Hamas and [...] | 2006-12-27 09:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IR NL |
06THEHAGUE2665 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA GREAT LAKES [...] Country clearance is granted for January 17-19, 2007 visit to the Netherlands of Inspector Bruce A. Larson to complete airman duties and flight deck procedures. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure area [...] | 2006-12-29 11:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE267 | DUTCH SUPPORT FRENCH AL MANAR BAN; FOCUS NOW ON AL [...] (S) On January 27, the Dutch press reported that Minister of Justice Donner had informed parliament that the French, at Donner's request, had agreed to block the transmission to the Netherlands of Lebanese Al Manar and Iranian Sahar TV1 satellite broadcasters after their programs were found [...] | 2006-02-07 14:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ANET PREL LE NL |
06THEHAGUE269 | DUTCH REACTIONS TO CARTOON CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) Summary: As of 6 February, there has been no violence in the Netherlands in response to the controversial cartoons, though daily newspaper "De Volkskrant" received a bomb threat for having reprinted the Danish cartoons. The Prime Minister emphasized the primacy of law in resolving dispu [...] | 2006-02-07 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO NL |
06THEHAGUE281 | NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: DEFEATING VENEZUELAN UNSC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on February 8 to Pieter van der Vliet, head of the MFA's Political and Legal Affairs Division, UN and IFIs Department. V/d Vliet said that the UN and IFIs Department would do everything in its power to prevent Venezuela from taking a UNSC seat. While his [...] | 2006-02-08 16:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UN GT VE NL |
06THEHAGUE301 | SHIELD S59-05/NETHERLANDS: AUSTRALIA GROUP ALERT [...] (S) On February 8 Polmiloff discussed reftel points and non-paper with Senior Advisor Ceta Noland, MFA Nuclear Affairs and Non-proliferation Division. Noland appreciated the information and said she would pass it to Dutch intelligence agencies and the Ministry of Economic Affairs for further [...] | 2006-02-09 16:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC CBW IR NL |
06THEHAGUE302 | MTAG 05-96/NETHERLANDS: INFORMING MTCR PARTNERS OF [...] (S) Polmiloff discussed on February 8 ref A talking points and non-paper with Senior Advisor Ceta Noland, MFA Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Division. Noland appreciated the information and noted that it was "good to see" that the Netherlands was not the only MTCR country targeted by Ira [...] | 2006-02-09 16:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | ETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE304 | GONL RESPONSE ON MARINE BIODIVERSITY BEYOND [...] GlobalOff delivered reftel talking points on marine biological diversity to Liesbeth Lijnzaad, Deputy Director of the MFA International Law Division. Lijnzaad expressed appreciation for being informed of the USG position prior to next week's ad hoc group meeting, but indicated that the GONL s [...] | 2006-02-10 06:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA TPHY EFIS SENV TSPL NL |
06THEHAGUE308 | NETHERLANDS/OUTREACH: CHARGE MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge met with Amsterdam Mayor Job Cohen February 3 to discuss opportunities for Muslim outreach in the city. Cohen complained that the media had distorted his recent comments on "unrest" in Amsterdam, but acknowledged religious/ethnic tensions remain a serious problem. He cr [...] | 2006-02-10 12:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KISL PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KPAO NL |
06THEHAGUE311 | NETHERLANDS/CARIBBEAN: MOD ON CARRIER PORT CALL [...] (U) This contains an information request for State Department (paragraph 6). 2. (C) Summary: DATT and poloffs met on January 9 with Major General Bertholee, Director of Operational Readiness, The Netherlands Defense Staff, Dutch Ministry of Defense (MOD) to discuss Caribbean Lion (CL),Part [...] | 2006-02-10 14:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PHSA MARR PINS SNAR NT VE XL |
06THEHAGUE314 | UPDATE ON DUTCH REACTIONS TO CARTOON CONTROVERSY [...] (U) Summary: The Danish cartoons remain a hot topic in the Netherlands. So far, there have been no violent reactions here, but officials are watching closely a planned "peaceful demonstration" in Amsterdam on February 11. PM Balkenende and other government officials have expressed support f [...] | 2006-02-10 17:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KISL PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KPAO NL |
06THEHAGUE317 | NETHERLANDS: SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT POLICIES [...] SUMMARY: The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs (MEA) is primarily responsible for spectrum management in the Netherlands. Priority in the allocation of scarce frequencies is given to public service functions, such as police, security, emergency services, air and water traffic control, and [...] | 2006-02-13 10:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS NL |
06THEHAGUE318 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NATIONAL HQ [...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration official Daniel J. Brudnicki to travel to The Netherlands from February 12-19, 2006 to conduct meetings with Eurocontrol Counterparts on productivity improvement validation work. 2. Embassy understands that no further assist [...] | 2006-02-13 12:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE33 | NETHERLANDS/ISAF: PRESSING THE DUTCH ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Post pressed GONL officials and parliamentarians from all major parties on Dutch participation in ISAF III over the last few days. Most indicated chances for deployment were grim, but were unwilling to rule out a positive decision completely. Some senior GONL officials are advi [...] | 2006-01-06 18:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR NATO NL AF |
06THEHAGUE330 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation FO 06-29 R50 to travel to The Netherlands from March 7-30, 2006 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need u [...] | 2006-02-14 15:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
06THEHAGUE331 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation PD 06-06/11 R50 to travel to The Netherlands from March 5-31, 2006 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need [...] | 2006-02-14 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
06THEHAGUE333 | UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS: TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-14 16:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD SCUL UNESCO PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE334 | DUTCH LAUNCH TIP OUTREACH CAMPAIGN [...] (U) Summary. The Dutch government launched a national outreach campaign January 12 to counter trafficking in persons in the prostitution sector. The multimedia campaign is designed to increase awareness of the trafficking problem, and educate the public on how to identify potential victims [...] | 2006-02-14 16:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NL |
06THEHAGUE335 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF [...] Country clearance is granted for Richard Nathan Wiedis, U.S. Department of Juistice Senior Litigation Counsel with the Criminal Division Office of the Counterterrorism Section to travel to The Netherlands from February 15-24, 2006 for Operation Dutch Treat, to obtain evidence from foreign aut [...] | 2006-02-15 07:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE342 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NATIONAL HQ [...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration official Wallace Feerrar, Outcome Leader, MITRE-ATO, FAA Eastern Region to travel to The Netherlands from April 3-7, 2006 to conduct meetings with Eurocontrol Counterparts on productivity improvement validation work. 2. Em [...] | 2006-02-15 14:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE343 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NATIONAL HQ [...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration official Mehmet Marsan, Engineer, Noise Division, Office of Environment and Energy, FAA Washington DC to travel to The Netherlands from March 12-15, 2006 to participate in a ICAO/CAEP WG-1 Meeting. 2. Embassy understands tha [...] | 2006-02-15 14:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE345 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NATIONAL HQ [...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration official James Skalecky, Engineer, Noise Division, Office of Environment and Energy, FAA to travel to the Netherlands to participate in ICAO/CAEP WG-1 Meeting from March 14-17, 2006. 2. Embassy understands that no further as [...] | 2006-02-15 14:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE346 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NATIONAL HQ [...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration official Sandy Liu, Engineer, Noise Division, Office of Environment and Energy, to travel to the Netherlands from March 12-18, 2006 to participate in the ICAO/CAEP WG-1 Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no further assista [...] | 2006-02-15 14:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE353 | NETHERLANDS/NAVAL EXERCISES: DUTCH CABINET HAS [...] (C) This is an action/guidance request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: The Dutch cabinet is seized with the issue of proposed carrier port calls to the Netherlands Antilles and is expected to discuss it, as well as the upcoming Caribbean Lion exercise, at the February 17 cabinet meeti [...] | 2006-02-16 10:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PHSA MARR PINS PREL SNAR XL NT VE |
06THEHAGUE355 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for March 5-7, 2006 visit to The Netherlands of Dr. Roderic Pettigrew, Director, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, NIH to participate in the International Peer Review Committee for the assessment of the research of the Leiden University [...] | 2006-02-16 12:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE356 | USTR OFFICIALS BRIEF DUTCH ON USG WTO SERVICES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Senior USTR representatives recently met with Dutch trade officials to reinforce the USG commitment to seeking an "ambitious" agreement on services negotiations within the WTO Doha Round. Despite concerns about progress to date, meeting participants agreed on the need to inte [...] | 2006-02-16 15:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTO PREL EUN NL |
06THEHAGUE357 | NETHERLANDS/ISLAM: MORE ON CARTOON CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Danish cartoon controversy continues to resonate in the Netherlands. Two small, generally peaceful demonstrations were held February 10 in Maastricht and February 11 in Amsterdam. Two well-known Muslim Amsterdam officials have attempted to downplay the issue in an effort t [...] | 2006-02-16 15:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KISL PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KPAO NL |
06THEHAGUE36 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation SD 06-09 R 48 to travel to The Netherlands from February 5-7, 2006 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need [...] | 2006-01-09 10:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
06THEHAGUE363 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL STEVENS STAFF [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Jeff Bingham, Majority Staff Director of the Space and Science Subcommittee, U.S. Senate, to travel to the Netherlands from February 21-22, 2006 for consultations at the European Space Research and Technology Center in Noordwijk. 2. [...] | 2006-02-17 10:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NL |
06THEHAGUE368 | RADICAL IMAMS EXPELLED FROM THE NETHERLANDS [...] (S) SUMMARY: The last of the three radical Eindhoven-based Muslim clerics that Immigration and Integration Minister Verdonk ordered deported in June 2005 had left the country by year's end. Verdonk accused all three of tolerating the recruitment of terrorists within a mosque and inciting vi [...] | 2006-02-17 13:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PTER PINR PINS PGOV NL |
06THEHAGUE374 | NETHERLANDS/MUSLIM OUTREACH: MISSION SUCCESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In August 2005, Post established an Integration Issues Working Group (IIWG) to coordinate outreach and reporting activities related to the Dutch Muslim community. This approach succeeded in considerably expanding Embassy The Hague's and Consul General Amsterdam's contacts in the Dutc [...] | 2006-02-17 15:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KPAO KISL NL |
06THEHAGUE380 | DUTCH MAKE PROGRESS TOWARD AN EFFECTIVE [...] (C) Summary: The GONL has taken important steps since 2001 to bolster its ability to counter terrorism. It has passed tough new legislation, revamped institutional structures, strengthened the security of critical infrastructure, and devoted substantial personnel and financial resources to the coun [...] | 2006-02-21 11:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR PINS PGOV NL |
06THEHAGUE386 | NETHERLANDS/NAVAL EXERCISES: GONL WILL APPROVE [...] (C) The MFA has informed us that the GONL would approve a formal request for a carrier visit by USS George Washington to St. Maarten in mid-April. They would also approve cruiser and destroyer visits to Curacao and Aruba. 2. (C) In a conversation February 21 with CDA, Marion Kappeyne van d [...] | 2006-02-22 06:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PHSA MARR PINS PREL SNAR XL NT VE |
06THEHAGUE392 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMBASSADORS YAMAMOTO [...] Country clearance is granted for Ambassadors Donald Yamamoto and Joyce Leader, and party, to travel to The Netherlands February 28 to March 2, to attend the Great Lakes Central Group meetings in The Hague. 2. Control Officer is Political Officer Ted Burkhalter. He can be reached at: Tel [...] | 2006-02-22 11:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA BE NL |
06THEHAGUE396 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: APPROACHING THE DUTCH AHEAD OF [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche February 17, to Bahia Tahzib-Lie, Deputy European Correspondent, Political Affairs Department, Dutch MFA. Tahzib-Lie apologized for being unable to provide immediate responses, as her office has been hit by the flu and is desperately short-staffed. 2. The D [...] | 2006-02-22 12:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EUN YI MW SR BK BO IR IZ KPAL CG NL |
06THEHAGUE397 | BOT RESPONDS TO PARLIAMENT ON CIA FLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Bot told Parliament he had no credible information on illegal CIA flights. He repeated Secretary Rice's assurances regarding U.S. practices and said SIPDIS that he continues to emphasize to her the importance of human rights in the war on terror. We expect t [...] | 2006-02-22 15:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM NL |
06THEHAGUE399 | TIP EXPERTISE CENTER STRENGTHENS DUTCH ANTI-TIP LAW [...] (SBU) Summary. The Dutch National Expertise Center on People Trafficking and Smuggling (EMM) opened on May 18, 2005, bringing together officers from regional, national, and military police, as well as the Social Information and Investigation Service, and the Immigration and Naturalization Serv [...] | 2006-02-22 19:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE402 | DUTCH MUSLIM BUSINESS COMMUNITY - A GUIDE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The number of ethnic Muslim entrepreneurs and related business organizations in the Netherlands has increased significantly in recent years. Over the last few months, Emboffs have met with some of these organizations, as well as with traditional Dutch employer associations th [...] | 2006-02-23 11:51:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI PHUM PREL PGOV KISL PINR NL |
06THEHAGUE403 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA EASTERN REGION [...] Country clearance is granted for February 25 - March 2, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Federal Aviation Administration Employees Steve Shataka and Michael Bulzomi to complete "R" items for Atlas Air. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: 3. [...] | 2006-02-23 11:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE405 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for February 22- March 4, 2006 travel to The Netherlands of Robert Neal Newhouse, David Glenn Kostorowski, and Tracy Proctor Mustin from the National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, Department of Energy, to meet in Rotte [...] | 2006-02-23 12:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE406 | REACHING OUT TO THE DUTCH MUSLIM BUSINESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An Embassy lunch with members of the Dutch Muslim business community on February 8 succeeded in launching a constructive dialogue on discrimination in Dutch employment practices, unemployment among young ethnic Muslims, and the pros and cons of membership in ethnic business [...] | 2006-02-23 12:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI PHUM PREL PGOV KISL PINR NL |
06THEHAGUE41 | NETHERLANDS/ISAF: WALKING A FINE LINE [...] (C) Summary: PM Balkenende hosted a strategy session January 9 to develop a compromise that would allow the debate on ISAF III to move forward to Parliament. D-66 Ministers Pecthold and Brinkhorst had announced over the weekend they continue to oppose an official Cabinet decision to support [...] | 2006-01-09 17:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR NATO NL AF |
06THEHAGUE416 | SCENESETTER FOR SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND EMPLOYMENT [...] (U) Minister of Social Affairs and Employment Aart de Geus is in the United States to examine U.S. approaches to work place issues related to family and child care. His visit is part of broader information-gathering effort to identify effective labor and social welfare policies, in preparati [...] | 2006-02-24 14:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV SOCI NL |
06THEHAGUE417 | EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY WORRIED THAT SHUTTLE PHASE- [...] During a February 21 meetin with Jeff Bingham, Staff Director for the Senat Subcommittee on Science and Space, European Spae Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) representatives said there was growing concern among European space authorities about the future of the International Space Statio [...] | 2006-02-24 15:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA ETTC NASA TSPL OREP NL |
06THEHAGUE419 | DUTCH TERRORIST FINANCE CONFERENCE MARCH 15-16 [...] The Dutch Finance Ministry will host on March 15-16 in The Hague an international conference on terrorist financing issues. This initiative was first raised during Treasury Secretary Snow's June 2005 meeting with Dutch Finance SIPDIS Minister Zalm (reftel). The U.S. Treasury Department, S [...] | 2006-02-24 15:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN ETTC PTER ECON EUN NL |
06THEHAGUE426 | NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: DEMARCHE ON NGO SUMATE [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche February 27 to MFA Human Rights and Peacebuilding Department Senior Policy Advisor Guillaume Teerling and left a copy for South America Division chief Gertie Mulder, who is currently away on travel. 2. (C) Teerling stressed that the GONL shares our inter [...] | 2006-02-27 16:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EU PGOV PREL VE NL |
06THEHAGUE427 | NETHERLANDS/CHINA: PROPOSED JOINT DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) On February 24, Poloff delivered reftel demarche regarding a proposed joint demarche on certain Chinese prisoners cases to Sandra Pellegrom in the Dutch MFA's Human Rights and Peacebuilding Department. According to Pellegrom, the GONL is not opposed, in principle, to such joint efforts. [...] | 2006-02-27 16:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS PREL CM NL |
06THEHAGUE434 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation SMC 0607 R49 to travel to The Netherlands from February 27 - March 1, 2006 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors [...] | 2006-02-28 11:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
06THEHAGUE435 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NATIONAL HQ [...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration official Antonius A. Lambregts, Chief Scientific and Technical Advisor, Air-100, FAA, to travel to the Netherlands from March 20 - April 1, 2006 to meet with Dr. Eric Theunissen on Demo System Development for advanced guidance a [...] | 2006-02-28 12:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE436 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA GODDARD SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center officials Jeffrey Livas, Stephen Merkowitz, and Kevin Miller to vist the Netherlands from Aprill 22 - May 1, 2006 to attend the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna Technical Interface and [...] | 2006-02-28 12:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TSPA NL |
06THEHAGUE437 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA GODDARD SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center officials Cornelis Gehrels and Jon Lawrence to travel to the Netherlands from March 16 - April 28, 2006 to attend the meeting of the International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory and t [...] | 2006-02-28 12:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TSPA NL |
06THEHAGUE438 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for March 15 - 19, 2006 visit to The Netherlands of Dr. John Wright, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to give a lecture on the topic of dual Src/Bct-abl kinase inhibitors at the Fourth International Conference on Targeted Anticancer Therapies i [...] | 2006-02-28 12:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE449 | Can the Netherlands Overcome Dutch Disease? [...] (U) SUMMARY: The recent OECD study 'Going for Growth' emphasized the growing gap in national income between the U.S. and the countries of Europe. The study argues that European countries have done too little to boost productivity or strengthen work incentives, thus maintaining high implicit t [...] | 2006-02-28 15:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB NL |
06THEHAGUE450 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (SBU) Del reps met with Victor Smirnovskiy of the Russian delegation on February 21 to go over a variety of issues in the run-up to the March Executive Council session. Smirnovskiy confirmed that Russia has submitted a proposal for its 45% deadline (requesting Dec. 31, 2009) to the Technical [...] | 2006-02-28 15:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE452 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for March 15 - 19, 2006 visit to The Netherlands of Dr. John Wright, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to give a lecture on the topic of dual Src/Bct-abl kinase inhibitors at the Fourth International Conference on Targeted Anticancer Therapies i [...] | 2006-03-01 12:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE453 | EMBASSY THE HAGUE SUBMISSION FOR SIXTH ANNUAL TIP [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel A's request for input for the 2006 TIP report. Part One summarizes key developments during the past year and Part Two responds to the questions in paragraphs 21 - 24 of reftel A. Preparation time is about 170 hours (FSN - 110; FS-04 - 30; FS-02 - 30 hours). [...] | 2006-03-01 16:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF NL |
06THEHAGUE456 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for Joseph Patrick Kolbas from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, National Nuclear Security Administration Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, Department of Energy, to travel to The Netherlands from March 4-10,2006 to observe the operational procedu [...] | 2006-03-02 11:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE457 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL KRISTEN [...] Country clearance is granted for March 15 - 19, 2006 travel to the Nethrlands of Kristen Miller, Statistician, National Center for Health Statistics, Center for Disease Control, Health and Human Services, to present a paper on multi-national cognitive testing at the 4th International Workshop [...] | 2006-03-02 11:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE458 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for James M. Ohi from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Department of Energy to travel to the Netherlands from April 3-6, 2006 to participate in the first formal meeting with other participaants of the Hyapproval Project to Harmonize Hydrogen Fueling Station [...] | 2006-03-02 11:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE459 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for James M. Ohi from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Department of Energy to travel to the Netherlands from April 3-6, 2006 to participate in the first formal meeting with other participaants of the Hyapproval Project to Harmonize Hydrogen Fueling Station [...] | 2006-03-02 11:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE46 | COUNTRY CLEARANCES GRANTED FOR NATIONAL NUCLEAR [...] Country clearance is granted for the January 11-14, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of NNSA official John Patrick Murphy to visit Almelo Centrifuge Enrichment Plant for a familiarization visit to better understand safeguards on centrifuge enrichment plants. 2. Embassy understands that no as [...] | 2006-01-10 14:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE462 | EIB/SYRIA: DUTCH WILL NOT BLOCK WATER LOAN [...] (C) Post delivered reftel points February 23 to officials at the Dutch Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Finance. On March 1, Econoffs followed up with Gita Salden, Director of the Office for International Economy and Financial Institutions, Foreign Financial Relations Directorate, Ministry [...] | 2006-03-02 17:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV SY EUN NL |
06THEHAGUE465 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: DUTCH FAO SUPPORT [...] (U) Emboffs contacted officials at the Agriculture, Health, and Foreign Affairs Ministries to express support for GONL assistance to the FAO and deliver reftel talking points. Both Health and Agriculture Ministry contacts told us that UN Coordinator Nabarro visited The Netherlands in early Fe [...] | 2006-03-03 13:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BTIO EU FAO KFLU NL |
06THEHAGUE467 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AF/RSA/ACOTA'S CHIP [...] Country clearance is granted for Chip Beck and John Sevold, to travel to The Netherlands April 5-6, to hold discussions with GONL officials on African Contingency Operations Training Assistance (ACOTA). 2. Control Officer is Political Officer Ted Burkhalter. He can be reached at: Tel: ( [...] | 2006-03-03 13:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TZ WA NL |
06THEHAGUE47 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation PD 06-06/11 R49 to travel to The Netherlands from February 5 - March 6, 2006 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitor [...] | 2006-01-10 14:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
06THEHAGUE473 | NETHERLANDS/AMIS DEMARCHE: DUTCH WILL APPROACH [...] (C) Summary: Dutch FM Bot will approach Arab League members and urge them not to support a Sudanese presidency and to keep AMIS rehatting on track, according to the Dutch MFA's Sudan Task Force. The Dutch are in agreement with us on the crucial elements of the proposed UN force and on how to [...] | 2006-03-03 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ SU NL |
06THEHAGUE481 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SCENESETTER FOR [...] (C) Summary: The focus of delegations at the March 14-17 Executive Council session will be whether possessor states in general, and the U.S. in particular, will submit extension requests regarding their 100% destruction deadlines. If those requests are not on the agenda, delegates will be l [...] | 2006-03-06 15:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE487 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) In coordination with Ian Richards (special assistant to the Deputy Director General) and Renato Carvalho (head of Inspectorate Management),del rep will participate in selected sessions of Technical Secretariat inspector training during the week of March 13. The goal will be to get a bet [...] | 2006-03-07 16:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE488 | DUTCH TERROR THREAT LEVEL REMAINS SUBSTANTIAL [...] On March 2, Justice Minister Donner and Interior Minister Remkes submitted the National Counter Terrorism Coordinator's quarterly terror threat assessment to Parliament. The report maintained the current threat level in the Netherlands at "substantial," where it has been since June 2005. "S [...] | 2006-03-07 16:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR KCRM PINS PGOV NL |
06THEHAGUE489 | DEMARCHE: DUTCH PLAN TO SIGN THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-07 19:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ NL |
06THEHAGUE492 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ECONOMIC OFFICER [...] Country clearance is granted for the March 15-16, 2006 travel to the Netherlands of Economic Officer Jennifer Underwood to attend the Terrorism Finance Conference in the Hague. 2. POC for the visit is Deputy Economic Counselor Karen Enstrom - Work Phone: (31) (70) 310-2273; Cell Phone: ( [...] | 2006-03-08 11:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC NL |
06THEHAGUE493 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation Team PD 06-06/11 R51 to travel to The Netherlands from February 27 - March 1, 2006 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Vi [...] | 2006-03-08 11:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
06THEHAGUE494 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SANDIA NATIONAL [...] Country clearance is granted for April 2-10, 2006 travel to the Netherlands of Guy L. Jones, Sandia National Laboratories, to participate at a Design Basis Threat Technical Workshop for the Netherlands in the Hague. POST ACCESS: 2. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas [...] | 2006-03-08 11:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NLIAEA ENRG TRGY AORC KNNP |
06THEHAGUE50 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for January 12-14, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Dr. Jagjitsingh Khalsa, Chief, Medical Consequences of Drug Abuse, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH to attend and present at the Second International Workshop on HIV and Hepatitis Co-Infection, "Medical Mana [...] | 2006-01-10 14:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE508 | NETHERLANDS/INDIA: RESPONSE TO U.S.-INDIA CIVIL [...] (C) The GONL is willing to cooperate with USG efforts to define the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative as an exception to the Nuclear Suppliers Group Guidelines. However, the key for the GONL will be successful implementation of the initiative, including especially Indian negotiat [...] | 2006-03-08 16:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KSCA IN PARM KNNP ETTC NL |
06THEHAGUE510 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA GODDARD SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center official Richard Lynch to travel to the Netherlands from April 23-28, 2006 to attend the James Webb Space Telescope Quarterly Review Meeting in Noordwijk. 2. Embassy understands that [...] | 2006-03-09 09:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TSPA NL |
06THEHAGUE511 | NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: ENSURING THE AU REQUESTS A [...] (C) The Dutch MFA has issued instructions to its ambassadors in African Union PSC countries, plus a few key others, to demarche host country officials on the urgent need for an AU rehat request. The instructions mirror reftel talking points. 2. (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche March 7 [...] | 2006-03-09 10:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO KPKO NL |
06THEHAGUE512 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR WHA PDAS SHAPIRO, [...] (SBU) Country clearance is granted for WHA PDAS, Ambassador Shapiro, for his March 14-15 visit to The Netherlands. 2. (U) Control Officer is Political Officer Ted Burkhalter. He can be reached at: Tel: (W) 31-70-310-2336, (H) 31-70-324-1559, (Mobile) 31-65-181-6873. Fax: (W) 31-70-310-23 [...] | 2006-03-09 11:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA BE EU EZ UK NL |
06THEHAGUE518 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL JONES - [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Lloyd Jones, Majority Staff Director, Transportation and Infrastructure; Elizabeth Megginson, Chief Counsel; Fraser Verrusio, Policy Director; John T. Anderson, Majority Staff Director; Ken Kopocis, Minority Staff Director; Geoff Bowm [...] | 2006-03-10 13:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA OREP AFIN NL |
06THEHAGUE52 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for February 10-19, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Mr. Eugene Shenderov, Special Volunteer, Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to collaborate with and receive training from Dr. Ton Shumachere, The Netherlands [...] | 2006-01-10 14:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE523 | DEFENSE MINISTER KAMP BLASTS CHAVEZ IN PARLIAMENT [...] (U) Defense Minister Kamp blasted Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in parliamentary hearings March 9. Addressing Dutch coast guard operations in the Netherlands Antilles, Kamp called Chavez a populist with lots of money who "casts big eyes on the morsels along the coast of Venezuela that form [...] | 2006-03-10 15:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NT VE NL |
06THEHAGUE527 | HOFSTAD GROUP RULED A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION [...] (U) The Hague court ruled March 10 that the Hofstad group was a terrorist organization, because it aimed to incite hatred, violence, and intimidation, according to press reports. Nine of the 14 defendants were found guilty of membership in a criminal-terrorist organization. One of those conv [...] | 2006-03-10 16:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KCRM KPRP PINR PREL PGOV CASC NL |
06THEHAGUE528 | SCENESETTER FOR WHA PDAS SHAPIRO'S VISIT TO THE [...] (C) Summary: Your visit comes at a time when GONL concern about Venezuela is growing. You could use this opportunity to press the Dutch to actively campaign against Venezuela's UNSC bid, and to help ensure a stronger EU response toward Venezuelan human rights and weapons procurement activities [...] | 2006-03-10 16:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR VE NT NL |
06THEHAGUE53 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA AMES RESEARCH [...] Country clearance is granted for the National Aeronautic and Space Administration Ames Research Center official Karl Grundmann to travel to The Netherlands from February 12-17, 2006 to support exhibit of the next generation air transportation system, joint planning and development office at t [...] | 2006-01-10 14:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE533 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR U.S. TREASURY [...] Country clearance is granted for March 15-16, 2006 travel to the Netherlands of U.S. Treasury Terrorism and Financial Intelligence officials Mr. Stuart Levey, Under Secretary; and Senior Advisors Ms. Cristine Clark and Mr. Amit Sharma, to attend the Terrorism Finance Conference in the Hague a [...] | 2006-03-13 12:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM PTER OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE534 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Russia hosted a March 7 meeting of the P-5 ambassadors. The Director General made a presentation on universality-related efforts of the OPCW. He noted that much has been achieved, membership now stands at 178 states, and the organization rapidly is being faced with approaches to just th [...] | 2006-03-13 12:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
06THEHAGUE535 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR U.S. TREASURY [...] Country clearance is granted for March 14-16, 2006 travel to the Netherlands of U.S. Treasury, Terrorism Finance and Financial Crime officials Patrick O'Brien, Assistant Secretary; and Justin Serafini, Advisor, to discuss specific SIPDIS issues of concern relating to illicit finance, anti-m [...] | 2006-03-13 12:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM PTER OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE537 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NATIONAL HQ [...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration official Arthur Lee Sullivan, Director, Operational Services to travel to the Netherlands from April 4-5, 2006 to meet with various aviation officials in the Netherlands. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is [...] | 2006-03-13 13:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR NL |
06THEHAGUE538 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMBASSADOR JIMMY [...] Country clearance is granted for March 16-18, 2006 travel to the Netherlands of Ambassador Jimmy Kolker, Assistant Coordinator, (S/GAC) to attend the Donor Consortium Conference in Amsterdam. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: 3. Visito [...] | 2006-03-13 14:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIB OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE54 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for January 14-20, 2006 travel to The Netherlands of Eric Von Alderson, Second Line of Defense Megaports Initiative Project Manager, to meet with Israeli officials and observe the operational procedures employed by Dutch Customs at the Port of Rotterdam. 2. Emb [...] | 2006-01-10 14:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE542 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for Alexander Heger, from the Los Alamos National Laboratory, DOE, to travel to the Netherlands from March 19-25, 2006 to support the Nuclear Astrophysics (nuclearosynthesis) part of the lab-directed research and development project "Coming out of the cosmic dark a [...] | 2006-03-14 10:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE553 | EU Energy Green Paper - Dutch Views [...] (U) Dutch officials are generally pleased with the main points of the energy green paper released by the Commission on March 8 and discussed by EU energy ministers on March 14. On the paper's call for a common EU energy policy, officials in both the Economics Ministry (which has the lead on en [...] | 2006-03-15 14:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL ECON EUN NL |
06THEHAGUE557 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for April 1-9, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Dr. Philip Brooks, Dr. Martin Gellert, Dr. Kyungjae Myung, Dr. Margeret McIntosh, and Dr. Shura Vaisman to attend and participate in the Meeting on DNA Repair: from Molecular Mechanism to Human Disease, at the Leeuwen [...] | 2006-03-16 13:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE558 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN [...] Country clearance is granted for the March 20-27, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of HHS Investigators Randall Zielinski, Office of Regulatory Affairs; and Bruce Kummer, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, to travel to Amsterdam to inspect the cruise vessel "Pride of Hawaii" at the sh [...] | 2006-03-16 13:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
06THEHAGUE563 | NETHERLANDS: COORDINATING STATEMENTS ON THE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-17 10:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI IR NL |
06THEHAGUE564 | NETHERLANDS DEMARCHE: URGING THE EU TO SPEAK OUT [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche March 15 to MFA Political Affairs Department Director Pim Dumore. Poloff also followed up with MFA human rights policy officer Eric Litver on March 17. 2. (C) Litver confirmed the EU is raising through diplomatic channels the closing of the European Com [...] | 2006-03-17 10:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SY NL |
06THEHAGUE569 | NETHERLANDS: DEMARCHING EU MEMBERS ON REACTION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-17 15:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EUN KDEM PGOV PREL BO NL |
06THEHAGUE570 | NETHERLANDS: APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche March 15 to MFA Political Affairs Department Director Pim Dumore. He had no immediate response. 2. (C) On Sudan, the GONL is concerned that China will attempt to scupper UNSC action. They would be interested in hearing our ideas on how to avoid this. [...] | 2006-03-17 15:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD EUN YI MW SR BK BO IR IZ SU |