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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05THEHAGUE2693 |
NETHERLANDS/ANGOLA: COURT SEEKS MORE INFORMATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Hague District court adjourned the extradition hearings for Antonio Bento Bembe until November 14 and asked the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to provide additional clarification of the circumstances under which Bembe came to the Hague. If the court finds that the [...] |
2005-10-06 10:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PBTS XA PREL AO NL |
| 05THEHAGUE2694 |
NETHERLANDS: DEMARCHE ON CESSATION OF VIOLENCE IN [...] (SBU) On October 4, Charge raised reftel points on the need to counter the recent increase in violence in Sudan with Hugo Siblesz, Director General of Political Affairs at the MFA. Siblesz agreed that the situation was worrisome, and that it was important for parties to weigh in with both the [...] |
2005-10-06 10:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF SU EAID NL |
| 05THEHAGUE2696 |
NETHERLANDS/UNGA: DUTCH NON-COMMITTAL ON FIRST [...] (C) On September 6, POLOFF discussed reftel points on the proposed Mexican draft resolution on ad hoc committees in the UNGA First Committee (UNFC) to Joan Wiegman, Deputy Head of the Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Division at the MFA. Wiegman explained that the Dutch do not yet have [...] |
2005-10-06 11:51:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC AORC NL |
| 05THEHAGUE2702 |
NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE TO INVITE ON FUEL SUPPLY [...] Polmiloff delivered reftel A letter to the Office of Robert de Groot, Head of the MFA's Department of Security Policy, on October 5. 2. Polmiloff received the same day the following response from the Office of Hugo Siblesz to U/S Joseph's September 26 letter (ref B) inviting him to particip [...] |
2005-10-06 15:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KNNP NL |
| 05THEHAGUE2705 |
ISLAMIC EXTREMISM IN THE NETHERLANDS [...] (S) This cable responds to ref a request for information on Islamic Extremism in the Netherlands. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Within the relatively large Dutch Muslim Community, Islamic Extremism represents a worrisome and growing trend. Dutch security and intelligence services estimate that about 5 p [...] |
2005-10-06 17:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV SOCI ASEC KISL NL |
| 05THEHAGUE2708 |
NETHERLANDS: ASD FLORY'S VISIT TO THE HAGUE [...] (C) Summary: During his September 30 visit to The Hague, ASD Peter Flory met with Lo Casteleijn, MOD Director for General Policy Affairs, and Pieter de Gooijer, MFA Deputy Director General for Political Affairs, to discuss Afghanistan, the NATO Training Mission in Iraq, Kosovo, and NATO reform [...] |
2005-10-07 09:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV NL |
| 05THEHAGUE2723 |
DUTCH REFLECTIONS ON THE OCTOBER 3 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to MFA interlocutors on October 4, the Dutch were pleased that the October 3 GAERC started accession talks with Turkey, and "can live with" the insertion of "absorption capacity" to the negotiating framework. Although it took them by surprise, the Dutch believe Carla de [...] |
2005-10-07 16:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NL EUN |
| 05THEHAGUE2724 |
NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: CHAVEZ NOT INVITED TO THE [...] (C) On October 7, POLOFF raised reftel concerns regarding Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's upcoming visit to Europe with Dimitri Vogelaar (Senior Desk Officer for Venezuela, MFA). Vogelaar said he was aware that Chavez planned to attend the Ibero-American Summit in Salamanca, Spain. He had [...] |
2005-10-07 16:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VE EU NL |
| 05THEHAGUE2756 |
SCENESETTER FOR DASD THERSA WHELAN'S VISIT TO THE [...] Your visit to The Hague comes at a time when the GONL is broadening its already substantial aid to Africa and is boosting its efforts in security assistance and reform. The Ministries of Defense, Foreign Affairs, and Development are pursuing joint SSR and DDR initiatives in Africa and have cre [...] |
2005-10-12 14:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL KHIV NL XA |
| 05THEHAGUE2758 |
NETHERLANDS: URGENT DEMARCHE ON UNESCO CULTURAL [...] (U) On October 7, Post delivered ref A letter on USG concerns regarding the draft UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions to Dutch FM Bot. On the same day, Charge and POLCOUNS delivered ref a demarche points, along with a copy of the letter, [...] |
2005-10-12 14:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPDC SCUL ETRD NL UNESCO BHUM |
| 05THEHAGUE2792 |
NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: COORDINATED TROIKA PLUS [...] (SBU) On October 13, POLOFF delivered reftel points to Carlijn Pouwels and Hagar Lightvoet (Policy Officers, Sudan Task Force, MFA). POLOFF noted that the U.S. was urging the Presidency of the Government of National Unity (GNU) to form the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (EAC) and asked t [...] |
2005-10-14 16:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM NL SU |
| 05THEHAGUE2793 |
DUTCH ARREST SEVEN IN COUNTER-TERRORISM RAI... [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the largest single counter-terrorism action in the Netherlands since the 9/11 attacks, a newly formed rapid intervention team arrested six men and one woman in The Hague, Amsterdam and Almere on October 14. Among those arrested were Jermaine Walters, the brother of (American) H [...] |
2005-10-14 18:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR PINS PGOV PREL NL KPRP |
| 05THEHAGUE2802 |
NETHERLANDS/PKK: DUTCH DEMARCHED ON COMBATTING [...] (S) POLCOUNS delivered reftel demarche on reducing European support to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to Pim Dumore, Director of the Dutch MFA's Political Affairs Department, on October 13. On October 14, POLCOUNS followed up with Fred Olthof, Director of the Dutch MFA's Office of New Thr [...] |
2005-10-17 15:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PTER PREL PINR EFIN KCRM TU NL |
| 05THEHAGUE2827 |
NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: NEXT STEPS ON DARFUR - SLM [...] (SBU) On October 18, POLOFF shared reftel proposal to move the Abuja peace talks forward with Hagar Lightvoet (Policy Officer, Sudan Task Force, Dutch MFA). Lightvoet greeted the news enthusiastically and promised to share the proposal with Fred Racke, Dutch Ambassador-at-Large for Africa. Li [...] |
2005-10-18 13:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SU NL |
| 05THEHAGUE2829 |
NETHERLANDS/NSG: U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] (C) Polmiloff delivered reftel talking points and questions/answers to Paul Wilke (Head, Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Division, MFA) October 18 . Wilke said he would pass the points to the Dutch delegation in preparation for the October 19-20 NSG Consultative Group in Vienna. He add [...] |
2005-10-18 15:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP IN NL |
| 05THEHAGUE2845 |
NETHERLANDS/BELARUS: DUTCH SUPPORT CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch support promoting civil society in Belarus and are prepared to pursue this objective bilaterally. At the same time, they do not want to appear out of step from an EU consensus, and in general prefer constructive engagement over isolation. The Dutch recognize that rel [...] |
2005-10-20 13:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM EAID BO NL EUN |
| 05THEHAGUE2850 |
PROSECUTORS ON DUTCH TERROR ARRESTS [...] (C) Summary. Dutch prosecutors responsible for terrorist cases confirmed during an October 17 lunch that the timing of the arrests of seven terror suspects on October 14 was driven by intelligence information indicating the threat of an imminent attack; they did not provide details on the s [...] |
2005-10-20 15:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PTER NL KPRP |
| 05THEHAGUE2853 |
NETHERLANDS/ISRAEL/UNGA: DUTCH FOLLOW EU LEAD [...] (SBU) The Dutch are cosponsors of the Holocaust Remembrance Resolution and will follow the majority EU position by abstaining from voting on the renewal of the mandates of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (Committee), the Division for Palestinia [...] |
2005-10-20 15:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IS NL UNGA |
| 05THEHAGUE2855 |
NETHERLANDS: DASD THOMAS VISIT TO THE HAGUE FOR [...] (C) Summary. DASD for Resources and Plans James P. Thomas visited The Hague for consultations with Dutch MOD and MFA officials October 10 on the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR). Thomas provided an overview of the ongoing QDR and sought Dutch views and comments. He emphasized the importance of adop [...] |
2005-10-21 06:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | MARR PREL NL |
| 05THEHAGUE2859 |
DUTCH GOVERNMENT WILL APPEAL INJUNCTION AGAINST [...] Justice Minister Donner has approved filing an appeal of The Hague District Court's October 12 injunction against the Minister's extradition order for Mohamed Awad, wanted in the U.S. on fraud charges. The state attorney is expected to file the appeal with The Hague Appellate Court on October [...] |
2005-10-21 12:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN PREL CVIS KCRM NL |
| 05THEHAGUE2860 |
NETHERLANDS: NATO SUPPORT TO PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE [...] (C) National Security Advisor Rob Swartbol said October 21 that the Dutch are considering deploying a field hospital in conjunction with the Czechs as part of the international assistance relief efforts. The deployment could happen in "about a week" once the Dutch and Czechs finalize plans, he [...] |
2005-10-21 13:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK NL NATO |
| 05THEHAGUE2861 |
NETHERLANDS: AFGHANISTAN DESECRATIONS COMPLICATE [...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor Rob Swartbol told Charge October 21 that the desecration of remains by U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan "complicates but does not threaten" Dutch plans to participate in ISAF Stage III. He noted that current discussions in Canberra on partnering with Australi [...] |
2005-10-21 13:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR NL NATO |
| 05THEHAGUE2870 |
MISSION HOSTS FIRST IFTAR DINNER [...] On October 20, 2005, Embassy The Hague Charge d'Affaires Blakeman hosted a well-received Iftar dinner at the Charge's residence, the first ever by the Mission. Forty-five key contacts attended, including many Dutch Muslim leaders. The Charge read President Bush's Ramadan message to the gathe [...] |
2005-10-24 05:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL NL |
| 05THEHAGUE2892 |
NETHERLANDS/PAKISTAN: DUTCH WILL PROVIDE FIELD [...] Emboffs delivered reftel A points to Director of Humanitarian Affairs and Pakistan relief coordinator Joost Andriessen, as well as Western Hemisphere department staff. 2. Andriessen told econoff the Netherlands had pledged 17 million Euros (USD 20.5 million) "so far." He did not rule out [...] |
2005-10-25 11:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PK NL |
| 05THEHAGUE2897 |
PUSHING THE DUTCH TO HELP ON WTO/AGRICULTURE [...] (SBU) On October 24, Charge called Helen van Dongen, Deputy Director of WTO Affairs, Ministry of Economic Affairs (MEA), to urge continued Dutch activism within the EU for an improved market access offer ahead of the October 27 Five Interested Parties (FIPs) meeting in Geneva. Van Dongen sai [...] |
2005-10-25 15:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD NL WTRO EUN KPAO |
| 05THEHAGUE2898 |
DUTCH IMMIGRATION AND INTEGRATION MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary. Dutch Minister for Immigration and Integration Rita Verdonk reiterated to Charge her strong interest in visiting the U.S. Verdonk said she was interested in a program that covered both the immigration and integration sides of her portfolio. She suggested a January 2006 timefr [...] |
2005-10-25 15:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CASC CVIS PTER PGOV NL |
| 05THEHAGUE2904 |
NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: ISAF STAGE III PLANS KEEP [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Head of Conflict Prevention and Crisis Operations Joop Nijssen described recent Dutch-Australian discussions on a possible ISAF Stage III partnership in Uruzghan province as "extremely positive". Australian troop contribution offers exceeded Dutch expectations, while di [...] |
2005-10-26 12:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR AF NL REL EUN |
| 05THEHAGUE2905 |
DUTCH WANT "SHARED RESPONSIBILITY" FOR INTERNET [...] (C) SUMMARY. Dutch Foreign Ministry contacts appear more receptive to USG concerns about the risks posed by the EU's recent proposal to create an "international cooperation model" for internet governance to further innovation of the Internet and freedom of information issues. Working-level [...] |
2005-10-26 12:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECPS KIPR NL EUN |
| 05THEHAGUE2912 |
ROTTERDAM VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Summary. The sprawling port of Rotterdam and its substantial petroleum refining and storage facilities is critical to the European economy. The Dutch government considers the port one of seven "critical infrastructure" sectors in the Netherlands, and considerable public and private secto [...] |
2005-10-26 15:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ETRD EWWT PTER PINR ASEC KHLS |
| 05THEHAGUE2913 |
US VISIT BY CROWN PRINCE OF THE NETHERLANDS [...] (U) On October 25, 2005, the Dutch press reported that FM Bot announced during October 24 meetings in Washington that Dutch Crown Prince Willem Alexander (aka Prince of Orange) planned to visit Washington D.C. on November 8, 2005. According to the press reports, the Crown Prince intends to mee [...] |
2005-10-26 16:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PGOV KPAO NL |
| 05THEHAGUE2928 |
NETHERLANDS: DESPITE COURT DECISION, DUTCH VISA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch Unification Church (DUC) is concerned that Dutch immigration authorities may deny Rev. Sun Myung Moon a visa to visit the Netherlands on Nov. 2. Although the Dutch invoked an exception clause to the Schengen Treaty framework to grant Rev. and Mrs. Moon visas in the pa [...] |
2005-10-27 14:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM CVIS NL GM |
| 05THEHAGUE2934 |
NETHERLANDS: NO MI-17 HELICOPTERS, EXPERTISE [...] (C) DAO contacts confirm that the Netherlands does not have any MI-17s, spare parts or relevant maintenance expertise on this type of Russian helicopter, and will be unable to provide assistance with regard to Pakistan's request. SCHOFER [...] |
2005-10-28 08:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID IN PGOV PK PREF MASS NL NATO |
| 05THEHAGUE2942 |
NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: FIRST STATE VISIT SINCE THE [...] (C) Summary: Described as the first Russian state visit to the Netherlands since Czar Nicholas II, the Dutch plan to receive Russian President Vladimir Putin on November 1-2 with full "pomp and circumstance." The MFA expects a positive visit with "good atmospherics" but little progress on su [...] |
2005-10-28 12:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EPET NL RS |
| 05THEHAGUE2947 |
NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: POTENTIAL DELAY ON ISAF [...] (C) Summary/Comment: The Dutch government may delay its planned November 4 presentation to Cabinet on Dutch plans to participate in ISAF Stage III due to security concerns. A delay at this stage would mean a later debate in parliament, but would not necessarily push back the actual deployment. [...] |
2005-10-28 16:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NL AF MAAR |
| 05THEHAGUE2948 |
NETHERLANDS/EXTREMISM: ONE YEAR AFTER VAN GOGH, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nearly one year after the murder of controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh by Islamic extremist Mohammed Bouyeri, the GONL is still struggling to craft a strategy to address rising radicalization of its large and disenfranchised Muslim population. An October 26 conference i [...] |
2005-10-28 17:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINR PINS PGOV PREL NL KPRP |
| 05THEHAGUE2959 |
NETHERLANDS: DEFEATING THE SWISS PROPOSAL FOR UNSC [...] (C) On October 31, POLOFF delivered reftel points to Marieke Tillemann (Deputy Director, International Law Division, MFA). Tillemann was unaware of the Swiss proposal, but promised to raise the issue with her colleagues at the Dutch Mission to the UN and bring their attention to U.S. concerns [...] |
2005-10-31 16:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP NL UNGA |
| 05THEHAGUE2973 |
NETHERLANDS/AFRICA: DASD WHELAN'S VISIT TO THE [...] (U) SUMMARY. On October 14, DASD for African Affairs Theresa Whelan met with several representatives of the Dutch MFA and MOD. Discussion during the two meetings included GONL and USG involvement in SSR and DDR initiatives in South Africa, Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi, and the DRC, as well as mutua [...] |
2005-11-01 12:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP NL XA MASS MARR PGOV |
| 05THEHAGUE3008 |
NETHERLANDS/EXTREMISM: MOHAMMAD B'S NEIGHBORHOOD [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-04 10:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PINR PTER SOCI SCUL KISL NL KPAO |
| 05THEHAGUE3009 |
NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM [...] (SBU) On November 1, POLCOUNS delivered reftel points and Secretary Rice's statement on the results of the SIPDIS Constitutional Referendum in Iraq to Willemijn Kallenberg (Iraq Desk Officer, Dutch MFA). In response to POLCOUNS' questions, Kallenberg said she was not aware of any "official [...] |
2005-11-04 10:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO KDEM IZ NL EUN |
| 05THEHAGUE3010 |
NETHERLANDS/CAPE TOWN CONVENTION: NO PLANS TO [...] On November 3 Econoff raised reftel points with Ms. Prachee Brandenburg, Policy Advisor to the Ministry of Transport. Brandenburg said the GONL had no immediate plans to ratify the convention or protocol. 2. Brandenburg explained that The Netherlands had participated in the negotiations [...] |
2005-11-04 13:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA BEXP EFIN EAIR EIND ETRD NL |
| 05THEHAGUE3031 |
NETHERLANDS/CLIMATE CHANGE: DUTCH PESSIMISTIC [...] Summary: While hoping for a "clear mandate" for devising a post-Kyoto climate initiative, Dutch environment officials are pessimistic about the Montreal UN Climate Change Conference (COP-11). They expect the U.S. and large developing countries to obstruct consensus, but say the GONL will work [...] |
2005-11-08 13:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PREL NL |
| 05THEHAGUE3032 |
NETHERLANDS/PAKISTAN: GONL PLEDGES ANOTHER 5 MILLION EUROS [...] Econoff met with Joost Andriessen (Humanitarian Affairs Director, MFA) at the first available opportunity on November 7 to get an update on Dutch contributions to earthquake relief and inform him of U.S. efforts. 2. Andriessen said the GONL had pledged a second 5 million euro (USD 6 milli [...] |
2005-11-08 14:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL NL PHUM |
| 05THEHAGUE3033 |
AVIAN FLU: DUTCH ASSESS PREPAREDNESS [...] SUMMARY: The GONL has initiated a series of steps to enhance its ability to deal with a possible outbreak of avian influenza. Measures include a nationwide evaluation of regional preparedness, stockpiling anti-viral treatments, information campaigns to answer common questions about the virus, [...] |
2005-11-08 16:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO NL FAO WHO OIE |
| 05THEHAGUE3036 |
NETHERLANDS: DUTCH GRANT ENTRY TO REV. MOON [...] (SBU) The Dutch Unification Church (DUC) appears to have successfully used the Dutch court system to reverse the Dutch Immigration and Nationalization Service's (IND) decision to deny visas to Unification Church founder Reverend Moon and Mrs. Moon -- at least for now. As reported reftel, the [...] |
2005-11-08 16:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM CVIS NL |
| 05THEHAGUE3037 |
DUTCH POLDIR ON AFGHANISTAN, FORUM FOR THE FUTURE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Charge on November 8, Dutch POLDIR Hugo Siblesz confirmed that Defense Minister Kamp is driving the review of Dutch commitments to ISAF Stage III and stressed that additional support from partners -- including the U.S. -- will be critical to a successful Dutch dep [...] |
2005-11-08 17:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR AF NL |
| 05THEHAGUE3043 |
EXTRADITION: NETHERLANDS: ANTONIO BENTO BEMBE SKIPS [...] Summary: A Dutch prosecutor informed the Embassy on November 8 that Antonio Bento Bembe, an Angolan national wanted in the U.S. on charges of kidnapping, has not reported to the police since November 5 despite court orders requiring him to report in daily. Bembe's whereabouts are unknown. P [...] |
2005-11-09 10:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN PREL CVIS KCRM NL |
| 05THEHAGUE3053 |
NETHERLANDS/UNGA: THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) On November 8, POLOFF delivered reftel points to Marwienke Tillema (Deputy Director, International Law Division, MFA). POLOFF conveyed to Tillema U.S. gratitude to the EU for co-tabling the Turkmenistan resolution and explained that, despite U.S. desire to co-sponsor and assist with lob [...] |
2005-11-09 15:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL NL UNGA |
| 05THEHAGUE3054 |
NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: WHAT THE DUTCH WANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch officials have compiled a list of conditions for deploying to Uruzghan province in Afghanistan under ISAF Stage III which they shared with SACEUR on November 8. A key Dutch request is that U.S. forces remain at current levels in Zabol and two northern firebases in Uruzghan [...] |
2005-11-09 17:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR MOPS AF NL EUN |
| 05THEHAGUE3055 |
NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: PUTIN VISIT FOCUSES ON ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY. A handful of substantive exchanges punctuated Russian President Vladimir Putin's November 1-2 state visit to the Netherlands, which otherwise was dominated by protocol. Putin's meetings with PM Balkenende, Dutch Parliamentary leaders, senior government officials and industry a [...] |
2005-11-09 19:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV PHUM NL RS |
| 05THEHAGUE3064 |
NETHERLANDS/PARIS RIOTS: COULD IT HAPPEN HERE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch are concerned that riots similar to those in France are unlikely, but could erupt in the Netherlands given a dramatic trigger event, especially between police and Muslim youth. Embassy contacts emphasized that differences between the French and Dutch immigrant communities and [...] |
2005-11-10 14:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL NL PHUM PINR PREL PTER SCUL SOCI KPAO |
| 05THEHAGUE3069 |
ONE YEAR AFTER MURDER OF THEO VAN GOGH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first anniversary of the murder of Theo van Gogh passed with lightly attended memorial events, but the most durable memorial is a heated and constant discussion in the government, the press and on the streets about integration, Islam, immigrants, and terrorism. END SUMMARY. 2. [...] |
2005-11-10 15:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PINR PTER SOCI SCUL KISL NL KPAO |
| 05THEHAGUE3075 |
NETHERLANDS/ENERGY SECURITY: DUTCH HOPING FOR [...] On November 9, Reinout Vos, division head in the MFA,s Economic Cooperation Department, told emboffs the GONL is hopeful Deputy Secretary Zoellick will attend a transatlantic energy security conference it is organizing February 6-8, 2006 in The Hague. Vos said Foreign Minister Bot, who person [...] |
2005-11-14 14:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET PREL ECON NL IEA |
| 05THEHAGUE3088 |
NETHERLANDS/HAITI: EXPLORING ROLE FOR EU [...] (C) On November 11, Charge delivered reftel points to Marnix Krop (Director-General for European Cooperation, MFA). On November 14, POLOFF followed up with Hester Jongman (Policy Officer, Civil-Military Affairs, MFA). Jongman welcomed the points, but was skeptical that an European Gendarmeri [...] |
2005-11-15 15:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NL EUN |
| 05THEHAGUE3100 |
NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: CONTINUING DUTCH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Senior Dutch military and diplomatic contacts say that Defense Minister Kamp feels he has not yet received sufficient assurances from the U.S. to proceed with a proposed Dutch troop deployment to Oruzgan under ISAF Stage III. Kamp hopes to talk directly to SecDef Rumsfeld to res [...] |
2005-11-16 16:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR MARR MOPS AF NL EUN |
| 05THEHAGUE3109 |
NETHERLANDS/COLOMBIA: SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THE OAS [...] (U) The Dutch plan to continue, and perhaps increase, their contribution to the OAS Mission in Colombia. On November 17, Dimitri Vogelaar (Venezuela Desk Officer, MFA) shared this information with POLOFF in response to ref A points. 2. (C) FM Bot's recent visit to Bogota has renewed Dutch [...] |
2005-11-17 14:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAID NL CO |
| 05THEHAGUE3112 |
NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: SEEKING PARITY TO OUR [...] (S) On November 16, Polcouns shared reftel concerns of Venezuelan arms acquisitions with Robert de Groot (Head of the Office of Security Policy, MFA). De Groot said the Dutch understood U.S. concerns and were also troubled by Venezuelan activities. He added that the Dutch would continue to lo [...] |
2005-11-17 14:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PARM MARR MASS NL VE |
| 05THEHAGUE3113 |
EXTRADITION: NETHERLANDS: ANTONIO BENTE BEMBE CASE [...] Summary: The Hague District Court dismissed the extradition case of Antonio Bente Bembe on November 15, as he was no longer in custody and appeared to have fled the country. Because Dutch law requires that the person to be extradited be physically present in the Netherlands when the extraditi [...] |
2005-11-17 16:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN PREL CVIS KCRM NL |
| 05THEHAGUE3121 |
NETHERLANDS/EU: APPROACHING THE DUTCH IN ADVANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. During the November 21-22 GAERC, the Dutch will advocate for a "non-binding regime for civ-mil coordination" that favors development of national capacities and express concern on Iran. While the Dutch are proud of EU involvement in the Iraqi elections, they do not advocate for a [...] |
2005-11-18 15:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL ETRD SR SY UP YI NL EUN |
| 05THEHAGUE3128 |
MISSION OUTREACH DURING RAMADAN [...] (U) Summary: Embassy staff participated in 19 outreach events during Ramadan this year, including hosting mission's first-ever Iftar dinner, attending small Iftar gatherings hosted by Muslim families in Amsterdam, participating in the country's first nationwide Ramadan festival, and hosting an inte [...] |
2005-11-21 08:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL OEXC SCUL SOCI NL |
| 05THEHAGUE3130 |
REQUEST FOR RESCHEDULE DATE - NCD THE HAGUE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-21 09:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ACOA AMGT AMTC ASEC |
| 05THEHAGUE3136 |
NETHERLANDS/OSCE: DEMARCHE ON OSCE SCALES OF [...] Polmiloff discussed reftel points November 21 with Senior Policy Advisor Arjen van den Berg (Security Policy Department, MFA). Van den Berg was aware of U.S. reservations regarding the draft narrative text, and planned to discuss reftel points with the Dutch mission to the OSCE. He added that [...] |
2005-11-21 15:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ABUD AFIN EU PGOV OSCE |
| 05THEHAGUE3141 |
NETHERLANDS/SOUTH AFRICA: READOUT OF DAVID [...] (C) Summary: DOD Regional Director for Southern Africa David Radcliffe's November 10 visit to The Hague successfully followed up DASD Whelan's earlier meetings here by capitalizing on renewed Dutch interest in South Africa. Radcliffe's discussions with Dutch MFA and MOD interlocutors spurred [...] |
2005-11-22 11:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP NL MASS XA |
| 05THEHAGUE3144 |
DUTCH DEMARCHE ON SECRET PRISONS, CIA PLANES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs has made a formal request for information regarding recent news reports of secret USG prisons and CIA-contracted planes landing at Dutch airports. Both issues have figured prominently in the Dutch press in recent weeks and promise to be topic [...] |
2005-11-23 06:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER NL CIA |
| 05THEHAGUE3145 |
NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: DUTCH MAY SEND UNMIS TROOPS [...] (U) The Dutch recently moved a step closer to committing troops to the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). According to press reports, the Dutch cabinet on November 18 reached internal agreement to deploy 15 military observers, 15 police officers, and 5 staff officers to UNMIS for a one-y [...] |
2005-11-23 06:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF MARR SU NL |
| 05THEHAGUE3156 |
NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: DUTCH CONSIDERING UN AIRCRAFT [...] (C) The Dutch will consider the UN's request for aircraft to support the UNAMI mission, but will seek assurances on security, according to the MFA. On November 23, POLCOUNS delivered reftel demarche points to Willemijn Kallenberg (Senior Policy Advisor, North Africa and Middle East Department [...] |
2005-11-23 14:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR IZ NL UN |
| 05THEHAGUE3159 |
NETHERLANDS/TACTOM: PARLIAMENT GIVES GO AHEAD ON [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch government secured parliamentary approval November 22 to purchase 30 tactical tomahawk (TACTOM) missiles for two of its new LC frigates at a cost of approximately 57 million EURO. The Netherlands will become only the third country to acquire TACTOM after the United Stat [...] |
2005-11-23 15:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR NL PREL |
| 05THEHAGUE3164 |
NETHERLANDS/ISAF: STAGE III PLANS STILL ALIVE [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch government has not yet made a decision on participation in ISAF Stage III in Uruzghan province. Prime Minister Balkenende, Foreign Minister Bot and Defense Minister Kamp decided November 23 to postpone a decision on Dutch participation until Balkenende returns the follo [...] |
2005-11-23 17:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV PINR MOPS AF NL EUN |
| 05THEHAGUE3168 |
NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: DUTCH UNABLE TO HELP ON UN [...] (C) The Netherlands lacks the capacity to provide aircraft to support the UNAMI mission. Willemijn Kallenberg (Senior Policy Advisor, North Africa and Middle East Department, MFA) told Poloff November 25 that the Dutch received last week at the UN a request similar to reftel points. Willemijn [...] |
2005-11-25 07:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR IZ NL UN |
| 05THEHAGUE3169 |
NETHERLANDS/IRAN: IRAN-RELATED BRIEFING DELIVERED [...] (S) On November 16, Washington-based analysts, accompanied by Charge, POLCOUNS, and MPP Deputy Chief, delivered a classified briefing on Iran's nuclear weaponization program to senior Dutch MFA officials. The Dutch side included Hugo Siblesz (Political Director), Pieter de Gooijer (Deputy Pol [...] |
2005-11-25 08:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PARM PREL KNNP IR EU NL |
| 05THEHAGUE3191 |
NETHERLANDS/CUBA: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post recommends the President continue suspension of Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act with regard to the Netherlands. Renewed suspension of the LIBERTAD Act for the Netherlands is in the national interest and will expedite a transition to dem [...] |
2005-11-28 17:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC CU NL |
| 05THEHAGUE3206 |
NETHERLANDS/BOLIVIA: DUTCH MAY CONSIDER SENDING [...] (SBU) The Netherlands is receptive to the Bolivian government's call for bilateral assistance to the Organization of American States (OAS) mission to monitor the December 18 general elections. The Netherlands has provided US$100,000 to the mission and has pushed for EU support of the mission. [...] |
2005-11-30 17:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NL BL |
| 05THEHAGUE3213 |
NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: DUTCH SHARE CONCERN OVER DRAFT [...] (C) The Dutch share U.S. concerns regarding the draft NGO law under consideration by the Russian Duma and have raised the issue bilaterally and through European fora, according to MFA officials. On November 28, EUR DAS Rosemary DiCarlo raised reftel points with MFA Director for Southeast and [...] |
2005-12-01 13:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL NL RS |
| 05THEHAGUE3214 |
NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: DUTCH SUPPORT PLANNED [...] (C) The Dutch believe enhanced U.S. - Russia dialogue regarding regional policy issues "could only be good for the region." Henk Voskamp (Deputy Director, Southeast and Eastern Europe Division, MFA) shared this information with poloff in response to reftel points on November 30. The Dutch sh [...] |
2005-12-01 14:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS NL |
| 05THEHAGUE3221 |
NETHERLANDS/NATO: RESPONSE TO NAC COMMUNIQUE CFE [...] (C) The Dutch continue to support efforts to revise International Staff language on Russian withdrawal from Moldova in the December 2005 NAC Communique. MFA Chief of the Arms Control Division Matthijs Wolters told Polmiloff December 1 that the Dutch see the EITHER option as doing more to enco [...] |
2005-12-02 06:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE NL NATO |
| 05THEHAGUE3230 |
THE NETHERLANDS AT A CROSSROADS, SAYS HEAD OF [...] The Netherlands is at a crucial point in its history, torn between its traditional openness and tolerance and a newer, more inward-looking anxiety based on fear. So said Herman Wijffels, chair of the Social-Economic Council (SER), who told the Charge that decades of overly generous social in [...] |
2005-12-02 13:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN NL |
| 05THEHAGUE3236 |
NETHERLANDS/FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: NEXT STEPS [...] On November 23, POLCOUNS delivered reftel points on next steps for the Foundation for the Future to Joke Buringa (Deputy Head, Gulf States Division, North Africa/Middle East Department, MFA). In reviewing reftel timeline, POLCOUNS noted the upcoming meeting in Amman and the December 5 deadlin [...] |
2005-12-02 15:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM KMPI NL |
| 05THEHAGUE3240 |
NETHERLANDS/ISAF: PM FAILS TO ALLAY CABINET [...] (C) Summary: PM Balkenende was unable win full Cabinet support December 2 for Dutch plans to participate in ISAF Stage III, a setback that surprised many who thought the Dutch leadership had answered most political concerns after meetings this week with Assistant Secretaries Fried and Flory an [...] |
2005-12-02 18:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR NL AF NATO |
| 05THEHAGUE3247 |
NETHERLANDS: EXCESS F-16 INQUIRY [...] (C) The GONL is not/not interested in selling F-16s to Pakistan -- either directly or through the United States. Dutch MOD State Secretary Cees van der Knaap told Charge and ODC Chief December 2 that the re-sale issue is very clear: the Dutch will not sell F-16s to Pakistan, and will not be as [...] |
2005-12-05 14:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | NL ETTC MARR PK BE PREL MAS |
| 05THEHAGUE3291 |
NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: DUTCH SUPPORT FOR IRAQI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch are supporting the December 15 Iraqi elections by providing voting facilities in the Netherlands and will send six election monitors to Iraq. The Dutch MFA is actively engaged in the training of Iraqi jurists and diplomats, and will shortly revise its travel advisory [...] |
2005-12-09 14:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM KPAO MARR MOPS IZ NL PROV |
| 05THEHAGUE3294 |
NETHERLANDS/EU: APPROACHING THE DUTCH IN ADVANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Dutch share the majority of reftel U.S. concerns with regard to the upcoming GAERC meeting. MFA interlocutors expect the unresolved EU budget to cast a shadow on the December 12 GAERC but claim the Balkans, Africa, and the "European Neighborhood Policy" will dominate discussi [...] |
2005-12-09 15:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON NL EUN |
| 05THEHAGUE3298 |
NETHERLANDS: RECORD-BREAKING XTC SEIZURES IN [...] (U) Summary. Dutch police, in coordination with Belgian, German and Spanish officials, raided multiple illegal drug sites in November 2005, leading to the dismantling of the largest MDMA (ecstasy) laboratory ever discovered in The Netherlands and the interception of a significant quantity o [...] |
2005-12-12 10:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR NL BE SP UK GE |
| 05THEHAGUE3304 |
NETHERLANDS/ISAF: MOVING FORWARD AT A SNAIL'S PACE [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch Cabinet has delayed taking a decision on a proposed ISAF III Dutch deployment until December 19. Senior government officials will seek to use this time to convince remaining Cabinet members (primarily junior coalition partner D-66 ministers) and to build support for th [...] |
2005-12-12 14:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR NL AF NATO |
| 05THEHAGUE3305 |
2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] The Netherlands continues to be a significant transit point for drugs entering Europe (especially cocaine), an important producer and exporter of synthetic drugs (particularly Ecstasy - MDMA), and a substantial consumer of most illicit drugs. The current Dutch center-right coalition has made m [...] |
2005-12-12 14:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM NL |
| 05THEHAGUE3306 |
NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: DUTCH SHARE U.S. CONCERNS OVER [...] (C) The Dutch share U.S. concern about the draft NGO law before the Russian Duma and have taken steps similar to those put forward reftel. On December 9, Joris Geeven (Senior Policy Officer, Human Rights Division, MFA) told poloff in response to reftel demarche that the Dutch formally expresse [...] |
2005-12-12 14:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL RU NL |
| 05THEHAGUE3325 |
NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: COALITION/NATO SUPPORT FOR IRAQ [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-14 12:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PROV KDEM KPAO MARR MOPS IZ NL |
| 05THEHAGUE3338 |
2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] The following is Embassy The Hague's submission of Part II of the 2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report: Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. Embassy Point of Contact for this report is Deputy TFCO/Econoff Karen Enstrom at enstromkl@state.gov. As requested reftel, Post will [...] |
2005-12-16 13:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER ETTC NL |
| 05THEHAGUE3340 |
KEY MUSLIM ORGANIZATIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Muslim community in the Netherlands boasts an array of organizations claiming to represent Muslim interests. The Dutch media and government frequently look to spokesmen from these groups to express "Muslim" views on integration initiatives and other matters. Some post con [...] |
2005-12-16 15:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PTER SOCI SCUL KISL KPAO |
| 05THEHAGUE3342 |
TERRORISM FINANCING: OP-ED PLACEMENT IN DUTCH PAPER [...] The Financieele Dagblad (the Netherlands' equivalent to the Wall Street Journal) is interested in running the Op-Ed provided reftel. However, the paper's editors have suggested some changes to the text, which Post has forwarded to EB/ESC/TFS for approval. 2. ACTION REQUESTED: Post reque [...] |
2005-12-16 16:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL NL EUN |
| 05THEHAGUE3372 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HHS/CMS PENNY MOHR [...] Country clearance is granted for the January 28- February 1, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Penny Mohr, Health Economist, ORDI, OA, CMS, HHS to present information about the new Medicare prescription drug benefit and its interface with comparative effectiveness and cost effectiveness. 2. [...] |
2005-12-21 12:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NL |
| 05THEHAGUE3380 |
NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH VIEWS ON TURKEY, ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 13, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza discussed Turkey, Energy Security, and the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) in meetings with Marnix Krop (Director General for European Cooperation, MFA), Pieter de Gooijer (Deputy Director General for Political Affairs, MFA) and Kees van R [...] |
2005-12-22 07:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS EUN TU NL |
| 05THEHAGUE3381 |
READOUT OF DAS BRYZA'S DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DUTCH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew J. Bryza's recent visit to The Hague featured lively discussion on integration and counter-radicalization issues currently the focus of intense debate in the Netherlands. Counterparts from Dutch Ministries and Dutch Parliament described the antecedent [...] |
2005-12-22 07:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI KISL NL |
| 05THEHAGUE3392 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for January 14-18, 2005 visit to the Netherlands of Dr. Arthur Nienhuis, Member, National Cancer Advisiory Board, National Cancer Institute, NIH to attend the Annual Meeting of Investigators at Erasmus University in Rotterdam and present a lecture on his research [...] |
2005-12-23 11:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
| 05THEHAGUE3394 |
AVIAN INFLUENZA - NETHERLANDS TRIPWIRES AND [...] This message responds to the tasking in ref A to develop mission-specific tripwires and responses regarding avian influenza. We believe that the Netherlands is relatively well prepared to respond to such an epidemic, and that our most probable response to a significant outbreak of human H5N1 [...] |
2005-12-23 11:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO NL AMER |
| 05THEHAGUE3396 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL LANDRIEU [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Senator Mary Landrieu, Senator David Vitter, Representative Bill Jefferson, Herman Gesser and Adam Sharp, Senator Landrieu's Staff Members; Drew Willison and Roger Cockrell, Professional Staff Members, SAC-EW; Kyle Ruckert, Chief of Staf [...] |
2005-12-23 11:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT ASEC AFIN NL |
| 05THEHAGUE3406 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: LET AMENDMENT -- DUTCH RESPONSE [...] (S) On December 23, Post delivered reftel points concerning the USG intention to amend its previous designation of Lashkar e-Tayyiba (LET) to Eric Ligthart, Deputy Director, Financial Integrity Department, Dutch Ministry of Finance (MOF). The MOF will forward the information provided to the [...] |
2005-12-28 16:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL CVIS NL EUN |
| 05THEHAGUE362 |
DUTCH MFA ON GEORGIA BORDER MONITORING OPERATION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-08 14:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG EU NL |
| 05THEHAGUE363 |
NETHERLANDS/UN REFORM: DUTCH WILL PLAY IMPORTANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch are encouraging EU partners to remain flexible on the issue of UN reform in the run-up to the 2005 UNGA, according to Karel van Kesteren (MFA, UN Director) and his deputy, Pieter Ramaer. The Dutch have come around to the view that a Democracy Caucus in UN fora could [...] |
2005-02-08 15:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR AORC NL UNSC UNGA KINR |
| 05THEHAGUE393 |
NL/EU CONSTITUTION: DUTCH REFERENDUM CAMPAIGN OFF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch government is committed to holding a referendum on the EU Constitutional Treaty -- most likely in late May or early June -- and also to obtaining a positive outcome. Some members of parliament have criticized the government for setting aside funds for a "yes" campaig [...] |
2005-02-10 16:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NL PREL EUN |
| 05THEHAGUE406 |
YOUR MEETING WITH DUTCH FOREIGN MINISTER BOT [...] (C) Foreign Minister Bot requested this meeting to discuss a wide range of U.S.-EU issues prior to the President's visit to Europe. A former Dutch permrep to the EU with a pro-European reputation, Bot's appreciation of the transatlantic relationship appears to have deepened and strengthened du [...] |
2005-02-11 11:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL NL EUN NATO |
| 05THEHAGUE423 |
NETHERLANDS/HIZBALLAH - DUTCH SUPPORT DESIGNATION [...] (C) Jules Gerzon (MFA, Office of Political Affairs) confirmed that the Netherlands supports designating Hizballah as a terrorist organization at the February 16 meeting of the EU Clearinghouse. Dutch efforts to lobby EU Member States have had a mixed reaction, he added, noting that some stat [...] |
2005-02-14 12:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | ETTC PTER EFIN NL EUN |
| 05THEHAGUE427 |
NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH EXPECTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Preparing a positive agenda for the President's visit, the EU is actively seeking forward-looking ways to engage with the U.S. on a range of issues while the Luxembourg Presidency struggles to control an agenda where 25 Heads of State/Foreign Ministers want a chance to speak. T [...] |
2005-02-14 16:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL IR UP MD SU CG SR BK NL |
| 05THEHAGUE448 |
NETHERLANDS/HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION: DUTCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the upcoming Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in Geneva, the Dutch want a resolution on Sudan regardless of the status of UNSC action. They expect no AU action on the DRC, which means the EU will likely have to sponsor a resolution. They think an EU resolution on Zimbabwe [...] |
2005-02-16 10:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL NL AORC EUN |
| 05THEHAGUE451 |
YOUR MEETING WITH DUTCH FOREIGN MINISTER BOT [...] (C) Foreign Minister Bot requested this meeting to discuss a wide range of U.S.-EU issues prior to the President's visit to Europe, which he is prepared to help ensure is a success. Although a longtime former Dutch PermRep to the EU with a pro-European reputation, Bot demonstrated his support f [...] |
2005-02-16 12:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL NL EUN NATO |
| 05THEHAGUE48 |
NETHERLANDS/CUBA: DUTCH HOPE FOR RESULTS FROM NEW [...] (C) Although no longer in their EU Presidency role, the Dutch will not play spoiler but will continue to work for a consensus EU policy toward Cuba. This task is made difficult by the fact that there remains a wide range of opinions among EU partners, according to Jan Jaap Groenemeyer (MFA, [...] |
2005-01-10 15:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM NL CU EUN |
| 05THEHAGUE484 |
DUTCH UNVEIL THEIR 14-BIT ADC PARTS CONTROL PLAN [...] all 14-bit ADCs that are to be supplied under this contract will solely be used for the manufacture of base stations or parts thereof for civilian communication purposes; 2. telecommunication equipment or assembled parts of such equipment containing these 14-bit ADCs can only be sold to tele [...] |
2005-02-22 09:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | ETTC KSTC PARM NL CH |
| 05THEHAGUE530 |
IRAN/IAEA: DUTCH ON FEBRUARY 28 BOG MEETING [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-25 14:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL TRGY MNUC IR NL IAEA |
| 05THEHAGUE540 |
VENEZUELA/NETHERLANDS: DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELA'S [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Dimitri Vogelaar, MFA Venezuela/Colombia/Peru Desk officer on February 25. Vogelaar said that the EU Heads of Mission (HOMs) in Caracas had discussed this issue in preparation for the March 8 COLAT meeting in Brussels and concluded that it was not an issue [...] |
2005-02-28 12:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL VE CO NL |
| 05THEHAGUE74 |
NETHERLANDS/CUBA/EU: EU LIKELY TO CHANGE POLICY [...] (C) Following up reftels demarche, Poloff met January 13 with Jan Jap Groenemeyer (MFA, Cuba Desk), who confirmed the January 31 GAERC would likely approve relaxing the EU's June 2003 measures to encourage more positive movement from the Cubans; the EU Presidency is drafting "conclusions" for [...] |
2005-01-13 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM NL CU EUN |
| 05THEHAGUE789 |
SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S APRIL [...] (C) My staff and I are eager to welcome you to the Netherlands for your first visit here as Deputy Secretary. Your trip reinforces the message of transatlantic cooperation delivered by the President and Secretary Rice, and will help focus the Dutch, in particular, on taking practical steps on the i [...] |
2005-03-24 12:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PGOV NL EUN NATO |
| 05THEHAGUE829 |
RECONFIGURED DUTCH CABINET EXPECTED TO SURVIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Balkenende coalition government remains intact despite a cabinet crisis prompted by the March 23 resignation of Deputy PM De Graaf. Although De Graaf's party (D66) moved quickly to replace him and to conclude an accord with the two other coalition parties to avoid a govern [...] |
2005-03-30 15:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR NL |
| 05THEHAGUE831 |
NETHERLANDS: DEMARCHE ON THE OSLO DONORS [...] Econ officer delivered reftel demarche points to Stella Kloth, Sudan desk officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kloth responded that Minister of Development Assistance Agnes van Ardenne would be leading the Dutch delegation to the Oslo conference, but was not able to inform post of any [...] |
2005-03-30 15:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ECON NL SU |
| 05THEHAGUE865 |
PSI: DUTCH ON AMENDMENTS TO THE SUA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-01 15:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PGOV NL |
| 05THEHAGUE866 |
DASD WAXMAN'S CONSULTATIONS WITH GONL ON TREATMENT [...] (C) Summary: On March 24, DASD for Detainee Affairs Matthew Waxman met with senior Dutch MFA and MOD officials and a broad GONL interagency team concerning the treatment of detainees in the Global War on Terror. These consultations grew out of a recent request from FM Bot to Secretary Rice a [...] |
2005-04-01 15:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR AF NL |
| 05THEHAGUE883 |
DUTCH CABINET SURVIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: As anticipated (reftel,) the rank and file of the Democrats-66 (D66) party, the junior member of Prime Minister Balkenende's coalition government, voted overwhelmingly at an April 2 extraordinary party congress to remain in the coalition despite the resignation of D66 Deputy PM [...] |
2005-04-05 06:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR NL |
| 05THEHAGUE932 |
UPDATED PRE-ADVANCE TEAM SCHEDULE FOR THE [...] Embassy The Hague warmly welcomes White House Site Survey Team led by Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Advance Todd Beyer. 2. Per your request, we have created a notional itinerary for the White House Site Survey on April 13- 14. All times are notional. We welcome [...] |
2005-04-08 06:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC OTRA PREL NL OVIP BUSH GEORGE |
| 05THEHAGUE956 |
NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: FUNDING AFGHANISTAN'S [...] (C) Poloff met Marit van Zomeren (MFA Afghanistan Desk) April 6 to request augmented Dutch support for subject elections (reftel). Referring to a comprehensive list of Dutch contributions in Afghanistan for the 2001-2005 period (outlined below), van Zomeren said the GoNL had disbursed to UN [...] |
2005-04-11 13:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID AF UNSC |
| 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 |