US embassy cable - 03THEHAGUE2340

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NPA-GOP PEACE TALKS: DUTCH WEIGHING SISON ATTENDANCE

Identifier: 03THEHAGUE2340
Wikileaks: View 03THEHAGUE2340 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy The Hague
Created: 2003-09-17 13:24:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: PTER ETTC RP NO EUN
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

C O N F I D E N T I A L THE HAGUE 002340 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/PMBS, S/CT, EB/ESC/ESP,INR/EC, EUR/ERA 
TREASURY FOR ZARATE 
JUSTICE FOR OIA/FRIEDMAN 
BRUSSELS ALSO FOR LEGATT 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/17/2008 
TAGS: PTER, ETTC, RP, NO, EUN 
SUBJECT: NPA-GOP PEACE TALKS: DUTCH WEIGHING SISON 
ATTENDANCE 
 
REF: A. FBIS JPP 20030916000023 
     B. FBIS SEP 20030912000037 
 
Classified By: DCM DANIEL RUSSEL. REASON 1.5 (D) 
 
 1.  (C) Press reports (cited in reftels) have pointed to 
preparations for September 20-21 exploratory peace talks 
between the New People's Army and Government of the 
Philippines in Oslo.  The Dutch government told us that NPA 
leader Sison has applied for permission to leave the 
Netherlands to attend the talks with a guarantee that he be 
allowed to return.  The Dutch have indicated they will 
probably comply with Sison's request but only after receiving 
an official request from the Phillippine government to allow 
Sison to travel and presumably to engage in limited financial 
transactions to support his journey.  Both Sison and the NPA 
are on the EU list of designated terrorist entities whose 
accounts must be frozen and financial transactions blocked. 
SOBEL 

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