US embassy cable - 00THEHAGUE1850

C O N F I D E N T I A L THE HAGUE 001850 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/21/2010 
TAGS: PTER, PREL, GR, UK, NL, EUN 
SUBJECT: GREECE/TERRORISM: DUTCH PM KOK PRESSES SIMITIS AT 
FEIRA 
 
REF: A. THE HAGUE 1801 
     B. STATE 113631 
 
 
Classified by DCM Reed Fendrick, Reasons 1.5 b/d 
 
 
1.(C) Prime Minister Kok's Foreign Policy Advisor Wim Geerts 
told DCM on June 21 that, per ref A request, Kok pulled aside 
Greek PM Simitis during the Feira Summit to voice his "strong 
concern" about the recent murder of British Brigadier 
Saunders.  According to Geerts, Kok told Simitis that the 
Dutch took the terrorist threat "extremely seriously" and 
that Kok would expect Simitis to deliver on his pledges to 
combat terrorism in Greece.  Geerts wanted DCM to know that 
the general statement on terrorism included in paragraph 51 
of the concluding document of the Feira Summit, while not 
referring directly to the Saunders murder, was crafted 
specifically in response to the incident. 
 
 
2.(C) Comment: While not taking sole credit for the Feira 
language (he noted that British PM Blair and others had also 
weighed in with Simitis), Geerts wanted the U.S. to be aware 
of the strong Dutch efforts on Greek terrorism. 
SCHNEIDER