US embassy cable - 04THEHAGUE1364

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 THE HAGUE 001364 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SECSTATE FOR ECA/PE/V/R/E - STEVE TAYLOR; INFO 
EUR/PPD - BRIAN GUSS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KPAO, OEXC, SCUL, NL 
SUBJECT: FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Principal candidate 
Mr. Johannis M.D. van Leeuwe 
 
 
1. Post is pleased to nominate Mr. Johannis M.D. van Leeuwe 
as a principal candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, 
excluding international travel benefits. 
Mr. van Leeuwe is earmarked for the EU/RP "U.S.-EU Security 
Issues" which will be held from April 25 - May 13, 2005. 
 
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POST-EMAIL: dankelmanE@state.gov 
TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS The Hague 
TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 4276 
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ECA-OFFICE: E/VGE 
PROG-AGENCY-NAME: 
POST-PROJ-ID: 109 
ECA-PROJ-NO: E/VGE-2005-0010 
PROJ-NAME: EU/RP "U.S.-European Security Issues" 
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PROJ-TYPE: Regional 
PROG-TYPE: IV Grant Visitor 
FY: 2005 
DEPART-POST: 04/23/2005 
SESSION-DATE: 04/25/2005 
RETURN-POST: 05/14/2005 
NO-OF-PART: 1 
RANK-ORDER: 0 
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ECA-OFFICE-ID: 1047 
PROG-AGENCY-ID: 
PROJ-TYPE-ID: RP 
PROG-TYPE-ID: 29 
NOMINATING-POST-ID: 4276 
FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 29321 
STATUS: N 
ORIGINATOR: P 
SUBJ-DISC: Defense Policy 
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PREFIX: Mr. 
F-NAME: Johannis 
M-NAME: Matthijs Derk 
L-NAME: van Leeuwe 
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POSITION-CODE: 0 
PRINCIPAL?: Yes 
M-ADDR1: Ministry of Defense 
M-ADDR2: General Policy Division 
M-ADDR3: P.O. Box 20701 
M-CITY: 2500 ES The Hague 
M-STATE: 
M-CNTRY: Netherlands 
M-ZONE: 
M-ZIP: 
M-PHONE: 31-70-318-7074 
M-FAX: 
M-EMAIL: 
M-CNTRY-ID: NL 
M-ADDRTYPE: B 
GENDER: M 
DOB: 06/19/1968 
MAR-STAT: U 
BIRTH-CITY: Deventer 
BIRTH-CNTRY: Netherlands 
CITIZ-CNTRY: Netherlands 
RES-CNTRY: Netherlands 
START MEMO POSITION: 
Since August 2000 - Sr. Policy Advisor, Department of 
General Policy Affairs, Ministry of Defense 
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START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
Currently Mr. Van Leeuwe is the chief policy advisor 
handling all aspects of the 
procurement of defense equipment. This varies from all kinds 
of specific projects as the JSF to the role of the new 
European Defense Agency for international procurements 
coordination.  He is also involved with different aspects of 
national defense planning with a special interest in Network 
Centric Warfare. Furthermore, he is the point of contact for 
the Ministry of Defense for the European Galileo-project. He 
is also secretary to the chairman of the bi-national High 
Level Steering Groups on military cooperation with Germany 
and Norway. In 2001, he was responsible for the drafting of 
the annual explanatory memorandum to the defense budget. 
 
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START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
1999-2000 Head of MIS Current Intelligence Cell for Army, 
NATO Allied Force Operation 
1998-1999  Senior Analyst for Europe, Military Intelligence 
Service 
1996-1998  MoD staff/training 
 
 
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START MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
none 
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START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
Much of Western Europe 
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START MEMO EDUCATION: 
M. A. Public Administration and Organization Sciences, 
University of Nijmegen 
Wrote his thesis on NATO enlargement, entitled "Poland, 
between the Russian Federation and NATO." 
Studied international relations for one year at University 
of Strasbourg, France - early 90's 
 
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START MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: 
 
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START MEMO PUBLICATIONS: 
MA Thesis - "Poland, between the Russian Federation and 
NATO" 
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START MEMO SPEC-CONSID: 
 
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FIRST-LANG: Dutch 
ENGL-READ: 3 
ENGL-SPEAK: 3 
ENGL-COMP: 3 
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OTHER-LANG: French 
OTHER-LANG-ID: FR 
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START MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: 
 
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START MEMO NOM-POST-RCMD: 
-    think tank inside and outside Washington, DC 
-    perhaps visit Texas and add trip to Lockheed Martin in 
Fort Worth for JSF exposure 
-    alternatively, see Rand in CA and visit C-17 facility 
in Long Beach, CA 
-    national park 
-    professional sporting event 
 
 
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START MEMO VIS-OBJ: 
-    first hand exposure to U.S. security policymakers 
-    better understanding of U.S. arms acquisition process 
and defense materiel prioritization process 
 
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START MEMO VIS-REC: 
-    Pentagon 
-    Large defense company 
-    Hill staffers on defense issues 
 
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NOMINATING-OFFICER: Mary Daly 
START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
Exposing van Leeuwe to U.S. perspectives on defense policy 
and procurement, as well as how these issues are constantly 
reconciled with dynamic security priorities would further 
our stated MPP effort of "encouraging and assisting the 
Dutch in pursuit if the transformation of their military 
forces along more deployable, interoperable lines in line 
with their Prague Summit commitments."  It would enhance our 
ability to forge a common agenda on NATO defense 
transformation as well as challenge him with new U.S. non- 
traditional problem-solving approaches for defense 
procurement and materiel policy. 
Van Leeuwe is an up-and-comer in the small MoD staff which 
directly advises the Defense Minister and State Secretary 
for Defense.  His handling of the very politically difficult 
procurement/materiel portfolio during the politically 
sensitive JSF acquisition in recent years has proven him to 
be a political-military staffer of no mean capabilities.  It 
could suggest that he will move up to the Division Deputy 
job in 2-3 years.  In addition to making Dutch forces more 
deployable in line with NATO goals, the Ministry of Defense 
has been forced to undertake dramatic restructuring of the 
Dutch armed forces as a result of mandated budget cuts. 
Exposing van Leeuwe to the U.S. trans-Atlantic agenda on 
reforming NATO now stands a good chance of seeing mutually 
supporting priorities reflected back as the MOD manages this 
transition.  He would benefit from a better appreciation of 
the interplay between different cabinet departments, the NSC 
and Congress, as well as the budget challenges caused by the 
Revolution in Military Thinking.  This would give us an 
interlocutor who more effectively interprets the nuances of 
U.S. security policy formulation into both Dutch an NATO 
defense planning. 
 
 
 
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NOM-OFF: POL 
SPEAKER?: No 
NOTIFY-EMB: Yes 
MEDIA?: No 
HOME-STAY: No 
HOME-HOSP?: Yes 
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NOMINEE-ID: 256 
PERSON-ID: 203 
BIRTH-CNTRY-ID: NL 
CITIZ-CNTRY-ID: NL 
RES-CNTRY-ID: NL 
FIRST-LANG-ID: DU 
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NOM-POST-ID: 4276 
NOM-FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 29321 
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