US embassy cable - 04THEHAGUE1692

C O N F I D E N T I A L THE HAGUE 001692 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR WHA/CCA, EUR/UBI HOLLIDAY, EUR/ERA 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/06/2014 
TAGS: ETTC, PREL, CU, NL 
SUBJECT: DUTCH/CUBA: MISINFORMATION REGARDING LIBERTAD ACT 
TITLE III DETERMINATION 
 
REF: A. (A) STATE 145203 
     B. (B) THE HAGUE 1639 
 
Classified By: Andrew Schofer, Counselor for Political Affairs, For Rea 
sons 1.5 (b) and (d). 
 
(C) Poloff delivered reftel A points to Dutch MFA Cuba Desk 
officer Jan Jaap Groenemeijer July 2.  Groenemeijer expressed 
gratitude for the points and clarified that, while he did not 
author the text provided in reftel, he was aware of a common 
(he now understood mistaken) impression that the U.S. had 
already decided to take a country-by-country approach in its 
decision to wave Title III of the Libertad Act.  Groenemeijer 
took pains to record all the demarche points accurately, 
stressing that he would ensure his EU counterparts were also 
aware of the facts.  Groenemeijer commented that he believed 
the misunderstanding was the result of a common assumption 
that the U.S. country-by-country approach in collecting 
information was based on an (unstated) expectation for a 
country-by-country decision.  He also said that the EU would 
likely still resist the collection of such information on a 
country-by-country basis within the EU, since all EU members 
share the Common Position toward Cuba. 
 
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