US embassy cable - 04THEHAGUE1837

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Identifier:	04THEHAGUE1837
Wikileaks:	View 04THEHAGUE1837 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy The Hague
Created:	2004-07-21 13:41:00
Classification:	CONFIDENTIAL
Tags:	PTER ECON EFIN ETTC NL
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

C O N F I D E N T I A L THE HAGUE 001837 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/21/2014 
TAGS: PTER, ECON, EFIN, ETTC, NL 
SUBJECT: IRAQ INSURGENT FINANCE: DUTCH VIEWS 
 
REF: STATE 153926 
 
Classified By: CLASSIFIED BY RICHARD HUFF, ECONOMIC COUNSELOR. 
REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D) 
 
1.  (SBU)  As requested, post delivered reftel talking points 
on July 15 to Alle Dorhout, who has the lead on EU 
designation issues in the Directorate for European Integation 
within the Department of External Policy at the Ministry of 
Foreign Affairs (MFA).  Post also delivered the points on 
July 16 to Margreet Wenting, Senior Policy Advisor in the 
Department of Financial Integrity at the Ministry of Finance 
(MOF), who said the MOF would coordinate their response with 
the MFA. 
 
2.  (C)  As an initial response, Dorhout said the GONL, 
especially as a coalition partner, would be interested in any 
initiative to protect allied forces in Iraq.  Dorhout said he 
would need to consult with the MFA's legal department and 
other appropriate GONL institutions concerning the questions 
raised in reftel points and hoped to provide a response by 
July 19.  MFA contacts subsequently requested more time to 
formulate a response.  Post will follow up and report any 
substantive response. 
MINIMIZED CONSIDERED 
RUSSEL