US embassy cable - 05THEHAGUE932

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 THE HAGUE 000932 
 
SIPDIS 
 
FOR NSC DEPUTY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY MARY HAINES AND 
WHITE HOUSE ADVANCE LEAD THERESE BURCH FROM DEPUTY 
CHIEF OF MISSION DANIEL RUSSEL 
 - MOSCOW - PLEASE PASS TO PRE-ADVANCE PARTY 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: AMGT, ASEC, OTRA, PREL, NL, OVIP (BUSH GEORGE W.) 
SUBJECT: UPDATED PRE-ADVANCE TEAM SCHEDULE FOR THE 
NETHERLANDS 
 
REF: A. WHITE HOUSE 50121Z 
     B. THE HAGUE 817 
     C. WHITE HOUSE 211851Z 
 
1.  Embassy The Hague warmly welcomes White House Site 
Survey Team led by Deputy Assistant to the President 
and Deputy Director of Advance Todd Beyer. 
 
2. Per your request, we have created a notional 
itinerary for the White House Site Survey on April 13- 
14.  All times are notional. We welcome your feedback 
and will be flexible in meeting arrangements. 
Appropriate Dutch officials will participate names to 
be provided. 
 
Wednesday, April 13 
 
13:00 Arrive Maastricht Airport, met by: 
 
- Daniel Russel, Deputy Chief of Mission; 
- Andrew Schofer, Counselor of Political Affairs; 
- Jess Baily, Counselor for Public Affairs; 
- Roberto Bernardo, Regional Security Officer; 
-    Buck Jardine, Counselor for Management Affairs. 
 
Note: Defense Attach will meet LTC Davids at arrival. 
FLOTUS Control and other key Embassy action officers 
will meet with site survey counterparts at the hotel.) 
 
A quick briefing on the airport will be given by 
airport aviation control officer MSgt. Terry Burton 
upon arrival. 
 
13:40 Proceed to: 
 
Hotel Chateau St. Gerlach (RON) 
Joseph Corneli Alle 1 
NL 6301 KK Valkenburg a.d. Geul 
Maastricht 
Telephone 0031-43-608-8888, fax 0031-43-604-2885, 
www.chateauhotels.com 
 
(Drive time to Chateau St. Gerlach is 20 minutes.) 
 
14:00 Arrive at Chateau St. Gerlach and check in. Met 
by: 
 
- Mr. Camille Oostwegel, General Director; 
; 
- Mr. Mr. Philip Geervliet, Director. 
 
Arrival of Ambassador Sobel at the Chateau St. Gerlach 
 
15:00 In-house meeting with Embassy team (see paragraph 
4) 
 
16:00 Site Survey of Chateau St. Gerlach (45 minutes). 
 
16:45 Depart Chateau St. Gerlach for Margraten 
Cemetery: 
 
Margraten American Cemetery 
Amerikaanse Begraafplaats 1 
Margraten. 
 
(Drive time 15 minutes) 
 
17:00 Arrive Margraten Cemetery.  Met by: 
 
- Margaret Flott, Operations Officer, ABMC; 
- Major General David Zabecki, USAREUR; 
- Matt Boland, 60th Anniversary Committee. 
 
U.S. only meeting with ABMC staff to review ceremony 
issues. 
 
16:45 - 18:00 Breakaway Site Surveys as Necessary 
(Press, Med, Logisistics, Security) 
 
     Crowne Plaza 
     HUB Hotel 
     Hospital 
 
18:00 Depart for Chateau St. Gerlach. (Ambassador Sobel 
departs) 
 
18:15 Arrive Chateau St. Gerlach 
 
18:30 No-Host Dinner at Chateau St. Gerlach 
 
Thursday, April 14 
 
8:45 Meet with Dutch Counterparts at Chateau St. 
Gerlach (see para 5). 
 
9:00 U.S. - Dutch Meeting with Chateau St. Gerlach: 
 
- Camille Oostwegel, General Director; 
- Philip Geervliet, Director; 
- Danielle Adam, Head Reservations; 
- Martijn Aarts, Manager Operations; 
- Bart Kockelkoren, Manager Technical Department 
 
9:30 Site Survey of Chateau St. Gerlach 
 
10:30 Depart Chateau St. Gerlach and proceed to 
possible bilat site number 1: 
 
Government Provincial Building 
Limburglaan 10 
Maastricht 
 
(Drive time to Government Building is 15 minutes) 
 
10:50 Arrival at the Government Provincial Building. 
Met by: 
 
- Mrs. Caroline Kuijper, Limburg Provincial Government. 
 
11:45 Depart Government Building and proceed to 
possible bilat site number 2: 
 
Restaurant De Pastory 
Dorpasstraat 45 
Cadier en Keer 
 
12:05 Arrival at Restaurant De Pastory for site survey 
and lunch hosted by Dutch side. 
 
13:00 Depart for Margraten American Cemetery. 
 
(Drive time 10 minutes) 
 
13:10 Arrival at Margraten American Cemetery. Met by: 
 
- Ms. Margaret Flott, Operations Officer, ABMC; 
- Major General David Zabecki, USAEUR; 
- Mr. Matt Boland, 60th Anniversary Committee 
 
Joint U.S.-Dutch Site Survey and discussion 
 
14:30 Depart Margraten American Cemetery and proceed to 
Maastricht Aachen Airport. 
 
(30 minutes drive time) 
 
15:00 Arrival at Maastricht Aachen Airport. Met by: 
 
- Mr. Jan Tindemans, Managing Director/Airport Manager; 
- Mr. Robert Jense, Airport Operations; 
- Mr. Ivo Bremmer, Duty Manager/Handling Services. 
 
15:30 Wrap-up meeting with Dutch counterparts at 
Maastricht Aachen Airport. 
 
17:00 Site Survery Team departs Maastricht Aachen 
Airport 
 
4.Embassy POC information: 
 
Ambassador: Clifford Sobel 
Tel: 011-31-70-9318, Email: SobelCM@state.gov 
Overall Control: Daniel Russel, Deputy Chief of 
Mission, Tel 011-31-70-310-9317, Email: 
RusselDR@state.gov 
 
Substance: Andrew Schofer, Counselor for Political 
Affairs, Tel 011-31-70-310-9340, Email: 
SchoferAJ@state.gov 
 
Administration: Clyde (Buck) Jardine, Counselor for 
Management Affairs, Tel 011-31-70-310-9230, Email: 
JardineCL@state.gov 
Security: Rob Bernardo, Regional Security Officer, Tel 
011-31-70-310-9240, Email: BernardoR@state.gov 
 
Public Affairs: Jess Baily, Counselor for Public 
Affairs, Tel 011-31-70-310-9440, Email: 
BailyJ@state.gov 
 
FLOTUS Control: Drew Mann, Chief of Global Issues, Tel 
011-31-70-310-9250, Email: MannAC@state.gov 
 
Military Liaison - Capt. Frank Buerger, Defense 
Attache, Tel 011-31-70-310-9255, Email: 
BuergerFM@state.gov 
 
Margraten Cemetery Event Officer - Col. John Gross, Tel 
011-31-70-310-9253, Email: GrossJD2@state.gov 
 
Maastricht Airport Officer - Terry Burton, Tel 011-31- 
70-310-9255, Email: BurtonTD@state.gov 
 
Information Management Officer - Tim Cook, Tel 011-31- 
70-310-9200, Email: CookTJ@state.gov 
 
5. Dutch Counterpart Contact Information 
 
Pieter de Savornin Lohman, Director, MFA Protocol 
Tel: 070-348 62 88 / Fax: 070-348 52 68 / Mobile: 06- 
229 77 475 
E-mail: pieter-de.savornin-lohman@minbuza.nl of 
dkp@minbuza.nl 
 
David Korthals Altes, Project officer, MFA Protocol 
Tel: 070-348 49 05 / Fax: 070-348 52 68 / Mobile: 06- 
123 28 768; 
E-mail: david.korthals@minbuza.nl 
 
Ms Ina Aalders, Protocol Advisor to the Prime Minister 
Tel: 070-356 45 01, 356 43 94 / Fax: 070-356 48 82 / 
Mobile:  06-204 16 956 
e-mail: i.aalders@minaz.nl 
 
Lieutenant-Colonel C.L.A.N. van Tartwijk, Aide-de-Camp 
to H.M. the Queen 
 
Kathy Caro-Persijn, Protocol Department, MFA 
(FLOTUS contact) 
 
Ariane Ballendux, Government Information Service 
 
Mr. Frank van Os, Inspector, Royal and Diplomatic 
Protection Service 
 
Gerard van Klaveren, Police Chief, District Maastricht 
Tel: 043-400 10 01 / Fax: 043-400 10 99 
e-mail: gerard.van.klaveren@limburg-zuid.politie.nl 
 
Jos M.G. Kievits, Head, Cabinet of the Governor of the 
Province of Limburg 
Tel: 043-389 70 17 / Fax: 043-361 85 75 
e-mail: jmg.kievits@prvlimburg.nl 
 
6. Hotel reservations have been made at hotel Chateau 
St. Gerlach, located at Joseph Corneli Alle 1, NL 6301 
KK Valkenburg a.d. Geul, Maastricht. Telephone 0031-43- 
608-8888, fax 0031-43-604-2885, www.chateauhotels.com 
 
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