US embassy cable - 05THEHAGUE2020

UNCLAS THE HAGUE 002020 
 
SIPDIS 
 
OFFICIAL INFORMAL 
 
FOR EUR/UBI SHERRI HOLLIDAY 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: AMGT, NL 
SUBJECT: OFFICIAL-INFORMAL FOR SHERRI HOLLIDAY FROM AMB. 
SOBEL 
 
 
 On behalf of the entire U.S. Mission to the Netherlands I 
want to express our thanks to you for the superb job that you 
have done as Netherlands desk officer these past two years. 
You have been an indispensable part of our engagement with 
the Dutch on so many issues, whether it was our shared 
efforts in the Global War on Terror, managing the sensitive 
issue of Trafficking in Persons or the successful Dutch 2004 
EU Presidency, to name just three of many.  We have admired 
and appreciated the way you effectively managed visits by the 
Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and other high-level Dutch 
officials to the U.S., and the crucial contributions you made 
in support of visits by the President and the Secretary of 
State to the Netherlands.  Thank you also for all the 
excellent assistance you provided during my frequent visits 
to Washington.  Through it all you have performed with 
professionalism, good humor and responsiveness and made us 
more effective here.  We wish you the very best in future 
endeavors. 
SOBEL