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R 081544Z MAY 08
FM AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1414
INFO RUCNMEM/EU MEMBER STATES COLLECTIVE
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RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 4436
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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL KDEM PHUM NL CU
SUBJECT: NETHERLANDS/CUBA: EMBASSY & GOVERNMENT PLANS FOR
SOLIDARITY DAY
REF: A. SECSTATE 45792
B. SECSTATE 46997
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY.
1. (SBU) Concerning reftel A request, Embassy The Hague plans
to host a meeting with Charge d'Affaires and local NGOs that
are active in promoting human rights in Cuba. Post will
approach Washington officials with a proposed DVC or
telephone interview with a leading Dutch paper ahead of May
21.
2. (SBU) Concerning reftel B request to contact host
government, Poloff spoke with the Cuba lead at the Dutch MFA,
Senior Policy Advisor Jan Jaap Groenemeijer, concerning Dutch
plans for Cuba Solidarity Day. FM Verhagen does not plan to
organie any event, and Groenemeijer was not aware of any
other plans by the government or NGOs for an evet in the
Netherlands.
Gallagher