New Babylon Bezuidenhoutseweg Postbus 11756 2502 AT Den Haag 57 2594 AC Den Haag telefoon 070 515 3°00 www pelsrijcken nl Pels Rijeken Droogleever Fortu ij n advocaten en notarissen Per fax 31 20 5413555 Rechtbank Amsterdam Afdeling Publiekrecht teams bestuursrecht t a v de griffier Postbus 75850 1070 AW AMSTERDAM onze ref EP LM l1002219 E C Pietermaat uw ref AMS 16 7915 WOB advocaat inzake beroep van C Wiebes te Amsterdam t 070 515 39 44 f 070 515 30 70 ec pietermaat@pelsrijcken nl 1 mei 2017 Geachte heer mevrouw In bovenstaande zaak zend ik bijgevoegd document waarop ik mij zo nodig ter zitting zal beroepen Een kepie van de brief en de bijlage zend ik vandaag rechtstreeks per e-mail aan de heer Wiebes Hoogachtend hl ' E C Pietermaat ò --_ Alle werkzaamheden worden verricht op grond van een overeenkomst van opdracht met de naamloze vennootschap Pels Rijcken Droogleever Fortuijn N V gevestigd te Den Haag en ingeschreven in het Handelsregister onder nr 27283716 Op de overeenkomst zijn de algemene voorwaarden van toepassing die zijn gedeponeerd ter griffie rechtbank Den Haag onder nr 19 2015 Daarin is een aansprakelijkheidsbeperking opgenomen De algemene voorwaarden worden op verzoek toegezonden of zijn te raadplegen op www pelsrijcken nl Kwaliteitsrekening notariaat 21 30 13 495 No 086 17 The Embassy of the United States of America presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and would like to provide the following answers to your questions concerning the public release of certain classified documents The Embassy requests that the Kingdom of the Netherlands take steps to limit the distribution of these points outside the court The United States maintains a policy of neither confrrming nor denying the presence of U S nuclear weapons in specific foreign locations Information regarding u S nuclear weapons is also generally subject to restrictions under U S law as information that is considered restricted data or formerly restricted data as those terms are defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 42 U S C A §§2014 y and 2162 In addition some information may be protected as National Security Information consistent with Executive Order 13526 December 2009 DIPLOMATIC NOTE -2- Documents containing such information are classified and can only be properly declassified by the Department with oversight for that information - in the case of U S nuclear weapons the Department of Energy DOE and or the Department of Defense 000 Determinations on declassifying or disclosing information are made on a case-by-case basis in accordance with the foregoing laws rules and regulations which is partly informed by the neither confirm nor deny policy Past releases that were not properly authorized do not affect the classification level of the information nor do they serve as precedent for continued public dissemination All Dutch government officials must have an appropriate security clearance to access any u S classified information and such access and the safeguarding and handling of such information must be in accordance with the Agreement Between the United States of America and the Kingdom of the Netherlands for Cooperation on the Uses of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defense Purposes concluded at The Hague the Netherlands on May 6 1959 -3- Moreover access to such information is also subject to restrictions under agreements rules and regulations governing the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Information regarding U S nuclear weapons is released to NA TO in the form of classified ATOMAL data As such NA TO classification authorities must also be consulted prior to any declassification and release The Embassy of the United States of America avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands the assurances of its highest consideration The Hague April 28 20 l This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu Read related article US Nuclear Weapons in the Netherlands A First Appraisal 2021-01-08