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Cablegate: Thailand: Embassy/State Department Human Rights

Published: Thu 10 Mar 2005 03:16 AM
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
UNCLAS BANGKOK 001749
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
STATE FOR EAP/BCLTV, L/PM, PM/ISO, INR AND DRL
PACOM FOR FPA HUSO
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
SUBJECT: THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
VETTING FOR: LTC CHUMPHOT NURARKATE
REF: A. JUSMAG/THAI MEMO OF 17 FEB. 2005
B. STATE 021314 - GUIDANCE
C. 03 STATE 34981 - GUIDANCE
1. (U) This is an action request for human rights
verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2.
2. (SBU) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State
Department complete human rights vetting for LTC Chumphot
NURARKATE, J-3/RTSC, WCN 1482 who has been selected to attend
the Joint Transition Course and Joint Combined Warfighting
International Course at Norfolk, VA from 23 March to May
2005. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of
gross violations of human rights by this individual. Embassy
Bangkok Political Counselor, Robert J. Clarke, is the
verifying officer for the Embassy/Department of State.
BOYCE
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