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PP RUEHWEB
DE RUEHSG #0298 0942013
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P 032013Z APR 08
FM AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3049
RHMFISS/HQ USSOUTHCOM MIAMI FL PRIORITY
UNCLAS SANTIAGO 000298
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
STATE FOR WHA/BSC, DRL, INR, PM
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
SUBJECT: CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR SURFACE
WARFARE OFFICER DEPARTMENT HEAD COURSE
Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly.
1. (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3.
2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in
conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a
general name check, of the following Chilean Navy officer who has
been nominated for U.S. funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act
and Foreign Assistance Act. Please transmit the results of such,
including information not strictly covered by the Leahy Amendment,
to Embassy.
3. (SBU) The proposed training is the Surface Warfare Officer
Department Head Course, to be held at the U.S. Surface Warfare
School, in Newport, Rhode Island, between April 21 and July 25,
2008. The name and identifying information of the proposed
candidate appear in the following format: Name, rank, unit, date of
birth, place of birth and national identification number.
-- Francisco MARTINEZ Benavente, Lieutenant Junior Grade (Navy),
Chilean Navy Ship FF WILLIAMS, 06/01/1980, Valparaiso,
13.766.554-9.
4. (U) Embassy's ongoing investigation has not found credible
information that the candidate has been involved in gross human
rights violations.
SIMONS