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FM AMEMBASSY DHAKA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7639
INFO RUHEHMS/COMMARFORPAC PRIORITY
RHMFIUU/CDRUSARPAC FT SHAFTER HI PRIORITY
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UNCLAS DHAKA 001135
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR HIV/AIDS STRATEGIC PLANNING AND POLICY
DEVELOPMENT COURSE IN USA, DECEMBER 05 TO 12, 2008
1. This is an action request. See para three.
2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in
the Hiv/Aids Strategic Planning and Policy Development Course in
USA, which will begin on December 05, 2008. Post vetting was
completed on October 30, 2008. Post requests that vetting be
completed by November 16 to provide sufficient time for processing.
Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following
candidates:
1. Name: Ahsan Shamim
Rank: Group Captain
Unit: Med Sqn, BAF Kurmitota
Unit Location: Dhaka
Personal Number: 8013
Date of Birth: 15 November 1954
Place of Birth: Manikgonj
3. Post requests that the Department of State authorize post to make
the following statement to the relevant DOD units: "Embassy verifies
that the Department of State possesses no credible information of
gross violations of human rights by the above named individual or
unit."
4. Post Human Rights Officer is David Arulanantham, unclass
e-mail:arulananthamdp@state.gov.
5. COMMENT: Embassy has no information to indicate these
individuals or any units they have served in have been involved in
gross violations of human rights.
Moriarty