Cablegate: Leahy Vetting for Chiefs of Defense (Chod) Conference,

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DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR Chiefs of Defense (CHOD) Conference,
Honolulu, Hawaii 25-30 October 2009

1. This is an action request. See para three.

2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in
the Pacific Armies Chiefs Conference VI (PACC) in Tokyo, Japan,
which will begin on August 24, 2009 Post vetting was completed on
August 31, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by October
21 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the
department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates:

1. Name: Abdul Wadud
Rank: Major General
Unit: Armed Forces Division
Unit Location: Dhaka Cantonment, Bangladesh
Personal Number: BA-1335
Date of Birth: 1 January 1956
Place of Birth: Laxmipur, Bangladesh

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

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