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FM AMEMBASSY DHAKA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9523
INFO RUHEHMS/COMMARFORPAC PRIORITY
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UNCLAS DHAKA 000952
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR NESA EXECUTIVE SEMINAR ALUMNI SYMPOSIUM
IN MOROCCO, OCTOBER 18-21, 2009
1. This is an action request. See para three.
2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in
the NESA Executive Seminar Alumni Symposium in Morocco, which will
begin on October 18. Post vetting was completed on October 7. Post
requests that vetting be completed by October 17 to provide
sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct
Leahy vetting for the following candidate:
1. Name: Mahbub Hassan Saleh
Rank: Counsellor
Unit: Bangladesh Embassy
Unit Location: New Delhi, India
Personal Number: 0109 (Civilian Employee)
Date of Birth: 16 December 1965
Place of Birth: Dhaka
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 Acting Human Rights Officer is Enrique Gallego, unclass
e-mail: GallegoER@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.
Dean