CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR

UNCLAS SANTIAGO 002107 SIPDIS SIPDIS 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 DISAM SECURITY ASSISTANCE MANAGEMENT - FOREIGN PURCHASER COURSE ¶1. This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. ¶2. 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 candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., 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. The proposed training is the Security Assistance Management - Foreign Purchaser Course, which will take place at the Defense Institute of Security Assistance Management (DISAM) in Dayton, Ohio, 22 October through 03 November, ¶2006. The name and identifying information of the proposed candidate appears in the following format: Name, unit, date of birth, place of birth and national identification number. a. Commander Miguel Berrios Momberg, Chilean Navy, 16 December 1962, Vina del Mar CHILE, 08.196.026-7. ¶4. Embassy has conducted its own review and did not find credible information that the candidate has been involved in gross human rights violations. KELLY