CHILE: MILG REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR

UNCLAS SANTIAGO 002243 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE FOR WHA/BSC, DRL, INR, PM E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI SUBJECT: CHILE: MILG REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ADMIRAL GUZMAN ¶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 Senior Executive Course, which will take place at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) in Hawaii, November 13-18. The name and identifying information of the proposed candidate appears in the following format: title, name, unit, date of birth, place of birth and national identification number. a. Rear Admiral Francisco Guzman Vial, Director of Naval Intelligence, 6/8/1955, Valparaiso CHILE, 7.001.549-8. ¶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