Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07ADDISABABA1353
2007-05-03 12:19:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Addis Ababa
Cable title:
ETHIOPIA: SECSTATE HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL
VZCZCXYZ0017 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHDS #1353 1231219 ZNR UUUUU ZZH P 031219Z MAY 07 FM AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5937 INFO RHMFISS/CJTF HOA RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC RUEKDIA/DIA WASHINGTON DC RHMFIUU/HQ USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL
UNCLAS ADDIS ABABA 001353
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR AF/E DESK OFFICER MIKE GONZALES,
DRL FOR SIMONE JOSEPH
LONDON, PARIS, ROME FOR AFRICA WATCHER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM PMIL PGOV ET
SUBJECT: ETHIOPIA: SECSTATE HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL
FOR GOE PARTICIPATION IN ACSC PROGRAM JUNE 2007 - JUNE 2008
UNCLAS ADDIS ABABA 001353
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR AF/E DESK OFFICER MIKE GONZALES,
DRL FOR SIMONE JOSEPH
LONDON, PARIS, ROME FOR AFRICA WATCHER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM PMIL PGOV ET
SUBJECT: ETHIOPIA: SECSTATE HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL
FOR GOE PARTICIPATION IN ACSC PROGRAM JUNE 2007 - JUNE 2008
1. (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in
screening the following Ethiopian military candidate who has
been nominated for USG-sponsored training, pursuant to the
Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory
information.
2. (SBU) The candidate has been nominated to attend the Air
Command and Staff College from June 2007 to June 2008 at
Maxwell/Gunter AFB in Alabama
3. (SBU) The name, occupation, date of birth, and place of
birth of the proposed candidate is as follows:
Name: Mr. Abebe Tesfay Desalegn
Occupation: Major, Fighter Helicopter, Squadron Commander
Date of Birth: July 1, 1972
Place of Birth: Tigray, Ethiopia
4. (U) Post appreciates the Department's assistance on this
urgent request.
YAMAMOTO
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR AF/E DESK OFFICER MIKE GONZALES,
DRL FOR SIMONE JOSEPH
LONDON, PARIS, ROME FOR AFRICA WATCHER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM PMIL PGOV ET
SUBJECT: ETHIOPIA: SECSTATE HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL
FOR GOE PARTICIPATION IN ACSC PROGRAM JUNE 2007 - JUNE 2008
1. (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in
screening the following Ethiopian military candidate who has
been nominated for USG-sponsored training, pursuant to the
Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory
information.
2. (SBU) The candidate has been nominated to attend the Air
Command and Staff College from June 2007 to June 2008 at
Maxwell/Gunter AFB in Alabama
3. (SBU) The name, occupation, date of birth, and place of
birth of the proposed candidate is as follows:
Name: Mr. Abebe Tesfay Desalegn
Occupation: Major, Fighter Helicopter, Squadron Commander
Date of Birth: July 1, 1972
Place of Birth: Tigray, Ethiopia
4. (U) Post appreciates the Department's assistance on this
urgent request.
YAMAMOTO