LEAHY VETTING FOR ASIA-PACIFIC INTELLIGENCE CHIEFS

UNCLAS DHAKA 001387 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR ASIA-PACIFIC INTELLIGENCE CHIEFS CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER 4-7, 2007 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Asia-Pacific Intelligence Chiefs Conference to be held September 4 to 7, 2007 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Post vetting was completed on August 27, 2007. Post requests that vetting be completed as soon as possible, to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidate: Name: Golam Mohammad Rank: Major General Unit: Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DG-FI) Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Personal Number: BA-1899 Date of Birth: 12 May 1959 Place of Birth: Mymensingh, 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 Luke Zahner, unclass e-mail:zahnerlv@state.gov. ¶5. COMMENT: Embassy has no information to indicate this individual or any unit he has served in has been involved in gross violations of human rights. PASI