LEAHY VETTING FOR ASIA-PACIFIC CHIEFS OF DEFENSE

UNCLAS DHAKA 001470 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 CHIEFS OF DEFENSE CONFERENCE OCTOBER 30 - NOVEMBER 2, 2007 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Asia-Pacific Chiefs of Defense Conference October 30 - November 2, 2007 in Honolulu, HI. Post vetting was completed on September 9, 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: Masud Uddin Chowdhury Rank: Lt. General Unit: Armed Forces Division Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Personal Number: BA-1195 Date of Birth: June 30, 1954 ¶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