CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR

UNCLAS SANTIAGO 000080 SIPDIS SENSITIVE 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 SQUADRON OFFICER SCHOOL REF: WILSON - GALVIN 1/11/07 EMAIL ¶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 Squadron Officer School Course, which will take place at the Maxwell AFB in Maxwell, Alabama,, February 20 -- May 18, 2007. The name and identifying information of the proposed candidate appears in the following format: Name, rank, unit, date of birth, place of birth and national identification number. a. Christian A. STUARDO Nunez, Capitan (O-3),Chilean Air Force, Strategic Communications Group, 19 December 1975, Vina del Mar, Chile, 14.448.410-K ¶4. Embassy's ongoing investigation has not found credible information that the candidate has been involved in gross human rights violations. KELLY