CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR

UNCLAS SANTIAGO 000387 SIPDIS SIPDIS SENSITIVE 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 COMPREHENSIVE CRISIS MANAGEMENT Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ¶1. (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. ¶2. (SBU) 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 military officers who have been nominated for U.S. funded training, 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. (SBU) The proposed training is the Comprehensive Crisis Management Course, to be held at the Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, Hawaii, between May 29 and June 28, 2008. The name and identifying information of the proposed candidates appear in the following format: Name, rank, unit, date of birth, place of birth and national identification number. Claudio F. CUBILLOS Larenas, Colonel, Chilean Army, 10/04/1962, Santiago, 8.608.272-1 Juan P. TERNICIEN Novoa, Lieutenant Commander, Chilean Navy, 03/05/1963, Valparaiso, 10.333.737-4 ¶4. (U) Embassy's ongoing investigation has not found credible information that the candidates have been involved in gross human rights violations. SIMONS