CHILE: EPOL REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR

UNCLAS SANTIAGO 000885 SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR WHA/BSC, DRL, INR, PM, DIPSEC, DIPSEC/CI FBI FOR CD1D BROWN AND JOHNS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL PHUM CI SUBJECT: CHILE: EPOL REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL EXPORT CONTROL CONFERENCE 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 Army officer who has 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 the Embassy, if possible by no later than October 15. ¶3. (SBU) The proposed training is the International Export Control Conference, which will be held in Cavtat-Dubrovnik, Croatia, between October 20 and October 23, 2008. The name and identifying information of the proposed candidate appear in the following format: Name, rank, unit, date of birth, and place of birth. Gonzalo LIZASOAIN Videla, Army Colonel, Assistant Director General of National Mobilization, 09/27/1956, Santiago, 6.848.564-9. ¶4. (U) Post greatly appreciates the Department's assistance with this request. Embassy's ongoing investigation has not found credible information that the candidate has been involved in gross human rights violations. SIMONS