LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: IDEC CONFERENCE, ISTANBUL,

UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 000665

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR WHA/CAR CWARD, NWRIGHT-YOUNG

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM MARR SNAR KCRM DR
SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: IDEC CONFERENCE, ISTANBUL,
TURKEY, 7-11 JULY 2008


1. This is an action request. See para. 2.


2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy
human rights vetting for the following Dominican Army flag
officers who serve as the senior leaders of the
DEA-equivalent National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD).
They have been selected to participate in the 26th annual
International Drug Enforcement Conference (IDEC),located
this year in Istanbul, Turkey, and scheduled for July 7-11,

2008. Post possesses no/no disqualifying information. Please
slug response for ECOPOL and NAS. Data as follows:

Name: Rafael Ramirez Ferreira
DOB: February 5, 1950
Cedula: 001-1166040-3
POB: Santo Domingo, DR

Name: Francisco Ovalle Pichardo
DOB: August 24, 1963
Cedula: 001-1170458-1
POB: Santo Domingo, DR


3. Costs paid from DEA funding.
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