UZBEKISTAN: LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR ONE GOU PARTICIPANT

UNCLAS TASHKENT 001429 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA, PM/ISO, INR, DRL E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM ASEC PGOV PREL SNAR UZ SUBJECT: UZBEKISTAN: LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR ONE GOU PARTICIPANT ¶1. This is an action request. Please see paragraph four. ¶2. Post has been provided with one additional name of an officer nominated to participate in the Senior Executive Seminar 09-1 at the Marshal Center in Garmisch, Germany. The training program is funded by and arranged by the Marshal Center. The course will be held from January 19 through January 29, 2009. The nominated official is listed below: ¶A. LAST NAME: Volkov FIRST NAME: Vadim AGENCY: National Security Service PASSPORT #: CA 2180851 DOB: October 22, 1960 POB: Tashkent, Uzbekistan POSITION: Deputy Chief of Department ¶3. Post has no credible information of gross violations of human rights by Colonel Volkov or his unit. ¶4. Action request: Post requests Department to conduct a human rights review and Leahy vetting for this GOU official. BUTCHER BUTCHER To view the entire SMART message, go to URL http://repository.state.sgov.gov/_layouts/OSS SearchResults.aspx?k=messageid:9f5b6c00-0983- 4290-86f8-15732555d017