LEAHY VETTING FOR PACIFIC AIR CHIEF'S CONFERENCE from

UNCLAS DHAKA 000611 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR PACIFIC AIR CHIEF'S CONFERENCE from October 25-30, 2009. ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following delegates have been selected for participation in the Pacific Air Chief's Conference to be held in Honolulu, Hawaii and Washington DC; which will begin on or about October 25-30, 2009. Post vetting was completed on June 16 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by July 15 2009 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: ¶1. Name: Shah Mohammad Ziaur Rahman Rank: Air Marshal Unit: Chief of Air Staff Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Personal Number: BD-7041 Date of Birth: 13 Jun 1955 Place of Birth: Khulna, Bangladesh ¶2. Post requests that the Department of State authorize post to make the following statement to the relevant DOD units: "Embassy verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the above named individual or unit." ¶3. Post Human Rights Officer is David Arulanantham, unclass e-mail:arulananthamdp@state.gov. ¶4. COMMENT: Embassy has no information to indicate these individuals or any units they have served in have been involved in gross violations of human rights. Moriarty