LEAHY VETTING FOR Chiefs of Defense (CHOD) Conference,

UNCLAS DHAKA 000852 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR Chiefs of Defense (CHOD) Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii 25-30 October 2009 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Pacific Armies Chiefs Conference VI (PACC) in Tokyo, Japan, which will begin on August 24, 2009 Post vetting was completed on August 31, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by October 21 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: ¶1. Name: Abdul Wadud Rank: Major General Unit: Armed Forces Division Unit Location: Dhaka Cantonment, Bangladesh Personal Number: BA-1335 Date of Birth: 1 January 1956 Place of Birth: Laxmipur, Bangladesh ¶3. 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." ¶4. Post Human Rights Officer is David Arulanantham, unclass e-mail:arulananthamdp@state.gov. ¶5. 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