LEAHY VETTING FOR GENERAL PURPOSE ELETRONIC TEST EQUIPMENT

UNCLAS DHAKA 000996 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR GENERAL PURPOSE ELETRONIC TEST EQUIPMENT (GPETE) REPAIR AND CALIBRTN IN USA, NOVEMBER 13, 2009 TO FEBRUARY 26, 2010 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the General Purpose Electronic Test Equipment (GPETE) repair and Calibration in USA, which will begin on November 13, 2009. Post vetting was completed on October 22, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by November 5, 2009 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: ¶1. Name: Pradyut Kumar Golder Rank: CREA Unit: BNS Haji Mohsin Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 850563 Date of Birth: 01 March 1967 Place of Birth: Khulna, Bangladesh ¶2. Name: Mohammad Morshed Alam Meer Rank: CREA Unit: BNS Haji Mohsin Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 940337 Date of Birth: 31 December 1972 Place of Birth: Narayanganj, 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. Dean