Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09GEORGETOWN508
2009-10-15 19:56:00
SECRET
Embassy Georgetown
Cable title:  

CONCURRENCE TO TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR COMBATING

Tags:  GY MARR MASS MCAP PREL PTER 
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TO RHMCSUU/CDR USSOUTHCOM MIAMI FL IMMEDIATE
INFO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7481
RHMCSUU/CDR USSOCOM MACDILL AFB FL IMMEDIATE
S E C R E T GEORGETOWN 000508 

SIPDIS

SOUTHCOM PASS TO SOCSOUTH; STATE FOR WHA/CAR - WHALEN

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/23/2019
TAGS: GY MARR MASS MCAP PREL PTER
SUBJECT: CONCURRENCE TO TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR COMBATING
TERRORISM/SOF TRAINING WITH PARTNER NATION FORCES

REF: COMSOCSOUTH MSG 082046Z OCT 09

Classified By: Charge d'Affaires Karen L. Williams, for reasons 1.4 (a)
and (d)

S E C R E T GEORGETOWN 000508

SIPDIS

SOUTHCOM PASS TO SOCSOUTH; STATE FOR WHA/CAR - WHALEN

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/23/2019
TAGS: GY MARR MASS MCAP PREL PTER
SUBJECT: CONCURRENCE TO TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR COMBATING
TERRORISM/SOF TRAINING WITH PARTNER NATION FORCES

REF: COMSOCSOUTH MSG 082046Z OCT 09

Classified By: Charge d'Affaires Karen L. Williams, for reasons 1.4 (a)
and (d)


1. (U) Summary: Post concurs with the Terms of Reference
(TOR) to conduct Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET)
mission SGY2010JCET618W in Guyana from January 10 to March
31, 2010. Post further confirms that the leadership of the
Guyana Defence Force (GDF) concur with this deployment. End
Summary.


2. (U) Information required by reftel follows:


A. (U) Human Rights Verification: Guyanese Defense Force
(GDF) personnel who will participate in this training have
been previously vetted this year as requested in Georgetown
73 (DTG 031902Z FEB 09),113 (DTG 241747Z FEB 09),and 433
(DTG 131310Z AUG 09); and approved in SECSTATE 12631 (DTG
111749Z FEB 09),20341 (DTG 042126Z MAR 09),and 87940 (DTG
241607Z AUG 09) respectively. Vetting requests will be sent
forward if any additional individuals are identified for
training. NOTE: Training MUST start before Febuary 11, 2010
in order to avoid re-vetting a significant portion of the
group.


B. (U) Karen Lynn Williams, Charge d'Affaires, U.S. Embassy
Georgetown concurs.


C. (U) LTC Melba L. Hernandez, CDR, USMLO-GY concurs.


D. (U) COL Bruce Lovell, General Staff, GDF concurs.


E. (S) USMLO-GY will conduct on-going force protection
assessments. General description of the threat: The
terrorist and Foreign Intelligence Security Service threat to
U.S. interests in Guyana is LOW. The criminal threat is
CRITICAL and the political violence threat is MEDIUM. Guyana
is a HIGH-RISK area for infectious disease. Assessments of
GDF security posture and capability will be provided to
SOCSOUTH per reftel instructions.
Williams