Cablegate: Leahy Vetting for Symposium On East Asia Security (Seas

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DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR SYMPOSIUM ON EAST ASIA SECURITY (SEAS
2010) IN USA, MARCH 01 TO 24, 2010

1. This is an action request. See para three.

2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in
the Symposium on East Asia Security (SEAS 2010) in USA, which will
begin on March 01, 2010. Post vetting was completed on January 10,
2010. Post requests that vetting be completed by January 31, 2010
to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the
department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidate:

1. Name: Md Masud Hossain
Rank: Brigadier General
Unit: Headquarter, 19 Artillery Brigade
Unit Location: Dhaka
Personal Number: BA-2270
Date of Birth: 01 January 1963
Place of Birth: Dhaka, 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

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