US embassy cable - 05BANGKOK1216

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THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: MAJ. SURAWUTH BENJAJINDA

Identifier: 05BANGKOK1216
Wikileaks: View 05BANGKOK1216 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Bangkok
Created: 2005-02-17 03:49:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Tags: MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

UNCLAS BANGKOK 001216 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
STATE FOR EAP/BCLTV, L/PM, PM/ISO, INR AND DRL 
PACOM FOR FPA HUSO 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: MASS, PREL, PHUM, TH, HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING 
SUBJECT: THAILAND:  EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS 
VETTING FOR:   MAJ. SURAWUTH BENJAJINDA 
 
REF: A. JUSMAG/THAI MEMO OF 9 FEBRUARY 2005 
     B. STATE 021314 - GUIDANCE 
     C. 03 STATE 34981 - GUIDANCE 
 
 1.  (U)  This is an action request for human rights 
verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 
 
2.  (SBU)  JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State 
Department complete human rights vetting for Maj. Sarawuth 
BENJAJINDA, Command and General Staff College, WCN 1151 who 
has been selected to attend the Specialized English Language 
Training Course at Lackland AFB, Texas from Apr 2005 - June 
2005 and the Command and General Staff Officer Course at Ft. 
Leavenworth, Kansas from 24 June 2005 - 16 June 2006. 
Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross 
violations of human rights by this individual.  Embassy 
Bangkok Political Counselor, Robert J. Clarke, is the 
verifying officer for the Embassy/Department of State. 
BOYCE 

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