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DE RUEHC #0068 2771704
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 041656Z OCT 07
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY KYIV 4151

UNCLAS STATE 140068 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
FOR POL MARK WOOD AND LES MIKE SCANLAN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PHUM UP
SUBJECT: UKRAINE: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 
VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING 
 
REF: KYIV 2497 
 
¶1.  Following an Embassy review which identified no 
derogatory information, the Department reviewed its files and 
identified no derogatory information on the following the 
following Ukrainian State Border Guard Service (SBGS) 
officers who will travel to the United States from October 6 
to 13, 2007 to visit a Department of Energy-funded workshop 
and to meet with USG officials from Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center/Department of Homeland Security (FLETC/DHS), 
Department of State, Department of Energy, Customs and Border 
Protection Agency/DHS. This vetting is pursuant to the Leahy 
Act. 
 
¶2. The proposed candidates are: 
 
Name: LYTVYN, Mykola Mykhailovych 
DOB:  March 8, 1961 
POB:  Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine 
Position: Head, State Border Guard Service of Ukraine 
Rank: Colonel General 
 
Name: MELNYKOV, Oleksandr Hryhorovych 
DOB:  January 1, 1954 
POB:  Odesa Oblast, Ukraine 
Position: Deputy Head, State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, 
Chief 
of International and Legal Affairs Department 
Rank: Lieutenant General 
 
Name: ZARYTSKY, Anatolii Mykhailovych 
DOB:  January 10, 1958 
POB:  Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine 
Position: Deputy Chief, International and Legal Affairs 
Department, 
Chief of International and European Integration Office, State 
Border 
Guard Service of Ukraine 
Rank: Major General 
 
Name: ZHURAVEL, Anatoliy Petrovych 
DOB:  June 20, 1955 
POB:  Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine 
Position: Chief of Support Office for the Head of the State 
Border 
Guard Service of Ukraine 
Rank: Colonel 
 
Name: MAKHNIUK, Anatolii Vasyliovych 
DOB:  May 10, 1965 
POB:  Khmelnytsky Oblast, Ukraine 
Position: Chief, Information and Analytical Department, State 
Border 
Guard Service of Ukraine 
Rank: Colonel 
 
Name: IVKO, Vadym Volodymyrovych 
DOB:  April 05, 1978 
POB:  Potsdam, Germany 
Position: Senior Officer, International Technical Assistance 
Section, International and European Integration Office, State 
Border 
Guard Service of Ukraine 
Rank: Captain 
 
¶3.  Post is therefore authorized to provide the following 
statement:  "Embassy verifies that as of October 3, 2007, the 
Department of State possesses no credible information of 
gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed 
above."  This cable completes the joint human rights vetting 
approval process for the listed participants to take part in 
the October 6 to 13, 2007 Department of Energy-funded 
workshop and to meet with USG officials from Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Center/Department of Homeland Security 
(FLETC/DHS), Department of State, Department of Energy, 
Customs and Border Protection Agency/DHS.  Note that if at 
any time Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding 
incidents which could be deemed to be credible information of 
a gross violation of human rights by any unit involved in 
USG-funded training, Embassy should so inform the Department. 
RICE