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DE RUEHC #9865 3021413
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 291357Z OCT 07
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY KYIV IMMEDIATE 4324

UNCLAS STATE 149865 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
FOR POL MARK WOOD AND LES MIKE SCANLAN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KCRM PGOV PHUM SNAR UP
SUBJECT: UKRAINE: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 
VETTING 
 
REF: KYIV 2526 
 
¶1.  Following an Embassy review which identified no 
derogatory information, the Department reviewed its files and 
identified no derogatory information on the following 
Ukrainian officers who will attend a Strategy Meeting for the 
GUAM Task Force on Counter Terrorism on October 29 and a 
Post-Operation Meeting for the GUAM Task Force on Drug 
Trafficking on October 30 in Baku, Azerbaijan. This vetting 
is pursuant to the Leahy Act. 
 
¶2. The proposed candidates are: 
 
Mosharov, Oleksii 
Position: VLEC Coordinator, Antiterrorists Center, Security 
Service of Ukraine 
DOB: March 17, 1965 
POB: Kyiv, Ukraine 
Passport: CP019613 
 
Zemtsov, Anatoliy Petrovych 
Position: Deputy Chief, International Drug Trafficking 
Department, 
Main Directorate for Combating Corruption and Organized Crime, 
Security Service of Ukraine 
DOB: June 2, 1966 
POB: Osinovoe village, Krasnopol'skyy rayon, Mohilev Oblast, 
Belarus 
Passport: CP008490 
 
Bashta, Ivan Ivanovych 
Position: Acting Chief, Department for Combating Drug 
Trafficking, 
Ministry of Interior of Ukraine 
DOB: September 24, 1968 
POB: Sumy Oblast, Ukraine 
Passport: CP011652 
 
¶3.  Post is therefore authorized to provide the following 
statement:  "Embassy verifies that as of October 24, 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 who will attend 
a Strategy Meeting for the GUAM Task Force on Counter 
Terrorism on October 29 and a Post-Operation Meeting for the 
GUAM Task Force on Drug Trafficking on October 30 in Baku, 
Azerbaijan. 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