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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