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UNCLAS PHNOM PENH 000931 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR PM-HDP, DRL, EAP/MLS, EAP/RSP AND S/GHD 
 
¶E. O 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE 
SENIOR EXECUTIVE SEMINAR AT THE GEORGE C. MARSHALL EUROPEAN CENTER 
FOR SECURITY STUDIES, JANUARY 20-28, 2010, IN 
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, GERMANY 
 
REF: 03 SECSTATE 034981 
 
¶1. This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 
 
¶2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored 
training programs. 
 
¶3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored 
security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has 
conducted local human rights vetting for the following individual to 
attend the Senior Executive Seminar at the George C. Marshall 
European Center for Security Studies, January 20-28, 2010, in 
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. 
 
NAME: Mam, Sam(Male) 
DPOB: March 16, 1955; Takeo 
POSITION: Director of Cabinet 
RANK: Major General 
DEPT/UNIT: Royal Cambodian Armed Forces High Command Headquarters 
 
¶4. U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has reviewed its files and finds that, as 
of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross 
violations of human rights by the above individual. 
 
¶5. Individual will attend the Senior Executive Seminar at the George 
¶C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, January 20-28, 
2010, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. 
 
¶6. Action request: Please verify whether the Department possesses 
any credible information that the individual named above has been 
implicated in gross violations of human rights. 
 
¶7. Points of contacts for Amembassy Phnom Penh are Major Wayne 
Turnbull turnbullpw@state.gov or tel: 855-23-728-219 or Jenae 
Johnson at Johnsonjd3@state.gov or tel: 855-23-728-118. 
 
RODLEY