LEAHY VETTING FOR NINETEENTH INTERNATIONAL SEA POWER

UNCLAS DHAKA 000612 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR NINETEENTH INTERNATIONAL SEA POWER SYMPOSIUM (19TH ISS) October 6-9 2009. ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following delegates have been selected for participation in the 19TH ISS Symposium to be held in Newport, Rhode Island; which will begin on or about 6 - 9 October 2009. Post vetting was completed on June 16, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by July 15 2009 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: ¶1. Name: Zahir Uddin Rank: Rear Admiral Unit: Chief of Naval Staff Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Personal Number: P-164 Date of Birth: 30 Jan 1957 Place of Birth: Gazipur, Bangladesh ¶2. Name: Golam Sadeq Rank: Commander Unit: Directorate of Naval Plans, Navy HQ Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Personal Number: P-689 Date of Birth: 01 January 1969 Place of Birth: Rangpur, Bangladesh ¶3. Post requests that the Department of State authorize post to make the following statement to the relevant DOD units: "Embassy verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the above named individual or unit." ¶4. Post Human Rights Officer is David Arulanantham, unclass e-mail:arulananthamdp@state.gov. ¶5. COMMENT: Embassy has no information to indicate these individuals or any units they have served in have been involved in gross violations of human rights. Moriarty