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UNCLAS DHAKA 001586 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL SEA POWER 
SYMPOSIUM, OCTOBER 16-19, 2007 
 
¶1. This is an action request. See para three. 
 
¶2. The following candidates have been selected for 
participation in the 18th International Sea Power Symposium 
to be held in Newport, RI, from October 16 to 19, 2007.  Post 
vetting was completed on September 30, 2007. Post requests 
that vetting be completed by October 14, 2007, to provide 
sufficient time for processing.   Post requests the 
department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: 
 
Name: Suman Mahmud Sabbir 
Rank: Commander 
Unit: Naval HQ 
Unit Location: Dhaka 
Personal Number: 603 
Date of Birth: 18 March 1966 
Place of Birth: Mymensingh 
 
Name: Sarwar Jahan Nizam 
Rank: Vice Admiral 
Unit: Naval HQ 
Unit Location: Dhaka 
Personal Number: 58 
Date of Birth: 29 Jan 1952 
Place of Birth: Chittagong 
 
¶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 Luke Zahner, unclass 
e-mail:zahnerlv@state.gov. 
 
¶5. COMMENT:  Embassy has no information to indicate this 
individual or any unit he has served in has been involved in 
gross violations of human rights. 
Pasi