[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 43, Number 23 (Monday, June 11, 2007)]
[Page 739]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting Designations Under the 
Kingpin Act

June 1, 2007

Dear _____ <ratio>

    This report to the Congress, under section 804(b) of the Foreign 
Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901-1908 (the ``Kingpin 
Act''), transmits my designations of the following five foreign persons 
and one foreign entity for sanctions under the Kingpin Act and reports 
my direction of sanctions against them under that Act:
    Victor Emilio Cazarez Salazar
    Gulf Cartel
    Jorge Mario Paredes Cordova
    Haji Azizullah Alizai
    Shahbaz Khan
    Frederik Heinz Barth
     Sincerely,
                                                George W. Bush

Note: Identical letters were sent to John D. Rockefeller IV, chairman, 
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; Patrick J. Leahy, chairman, 
Senate Committee on the Judiciary; Joseph R. Biden, Jr., chairman, 
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Carl Levin, chairman, Senate 
Committee on Armed Services; Max S. Baucus, chairman, Senate Committee 
on Finance; Joseph I. Lieberman, chairman, Senate Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs; Silvestre Reyes, chairman, House 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; John Conyers, Jr., chairman, 
House Committee on the Judiciary; Thomas P. Lantos, chairman, House 
Committee on Foreign Affairs; Isaac N. Skelton IV, chairman, House 
Committee on Armed Services; Charles B. Rangel, chairman, House 
Committee on Ways and Means; Bennie G. Thompson, chairman, House 
Committee on Homeland Security. This item was not received in time for 
publication in the appropriate issue.