Here is a memo reflecting one of his earlier efforts. This is an official State Department cable concerning a call the US Embassy in Colombo Sri Lanka received from Charles Roberts.
In this call, Roberts claims that he has legal custody of my daughter. That was not true however. Although he had filed a petition for such custody, his petition had never been granted.
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This memo was obtained by Linda Groome, attorney for Charles Roberts, and submitted to the court.
01/22/91 PRINTER: HI
90 COLOMBO 3778
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O 050837Z JUN 90
FM AMEMBASSY COLOMBO
TO SECSTATE WASHOC IMMEDIATE 0834
INFO AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
AMEMBASSY SINGAPORE
AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD
AMEMBASSY ATHENS
AMCONSUL PESHAWAR
AMCONSUL LAHORE
AMCONSUL KARACHI
UNCLAS COLOMBO 03778
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: CASC, KFRD(SLOAN, ISMAIL)
SUBJ: THE EVER MURKIER ACTIVITIES OF M. ISMAIL SLOAN
REP: STATE 122354
1. LAST WEEK COLOMBO RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM CHARLES ROBERTS, ALLEGING THAT HE HAS LEGAL CUSTODY OF SHAMEMA HONZAGOOL SLOAN, DAUGHTER OF ISMAIL SLOAN (AKA SAMUEL H. SLOAN), AND ASKING FOR VISA ASSISTANCE FOR TWO SRI LANKANS TO BRING THE CHILD BACK TO THE U.S.
2. AS BEST POST CAN DETERMINE FROM THE DOCUMENTS FAXED TO COLOMBO BY ROBERTS, SHAMEMA WAS BORN AROUND DEC. 1981, PROBABLY IN NEW YORK, TO SLOAN AND A PAKISTANI LOVER NAMED HONZAGOOL (NOT CLEAR IF THEY WERE MARRIED). BY AGE 9 MONTHS SHE HAD BEEN GIVEN INTO THE CUSTODY OF CHARLES AND SHELBY ROBERTS OF MADISON HEIGHTS, VIRGINIA. SEVERAL COURT HEARINGS WERE HELD IN VIRGINIA IN 1986 CONCERNING
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SHAMEMA, GRANTING JOINT CUSTODY TO THE ROBERTS AND SLOAN; BUT PHYSICAL CUSTODY TO THE ROBERTS. ON AUG. 25, THE COURT REVERSED ITSELF AND GRANTED PHYSICAL CUSTODY TO SLOAN EFFECTIVE SEP. 7, I986 - HOWEVER, BEFORE THIS, SLOAN ABDUCTED THE CHILD AND LEFT THE U.S., AND ON SEP. 4 THE COURT SUSPENDED ITS AUG 25 ORDER AND REINSTATED THE EARLIER APRIL 2 ORDER GIVING PHYSICAL CUSTODY TO THE ROBERTS. ACCORDING TO ROBERTS, A FELONY WARRANT IN 'LYNCHBURG (#862449-9/5/86) CHARGING SLOAN WITH ABDUCTION/KIDNAPPING REMAINS ON FILE. THE CHILD'S MOTHER APPARENTLY IS SOMEWHERE IN PAKISTAN.
3. ROBERTS SAYS HE WAS CALLED TWICE (8/69 AND 5/90) BY TWO EMPLOYEES OF SLOAN'S IN THE UAE ALLEGEDLY SADDENED BY THE CHILD'S PLIGHT AND OFFERING TO BRING HER BACK TO THE U.S., IF ROBERTS COULD HANDLE AIRFARE, FACILITATE VISAS,
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ETC. ROBERTS SENT SPONSORING LETTERS IN 9/89, BUT IS MORE LEARY AFTER THE SECOND PHONE CALL, WONDERING IF THIS MIGHT BE A TRAP BY SLOAN TO GET ROBERTS ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING.
4. THE TWO SRI LANKANS ARE A.A.C. SILVA AND SANTHILATHA VITHANAGE (SHE HAS ALSO APPARENTLY FATHERED A CHILD BY SLOAN) AND ARE IN SLOAN'S HOUSEHOLD IN U.A.E. HE THINKS IT MOST LIKELY THAT THE TWO WOULD APPLY FOR VISAS IN COLOMBO IF THEY DID. HE IS NOT SURE WHAT TO DO, AND NEITHER IS POST. ROBERTS SAYS HE IS INCLINED NOT TO PURSUE REGAINING SHAMEMA IN THIS FASHION AT THIS TIME, BUT DEPT. MAY WISH TO CONTACT ROBERTS 804-929-8888 (FAX 804-385-6655) ABOUT OPTIONS OPEN TO HIM. AS SLOAN PROFESSES TO BE A MUSLIM AND NO DOUBT CONSIDERS HIS DAUGHTER ONE ALSO, AND IS IN A MUSLIM COUNTRY, THIS WILL NO DOUBT COMPLICATE EFFORTS TO GET
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SHAMEMA BACK; AND NO DOUBT ALSO EXPLAINS WHY SLOAN HAS
NOT VISITED THE U.S. MUCH IN THE LAST 4 YEARS.
5. PLEASE ADVISE. WESTMORE
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