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Day of Action Against
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Tigers Deny Drug-Trafficking
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Gaminion the ACCOrd...................... 11
From the Editorials........................... 12
Launching Peace in Sri Lanka. 14
India's New Responsibilities. 15
Sri Lanka Looks for Aid to Restore
Economy........................................... 16.
Accord Runs into Snags.................. 18
Letters to the Editor.......................... 19
Classified Ads................................... 22 -
Late News......................................... 24
Editorial. 2
Colombo Letter................................... 3
Canada's Current immigration and Refugee-Determination Policy.........4.
immigration Laws............................... 5
Militant Buddhism. 6.
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youths have spent are confronted with Tamill-speaking na We need howeve the world media h Jayewardene Acc headlines such as American media h TIME magazine's Presidency, person said what they ho opposed it. Mr. Pre Mr. Athulathnu agreement. So wer the restructuring of time our people and they have sufferedi Let us not readil at our doorstep. W тапy peoples and tragedy is that offlo strength to pull ou among the Tamilbrethren.
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SEPTEMBER 1987
onal Reconstruction
EBUILDING our battered nation is enormous. It baffles the hundred thousand have been forced into exile. Our economy stroyed by the armed forces, state goondas and Sinhala racist ains of our people have, if they have not had their brush with of the state-sponsored pogromisation of Tamils, been denied land's State structure and higher educational echelons. Our five years or more in warring for basic human rights. We now the problem of re-integrating our embattled people into a new іоп. r to guardourselves against an addiction to optimism. Already as expressed scepticism about the durability of the Gandhiord. The British press has captured this scepticism with 'is peace premature' and 'peace comes too late'. The tas echoed the same guarded criticism best encapsulated in caption "if this is peace'. Three front runners for the is in a hurry to get into President Jayewardene's sandals, have pe to do with the Accord. Mrs. Bandaranaike has openly madasa thinks and speaks no differently. udali has stated that he will seek to alter the terms of the must rebuild, looking all the time over our shoulders. In short four nation must be undertaken in the knowledge that at any l their country may once again be subject to the 'holocausting' n the last five years. y fall prey to the tantalising suggestion that donor states will be /e introduce this note of caution for good reason. There are states in the Third World in similar desperate plight. The latest od-devastated Bangladesh. We must therefore rely on our own selves up by the bootstraps. It is therefore the most fortunate speaking people who can help our weakened and withering
men must now come to the fore to organise the huge tasks of must set up a fund for the war-torn Tamil country. Leaders are Deal to the better-off Tamil people inforeign states to contribute tive. The possibility of seeking assistance from sympathetic rld states has to be explored. All this is possible, and more, the elves the task of achieving this goal.
We have to do it now lest it be too late.
ow to Rebuild
), the French Prime Minister at the time, on the eve of o surrender to the Nazis, said he could avoid the calamity if he h planes, “clouds of planes' to halt the attacks of the Nazi '. We have written off any possibility of surrender. But the eynaud's statement applies to us. We need "clouds of lanes but in the form of supplies to engage in reconstruction.
the earlier editorial, the Tamil-speaking people have the struct. And as we emphasised, reconstruction is a multineeds careful thought and planning. A word of advice to our hoever they might be), our administrators, our planners and
uld be mobilised through the excellent Tamil information London and Ottawa (Eelam Tamil Documentation Centre), Eelam Tamil Associations and their like in the countries 2 settled and through publications, such as Saturday Review ours, by appeal to the good citizens of the countries where perate, including appeals to Tamils. Tamils in each country ake decision on the mechanics of Setting in place these
evel, we must have for our Homeland a Minister of National is this Minister who will have to be in frequent touch with the Tamil Nadu and with Mr. Rajiv Gandhi and his cabinet subwith the Sri Lankan question. The same Minister will have to the world, negotiate and appeal for aid and talk to the various
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and Batticaloa.
COLOMBO LETT
We are pleased to publish an article by veteran journalist, This is a unique occasion as it marks the first such cc written for the Tamil Times by an eminent journalist wh view of the events which have shaken Sri Lanka in recent The article is in two parts; the second half will appear in forward to receiving and publishing similar reports from
September 9 YESTERIDAY MORNING, the Parliamentary Group of the UNP endorsed the Gandhi-Jayawardene Peace Accord with near unanimity, meeting in the same Committee Room in the Parliament building in which hand grenades had caused such havoc - death, injury, damage and confusion - on August 18. The reservations and opposition by some members will be examined later in this article after the background necessary to understand the dissent has been set out.
The Indo-Sri Lankan Agreement for Peace and Normalcy was signed on July 29, 1987 against a background of unprecedented mob violence in Colombo, its southern environs and in the Southern Province. The agreement marked an historic event of great bilateral, regional and global significance. The orgy of violence, the attempted assassination of the Indian Prime Minister, and the wholesale destruction of property (mainly public) were engineered to prevent the signing of this legally binding and internationally valid Agreement. Despite this the Agreement was signed, sealed and
delivered and commenced in the The grenade ex August 18 which Minister and a ser, Ministers and attempt to nullif killing President many of his M implementing the In this connect that every time (i. more) well-intent tried to resolve rights minority chauvinists, fur extremists, and from every politic minority member sabotaging all charlatan demag Tamil violence mobs of looters, killers.
This is how Chelvanayagam F Senanayake DistI and J. R. Jayaw
How To REBUILD -
Eelam Tamil groups. A Permanent Secretary of the highe has to assist the Minister. There are many able economis retired and in service, who, we hope, will help the nation There are diplomatic skills and career diplomats with then can function as advisors or additional permanent Secretarie Planning requires technical know-how. And here too quality serving at home or in international agencies. They their posts. But they can be of considerable value in the pla their annual periods of vacation. We need a short-term pl or 24 months and a long-term plan, 4 to 5 years. A N Council for the Tamil Homeland can lay out the designs have political representatives from the Tamil-speaking dis and Eastern Provinces and above all adequate represen brothers and sisters. The political representatives of ea technical personnel to advise them in the planning of equitable distribution of development. The Minister of Na and/or the Chief Minister will chair the council. We have adapt our planning for our own purposes, India being Indian planners themselves can give us of their e. organisations with their funds can also have representative Council.
The Development Council will have to strike a balance projects) and macro (large projects) planning, between sho long-term goals. Once a blue print is produced, it must cabinet and then submitted to the Tamil-speaking people and input. This will ensure participation and popular Supp the grass roots. The final plans will be the result of the e views between all the elements which constitute the Tamil will then have a democratic plan which will be prosecute vigour in the interests of the nation and for the sake of futur

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S. P. Amarasingham. bntribution specially o has had a ringside innes.
ext month. We look Jafna, Trincomalee
implementation was early hours of July 30. plosion in Parliament on killed two (a District ior clerk) and injured 14 MPs was yet another y the Agreement - by Jayawardene who with inisters was intent on Agreement. tion, it will be recalled the last thirty years and ioned Sinhalese leaders or minimise the Tamil problem, Sinhala racist damentalist Buddhist “Sinhala only fanatics all party (even those with ship) have succeeded in such efforts through oguery, personal antiwrought by rampaging
arsonists, rapists and
the Bandaranaike'act (1957), the Dudleyict Councils Bill (1968) ardene's Development
continued
st experience and skill Els and administrators, in its hour of distress. ecessary contacts who S.
we have persons of do not have to give up nning process, during an, perhaps for 12, 18 ational Development ... The council should tricts of the Northern tation of our Muslim ch area should have designs to ensure an tional Reconstruction models from which to he nearest example. pertise. The Tamil s in the Development
between micro (small t-term objectives and be approved by our s for their comments ort for the plans from xchange of ideas and -speaking nation. We d by the people with
2 generations.
Council (1980) were sabotaged. Thus, the contemporary history of the island from 1956 has become a story of continuing anti-Tamil violence with major episodes which attracted world-wide attention in 1956-57, 1958, 1961, 1972-74, 1975-76, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1983 - climaxing in the civil war in the North and the East from 1983 onwards.
This civil war has cost the government many billions of rupees in war expenditure. It has meant several thousands of deaths (3,690 deaths and 3,243 missing by Government figures alone) including innocent civilians, lakhs of displaced persons and refugees and incalculable damage to property in the Tamil areas. ;"> The agreement not only places the bilateral relations between Sri Lanka and India on a new footing but it also has farreaching implications for small countries (especially) with similar problems in the region and even throughout the world.
If the strategies on which the Agreement is based succeed in eliminating or even minimising the ethnic confrontations which have bedevilled this island for nearly five decades (with an armed revolt for the last twelve years and intensive fighting for over four years), many other countries with similar problems may seek the co-operation of a bigger neighbour to resolve difficult ethnic problems in the way India and Sri Lanka have done. It is my contention that the agreement marks a radical change in the attitudes and perceptions of the Sinhala majority which have shifted from SinhalaBuddhist chauvinism to recognising Sri Lanka as a multi-ethnic, multi-religious, multi-lingual society. The chauvinism was most recently expressed by certain sections of the Sinhalese, who criticised the agreement as based on blatant interference in the internal affairs of Sri Lanka. This criticism had been first made when India air-dropped food parcels in Jaffna on June 4 to 'convey a message'.
There is no doubt that such interference' by India is not only inherent in the Agreement but is avowedly an integral part of it. This aspect of the Agreement was objectively analysed by Mr. N. U. Jayawardene in three articles published in the Daily News on August 15, 17 and 18 - within a few days of the Agreement being signed. Mr. Jayawardene very correctly pointed out that this intervention and interference was brought upon Sri Lanka by the unrealistic policies and actions long pursued by the Sinhalese majority community and its governments.
In the course of his lengthy first article (August 15) he said:
"The majority community in their conduct have to recognise that they must make amends for their past actions for the distrust they contributed among the minority community. As previous attempts to resolve the ethnic problem came to naught because of engineered and even uniformed opposition, it was, therefore, both strategically sound and constitutionally continued on page 5

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CANWADA:
CURRE
AWD REFUGEE-DETE
THERE HAS BEEN of late much abuse of the generous ( letting anyone who steps into the country claim refuge good ways to curb such abuse by having a more e system. Word had got around that one has only to step to get not only a Minister's permit, but also generous
to start life in Canada.
One major reason why both genuine refugees and dubious or undeserving cases took the path of gate-crashing and queue-jumping, using whatever available transport, is that though Ottawa professed a liberal immigration policy at home, in practice most Embassies and Consulates abroad have been instructed to be as restrictive as possible towards those who applied to enter Canada legally whether as refugees or immigrants or visitors. Even when the present government said that it had special programs in place for certain countries, it was mostly in word than in deed. This is confirmed by the cavalier way in which the special list of 18 countries was unceremoniously done away with.
The Canadian em bassies and consular offices had their own bag of tricks to endlessly postpone and procrastinate visas of entry. Under pretext of health requirements, the "Medical' was used to keep otherwise healthy people to wait and wait, till they gave up all reasonable hope of rejoining their families. With a lot of paper pushing and diplomatic activity, very little was done to let the people in.
lfthere were a straightforward policy and an orderly process at the Embassy and Consular level, there would not be all this gate-crashing and back-door entries. I know Immigration officials who have confessed to their frustration in trying to implement such a policy. A few have even resigned as a matter of Conscience.
An obnoxious aspect of the Canadian policy is the basis injustice of letting in all kinds of dubious vagrants who happen to land in Canada, while thousands of genuine refugees and immigrants wait patiently for their papers to be processed. Bureaucrats give such a hard time to legally sponsored immigrants who will be no burden to the government or taxpayers. At the same time, we have the spectacle of illegal aliens (some of whom could be genuine refugees) who are accepted as a matter of course, housed in hotels or apartments, given generous allowances, a Minister's permit etc. This is not fair either to the tax-payer, or to those who have legally sponsored, or to those waiting to get their visa. Nor is it helpful to the gatecrasher who becomes a dependent parasite on the social body. Being on
welfare is a new e become an addictic
What makes it when one sees Sc who built up this work and low pay, recently arrived 're where the right ta admires Canadia openness, one is consequences. Thi tant reason wh immigration policy and party politics s such issues.
Let us face it. Th refugee-determina working. Many ge suffering; many du prospering; bona f waiting in line w prospect of quick appear better wher many of the V countries which w doors shut to new ir
FATHER C. A.
Turning now to o seems to have no immigrants who Kong, South Kore even South Africa. the same readiness deserving cases wh hands and poor h poor refugee or i perfect health is a letting them in. Pr being maimed considered adequ them in. They hav torture or loss of a wonder, they start c
The distinction be economic refuge spurious, since m refugees who com countries happen ti refugees. Let us no the U.S. and Can today came in as from Europe. Thi population general poorer areas to the true, even for C movement is fro towards Ontario an
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VT IMMIGRATION
RMINATION POLICY
anadian policy of status. There are fficient screening on Canadian soil Mvelfare payments
xperience, and can in in certain cases.
doubly painful is me old Canadians country with hard worse off than a few 2fugees' who know ps are. Even as one n generosity and at ease with the s is another imporny a more just should be in place; hould be kept out of
he immigration and tion policy is not nuine refugees are bious refugees' are ide immigrants are 'ith no reasonable entry. Canada does one compares it to Western, colonia | vere slam ming the mmigrants.
JOACHIMPILLA
ther issues, Canada problem taking rich come from Hong a or Singapore, or One does not see ; to help those truly Io come with empty ealth. To expect a mmigrant to have cynical way of not oximate danger of or killed is not ate reason to let e to show scars of imb or property, No oncocting stories tween political and es is somewhat ost of the political e from Third World D be also economic forget that most of adian residents of seconomic refugees normal shift of ly takes place from richer ones. This is anada where the m the Maritimes dWestern Canada. s recent rhetoric of genuine refugees' Sin Ce the word
'genuine' is used to keep out many real refugees. The more complicated the bureaucratic apparatus the less the chance of a refugee getting timely aid.
As for the list of countries which need to have a visa to enter Canada, it seems to be along the old racist and ideological (capitalist) lines. No visa needed for the Japanese; visa needed for the Chinese; no visa needed for the English; visa needed for the Portuguese; no visa needed for countries of Western Europe; visa needed for Eastern Europe. And practically all Third-World countries need a visa. The racist and capitalist pattern is too evident. The bottom line is: if you are white or rich, come in; if you are coloured or poor, better stay out. To those who have, more will be given! And we are preach ing to South Africa on the immorality of apartheid, even as we more readily open the doors to rich, white South Africans than to poor dispossessed Blacks. That may not be official policy; but that is what happens at the bureaucratic level. In retrospect, the Liberal government was more enlightened on this issue - not so much because of the Liberals, as we are beginning to see - but because of the enlightened leadership of a man like Pierre Trudeau (whom a particular type of Canadian failed to appreciate) who had a better understanding of international culture, social justice and human rights. Without him or Jean Chrétien, one can begin to hear some unusual statements from the current leadership.
The Tory Government seems to have no real policy on this matter. Having basked in the good effects of the liberal policy, they are now busy trying to close all the doors left open by the Liberals. Only Mr. Broadbent seems to be championing the values of culture, justice and rights, while the current Liberals are playing "politics', and forgetting the values they stood for. And the polls are beginning to reflect it. The sad fact is that with the influence of current Reagan policy, the Tory government under the legitimate pretext of correcting real abuses is gradually doing away with all the uses of an enlightened immigration policy. Even Diefenbaker had much more idealism when he introduced the Bill of Rights. Besides, if not the concern for the needs of others, just plain selfinterest should dictate a more opendoor policy, if Canada is to prosper and grow. An aging population with zero population-growth needs human resources much more than GNP to compete in a world of five billion human beings.
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DAY OF ACTION A. * IMMIGRATION LI
Marchers converged on detention centres across the country on Saturday, September 5 in protest at Britain's immigration lavvs which they say are 'criminalising innocent people'.
The main march organised by the
Refugee Forum, an umbrella organisation comprising groups against deportation and the detention of political asylumseekers from the Third World, began at Southall's Havelock Centre and made its way to Harmondsworth, where there is a major detention centre.
People are refugees for political not criminal reasons. It is inhuman to lock-up people whose only crime is trying to flee from terror. The Home Office has no right to imprison and terrorise people who have done no one any harm. They have suffered enough already," said one of the organisers. -
We planned this day of action to call attention to the treatment of immigration prisoners as just one sickening aspect of Britain's barbaric laws. Their aim is to keep black people out of Britain.'
At a press conference last week. Ronnie Moodley, chair of the Forum. Singled out for attack. conditions on the Earl William ferry in Harwich, which holds 80 detainees who are black and the numbers are increasing weekly, he said.
They have fled their homelands and come to Britain and its age-old tradition of asylum in times of trouble. Instead they
are held without trial for as long as two
years, like criminals, he added.
Two former detainees from the Earl
William were presented to the
conference. Udeya. 21, had been shuttled
around four del arrival in Britair stop was the released on bail to police three til Speaking thr said: 'I came to E Lankan forest fo money or cloth where I was first relatives to get often inedible a just one blanke country and I wa He added: 'I force us back to badly. If I had ki have preferred t rather than suffe Last week o appeal against h sent back to Sri L was so distressed Two detainee Harwich ferry treatment after nervous breakdo attempted suicid On Septembe detainees won a against deporta judicial review. Mr. Justice Hoc plea that they m returmed to Sri week ... three ot
reprieves agains
returned to di decisions.
WEITHER GUIW
A WEEKAFTER the August 18 assassination attempt on top Sri Lankan leaders in the parliament building, mystery surrounds the identity of the attacker, the weapons used, and even the targets of the attack itself.
Soon after the attack, a government spokesman described it as an abortive attempt on President Junius Jayawardene's life. He said that a shot had been fired at Jayawardene from an ante-room whose door was almost directly in line with the head table at which the President - flanked by Prime Minister Ranasinghe Premadasa and another minister - sat chairing a meeting. The shot hit a clerk summoned to the table by Premadasa at that vital moment, the spokesman said. Two grenades were lobbed soon after, which injured several ministers and MP's.
Two days after the attack, Premadasa gave a detailed account of his own version fo the parliament stressing that he was as much the target of the assassin as the President. Premadasa wanted to clarify that he was equally if not more vulnerable and stressed that there was nobody except the
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clerk between h door from wher also raised que attack was the opportunists anc motivated and ex However, furt police have rev gunshot at all. injuries on Aug autopsies reveal head. One of t forensic examin the clerk had die grenade blast, gunshot — such bullet fragments of the meeting found in the roor
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ention centres since his 10 months ago. His last Earl William. Recently
f £4,000, he has to report
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ugh an interpreter, he
ritain after hiding in a Sri r several days. I had no ng. At Harmondsworth taken I could not call my pail. The food was bad, nd at night, I was given t. I come from a hot very very cold. think they are trying to ri Lanka by treating us so own this before, I would o go back and face death
this treatment.' he Tamil who did not is deportation order was anka. His lawyers said he by remand conditions.
were also taken off the last week for medical one man suffered a wn and another allegedly C. er 3, three more Tamil reprieve, for their cases tion to be heard at a The High Court Judge, gson accepted the men's hay be persecuted if they Lanka. In the previous ner Tamils won similar t deportation. All will be tention to await court
By courtesy of Asian Times, September 11, 1987
'ULLET
mself and the ante-room the pistol shot came. He stions as to whether the work of, terrorists or whether it was 'internally ternally assisted', her investigations by the sealed that there was no The clerk died of head ust 23 and two detailed 2d no slug or bullet in his nose responsible for the tion told the Review that i of brain injuries from the Vloreover, no signs of a as an empty cartridge or - were found at the scene But grenade clips were
. new evidence contradicts 2-witness account to the er henor anyother official cornmented further, thus tery of the whole episode. Far Eastern Economic Review', 3 September 1987
Renton in Sri Lanka
TIMRENTON, Junior Home Office Minister in charge of immigration, is currrently on a fourteen day tour of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
The ostensible purpose of his visit is to
examine the operation of the government's
discriminatory visa system which has been widely denounced for its racist essence.
But in Sri Lanka his visit will include a trip to the Jaffna peninsula where he is expected to give official British backing to the recent Indo-Sri Lankan accord. The British government gave its firm support ta the right wing Jayawardene regime in Sri Lanka throughout its conflict with the Tamil people. -
He will spend four days in Sri Lanka. He arrives back in Britain on September 15.
Asian Times, 11 September, 1987
COLOMBO LETTER
continued from page 3 . correct in the President concluding the Accord with Premier Gandhi. As I understand it, it seeks to preserve both the Sinhala national identity and the territorial integrity of Sri Lanka as a Sovereign Unitary State.
The alternative was the loss of both, had the civil strife been allowed to continue its relentless course to develop into an un winnable war and an explosive national crisis in which India would have been compelled to intercede for reasons of its own political stability and security. Where the Sri Lankan Authorities failed was to perceive the real geopolitics of the situation confronting India. To be intellectually honest, I must confess I had grave misgivings that those demographically identified as Sinhalese whom I would prefer to call in the present context as Sinhala Sri Lankans, ever reaching a viable settlement with those likewise identified as Ceylon Tamils, but whom I could describe also in this context as Tamil Sri Lankans.
As the civil strife began to escalate and the Indian involvement assumed a highly critical dimension, I was seriously debating in my own mind the balance of advantages and disadvantages of Sri Lanka reaching a stage of being forced to become the 24th state of the Indian Union, a contingency which was within the realm of possibilities, but for the thin veil of international opprobrium such action would have provoked even though it may have been merely a passing phase for the Indian Policy and perhaps more for the cunnbrous burden of having to enforce peace among a hostile Sinhala community. . . First we must recognise the geopolitics of Sri Lanka's location virtually adjacent to the Indian land mass and separated by a narrow strait. From this location has sprung an affinity of Sri Lankan Tamils with Dravidian India identified with South Indian Tamils.
He then goes on to say that this Agreement which the conduct of the Sinhalese majority had made inevitable is one which the Sinhalese and Sri Lanka had to learn to live with.
(To be continued)

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laststrategy of the neo-colonial powers.
FIFTY YEARS AFTER INDEPENDENCE we have been reduced dependent neo-colonial satellite. We are no longer an independent cultural and economic destiny is not in our hands. Our foreig expression of our neo-colonial subservience. When Britain attacks come forward to the defence of our former master...
Now we are known for other achievements, as a country where readily available, and where babies can be bought at the cheapest pri A challenge has been hurled at us by the imperialist powers wh strength of the Sinhala masses who comprise 70 per cent of the referring to the so called ethnic problem - a term which I am loathe
if I were to put it in a rather simplistic manner would describe thi the neo-colonial powers... If the present crisis does not provide thi well resign ourselves to our fate and face annihilation.
G 7A National ideo
THE DHARMARAJA CENTENARY LECTURE was delivered earlier this year, well before India and Sri Lanka signed the accord designed to bring an end to the Tamil troubles. I have quoted chunks of it in the hope they might convey something of the despair and paranoia that afflict the Sinhalese Buddhist majority. Signing the accord has not improved matters. Though this brave attempt at a settlement has won praise the world over it is now becoming increasingly clear that within Sri Lanka it is a vastly unpopular move. Buddhism may be keen on peace but these Buddhists are rejecting this peace.
Interestingly, the leading dove in the Sri Lankan cabinet today, the man who engineered the Indo-Lankan accord behind the scenes, Gamini Dissanayake, is the President of the Board of Control for Cricket. At the risk of stretching a point I would say it was his cricketing links that helped him work towards a compromise.
The accord that was finally signed on 29 July was - in its essential features - ready as early as 9 February, when President Jayawardene sat and hammered out the details with Dissanayake and two of his cricketing contacts, C.T. A. Schafter, a Colombo businessman and former captain of the All Ceylon Universities team, and N. Ram, associate editor of The Hindu (Madras), a one-time wicket-keeper. N.K. P. Salve — Dissanayake’s cricketing counterpart in India-helped keep contact with Rajiv Gandhi's office while Ram kept up the communication with the Tamil Tigers.
The powerful expression of Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism in 1956 baffled many. Amaresekara considers the blinkers worn by both Marxist and imperialist historians eccentric but hardly surprising.
For both these groups the great social upheaval of 1956 has no deeper significance. They do not see in it the natural culmination of a series of events that go back a century or more in the annals of history. How can G. G. Mendis' view of history provide such a . view? How can a history that fails to mention even once the greatest architect of the present Sinhala consciousness - Anagarika Dharmapala - provide such a
historical view? Ho
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By the time the next chronicle, the Mahavamsa was written in the late 5th early 6th centuries at least six Tamil kings.
had recently ruled in Sri Lanka. Consequently Dutugemunu's unification of Sri Lanka - if the Mahavamsa is to be believed he killed 32 Tamil kings to achieve that - makes him the hero of the epic. Left-wing historians in recent years. have tried hard to show that there were several Sinhalese in Elara's army and that the battle was not therefore a prototypical Tamil-Sinhalese conflict. They may be right but what matters is that most people in Sri Lanka think it was. To this day the Tamil and Sinhala sets in the lower forms at Royal College, a public school in Colombo, conduct serious gang wars while pretending to form Elara and Dutugemunu's armies. (Most textbooksin Sinhala and in English - follow the Mahavamsa version).
Two recently published popular novels tell the story of Dutugemunu. Colin Da Silva's The Winds of Sinhala is a Shogunlike blockbuster meant for sale at international airports; the other, Golu
an Bhagat explains why the s of Sri Lanka are opposed to the 2centattemptsat peace es
es on the Sinhalese
cropped up with ty in the Sinhala hese past few years if igure who commands is King Dutugemunu, er 15 years of battle hola King Elara and m of Anuradhapura. he Ethnic Problem k has risen even he slay an important unite the Sinhalese en as the defender of
not always enjoy such he earliest of the Sri he Dipavamsa (c. 4th tains but a brief 'oung king and his een explained by the had been free from invasions for at least to the writing of the
Muhuda, is a shorter Sinhalese novel
written, interestingly enough, by the militant Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, R. Premadasa. A fairly unreadable English translation of this work, The Silent Sea, has recently appeared in Colombo bookshops; despite the proliferation of journalists from all corners of the globe in Sri Lanka these days it is amazing that this revealing book has provoked hardly any comment.
The Silent Sea is dedicated, as one might well expect, to the patriotic youth of Sri Lanka who have pledged themselves to defend to the end of their lives the territorial integrity of their motherland.
The novel is actually about the recollection of previous lives; Dutugemunu and his father Kavantissa merely form the back-drop for this psychic play. Even so the twelfth chapter of the book, which contains a long conversation between hawk-like Dutugemunu and his moderate father, is essential reading if one is to - continued opposite

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FAITH OF OUR FAT
BYERNEST CHAMPION
(Associate Professor of English, Ohio State College,
RECENTLY A STUDENT asked me in my class, how f descendant of a Christian convert who at that time, in preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ was also a representati
imperial policies of Great Britain.
I have myself given a great deal of thought to what might have been if the missionaries had not come to Ceylon at the time they did, and the island remained predominantly Buddhist and Hindu. I have also thought a great deal about the changes that have taken place in our way of thinking, our belief system, and our Western lifestyles.
The focus of our lives was not that the great Scholar-Saints of Hindu culture have said nor did we bow in worship at the great temples in our land. Rather, our angle of vision was dominated by Shakespeare and we looked towards Westminster Abbey. This particular point of view was further reinforced when I went to work in West Africa in Freetown, Sierra Leone. I saw the same process in action there.
Having said all this, I still make my own pilgrimage to the Church of St. John the Baptist, and in my mind's eye, I see my great grandfather proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ and I see more clearly the meaning of events in history that alter the lives of nations in ways we never would have thought they would. St. John's, the church and St. John's, the school, remain
long after the color St. John's, the chul school, remain on found roots in na during this time of my people, there women who knee Christ while being culture and the life C
The late Dr. D remain as one of t our time, expressed said, "Christianity Africa as a potted p process of breaking in native soil'. i
It was given to m. to the men and v nurture the potted L. their commitment 1 soil in which it was p the Church of St. survive for 125 year the faith of our fath is to pass on to c heritage.
(From the 125th Annivers Baptist Church, Chundikuli)
MILITANT
continued from page 6 tinderstand the debates that rack the Sinhalese leadership today.
Kavantissa has come to an agreement with the Tamil King Siva whereby certain paddy fields, irrigation canals and a thousand houses built by the Sinhalese in the north are to be made over to Siva's subjects. As soon as the 16 year-old Dutugemunu learns of it he barges into his father's palace unmindful of the lateness of the hour. Tell me, are all these for us Helas or are they for Elara's migrant nationals? he demands. ... ,
Kavantissa grows angry. The Head of Rohana can come to any agreement with the Head of Seru. To any agreement? Dutugemunu asks insolently,
Kavantissa explains why the pact was essential, The army was weary, defeat was certain and anyway under the terms of the pact Siva has agreed to be a provincial ruler paying allegience to Kavantissa, not Elara. Dutugem unu is not impressed. This is a Buddhist country, he says, Migrant foreigners have no claim to it. Then he storms out of his father's palace threatening war with the foreigner. There are no prizes for guessing who Premadasa fancies himself as.
All this militant Buddhism boils down to a central paradox that has been nagging the Lankans for at least 2,000 years: a Buddhist state is a difficult proposition
BUDDHI
because Buddhism can only be maintai Perhaps as a resc the myth of the E Lanka developed. Indian Sources - Lanka - corrobora the Dipavamsa a contain accountS O Sri Lanka on three is the first visit that i In both accounts conqueror, acquir variance with that Buddhist literature the Lord Buddha a the assembled ya though the chronicl human Status) and and cold winds. Thi to sit he offers to re the yakkhas agree Scorches them with they flee he bri Giridipa. near Land yakkhas may jump he restores Giric location. Substanti told in the Mahava the yakkhas offer th island if he gets ric flames surround t
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"ial masters have gone. ch, and St. John's, the ly because they have tive soil. I am Sure, he greatest suffering by are young men and before the cross of leeply committed to the f the Tamil people.
T. Niles, who must he greatest intellects of l it very well, when he was brought to Asia and lant. We are now in the the pot and planting it
y great grandfather and women of his time to lant but it is, I believe, o the plant and to the planted that has enabled
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Current Immigration and Refugee
Determination Policy continued from page 4
To conclude: the procedures outlined in Bill C-51 are neither just, not fair nor adequate, since they are designed not to bringing genuine refugees and immigrants in, but rather to keep bogus refugees out. Genuine refugees are made to pay a steep price in inconvenience and anxiety and frustration, because others have abused and benefitted from a system with too many loopholes. Instead of being firm and reforming the defects in the system, one is penalising the very people it is designed to help.
The gate-crashing by boat-loads and plane-loads orchestrated by unscrupulous sharks both within and outside Canada has to be checked by sterner legal measures. And one way to take the wind out of these sharks is to formulate a more liberal immigration. policy. Both self-interest and others' needs seem to indicate that.
JAPAN PLEDGES BIG AID
JAPAN, which contributes almost a third of Sri Lanka's foreign aid, has pledged about Rs. four billion as fresh economic assistance to the island Government this year. The assistance, in the form of yen loans, commodity and cultural grant aids, would be used for expansion of Colombo Port. The Rs.39.30 million loan facilities to Sri Lanka was 14 per cent more than what was granted last year.
is peaceful and states ned by the use of force. lution of this problem Buddha's visits to Sri Though none of the or the Pali canon in tes these 'visits both nd the Mahavamsa f the Buddha visiting occasions. Of these, it s the most interesting. the Buddha became a ng a personality at resented in the rest of . In the Dipavamsa, ppears in the sky over kkhas (aborigines - es do not accord them afflicts them with rain 'n in return for a place lieve their distress. AS he sits on a rug and intense heat. When ngs another island, a so that the escaping onto it. As they do so lipa to its original ally the same story is msa except that here e Buddha their whole of the cold. Burning Le Buddha’s rug and f the island. il to see the point the
chronicles spell it out: the yakkhas in their ignorance opposed the Sasana, the moral rule of the Buddhas and therefore had to be eased out just as a king must resort tó weapons to preserve the Buddhist Sasana. After all the Buddha himself intended Lanka to be dhammadipai, the island of righteousness where Buddhism was to be preserved. " . . . . . . . . . The account of Dutugemunu in the Mahavamsa provides another instance of the amended Buddhist ethical rule. Having slaughtered Elara and several million others, Dutugemunu can find no joy. He sits on the terrace of the palace Surrounded by nymphs in the guise of dancing girls' but thinks of his sin. A group of arhats - monks - read his mind and come to console him. . . . . . : : "
From this deed arises no hindrance in thy way to heaven. Only one and a half human beings have been slain here by thee, O lord of men. The one had come unto the (three) refugees, the other had taken unto himself the five precepts. Unbelievers and men of evil life were the rest, not more to be esteemed than beasts. But as for thee, thou wilt bring glory to the doctrine of the Buddha in manifold "49o (Mahavamsa XXV 109-11, trans. Wilhelm Geiger, 1912).
It is a mad arithmetic but one that has parallels in our time. ... You have to do violence to the doctrine of the Buddha if you wish to sling a machine-gun around his shoulders.
By courtesy of The Spectator, 5 September, 1987

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August 9 - September
-; ANKAN TAMILS IN TAMIL
NADU TO BIDE TIME SRI LANKAN REFUGEES in famil Nadu have started
going back home, to a comparatively peaceful
situation there, but their movement is expected to remain a trickle for sometime.
ACCOrding to observers, there can be no mass movement of people from Rameswaram to any Sri Lankan port until the regular shipping service is restored, The Rameswaram-Talaimannar passenger service run by the Shipping Corporation of India is presently suspended.
The refugees number an estimated 130,000 and need financial and Other assistance. A Tamil
leader, Dr. Janarthanam, has urged the Prime
Minister, Mr. Rajiv Gandhi to have the shipping service restored. Sources here say that the refugees prefer to wait in Tamil Nadu till the political process in the island nation takes a tangible shape and violence, though sporadic in the eastern and northern provinces since the implementation of the July 29 accord, dies down than return to an uncertain situation at home.
The Times of India, 9August
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: General Sets New Deadline For Tamils
GENERAL SINGHSAID he wrote to LTTE leaders to reaffirm promises made by New Delhi to ensure their safety. "We have given a six-point assurance that an interim government Will be formed, that this government Will have its own police force, the release of Tamil detainees, the reconstruction of
the Northern and Eastern provinces, financial aid to .s.
the interim government and Indian responsibility for the LTTE's security'. The Guardian, 10 August
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NOW CAME UP MR. YOGl. Though calm and Collected but looking a trifle Crestfallen, he laid down the pistol on the table and Gen. Attygalle, rising from his chair, touched it with his hand. In a very short speech, Gen. Attygalle said: "Citizens of the Jaffna peninsula, today is an historic day for the future of Sri Lanka. This act of surrendering all arms signifies an end to the bloodshed and violence that has affected the entire fabric Of Our democratic society". i & r
We sincerely hope that from now on, all of us Sri Lankans will live in peace and harmony in this Our own, our native land.". The Hindu (I.E.), 15 August
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ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON .
SRI LANKAN LEADER
FACING SHARPLY DIVIDED RANKS in Cabinet and party, Mr. Jayawardene has used all the resources of his office and his personal acumen to try to reconcile differences. He also appears to have silenced the Prime Minister, a fierce critic of the accord.
Indian MP's have expressed shock and horror. The Indian High Commissioner in Colombo, who yesterday morning Welcomed a high level team of Indian legal experts to help sort Out residual problems arising from the agreement, described the attack as "dastardly'.
The Financial Times, 19 August
ENE MY WITHN THERE HAVE BEEN RUMOURS recently that the job of guarding the President may be given to the Special Task Force, the white police commando
group trained by Keeny Meeny Services, the British security consultants. The Guardian, 19August
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Mel, said yesterday.
in his most outspoken, accord, he said: "Either they should leave us." H interview since Tuesda on President Jayawarde 5 per cent of the counti forces had been infiltratt Revolutionary Party. E comments on the perf forces Mr. de Mel is competence of Mr. Athul TI
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FIVETAMLS SEEKINGA sent back to Sri Lanka yesterday. Mr. Barry Sto Advisory Service, said: " It's far too early to say it's amazed that the Home Of it."
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But at the end of the day the Prime Minister, Mr. Ranasinghe Premadasa, asked the Speaker's office to lift censorship on his own winding-up speech. Mr. Premadasa, who, initially at least, had strongly opposed the Indo-Sri Lankan peace accord, said all 168 MPs should be able to vote freely and independently on legislation arising out
of it without fear of a reprisal. . . .
The Guardian, 21 August
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VT JAYEWARDENE SAID mpt on his life would not
nting an accord with India "FREEDOM TRAIN TO JAFFNA
I rebellion. 'We intend to pective of the evil forces JAFFNA: MORE THAN 500 TAMILS a day are inst us." Mr. Jayawardene returning tO their war-damaged homeland on the he Independent, 20 August freedom train'. Thousands of ethnic Tamils are 兴 f returning to their home in Sri Lanka's northern
Jaffna Peninsula.
oft Underbelly #င်္ဂြို Kಳ್ತ: a Sinhalese town 51 north of Colombo, the train made a brief stop. A Sinhalese NTLY IMPORTED foreign man strode up to the platform and shouted: "You Pariah Tamils, go back to Jaffna and do not ever come back. We will get another chance. Another chance to get you.-AP. The Guardian, 22 August
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rious aspects of the Tamil Israel have instructed the ld criminal investigation primer SAS men Who reate and train the elite
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Not Insurmountable, PM:
army commandos. China "THE ACCORD IS GOING on all right. There will be equipment. South African difficulties, we had anticipated these difficulties, in trying to evolve a mine- but they are not insurmountable'. This was how the re has been no sign so far Prime Minister, Mr. Rajiv Gandhi, reacted to a is been given to WIP question on the progress of the Indo-Sri Lankan
The Times, 20 August agreement here today. 郑 兴 The question related to an exclusive interview r published in THE HINDU today about the LTTE NSTERS still opposed to leader, V. Prabakaran's fears on the presence of pnsored deal to end the the Sri Lankan army camps in the Northern and it should in all honour Eastern Provinces and asked when Mr. Gandhi was nance Minister, Ronnie de talking to press persons informally after the Bharat ' ' Ratna investiture ceremony for Badshah Khan at attack on Opponents of the the Rashtrapatibhavan. they have to be with us or The LTTE leaders had indicated their concern e was speaking in his first about these camps before the agreement was v's assassination attempt signed, Mr. Gandhi said, the camps which existed ne. He estimated that up to after a particular date as stipulated in the YS3000 strong security agreement will be removed. "Post-accord, we 2d by the Marxist People's were told those camps were being wound-up. If By making such public they are not we can go into it". Mr. Gandhi
Ormance of the security said. The Hindu, 22 August
indirectly attacking the 米 * * athmudali.
he Independent, 21 August 20 KILLED NEAR BATTICALOA
※ COLOMBO, Sept. 13 | 5 TAMILS HOME AT LEAST 20 PERSONS were killed in internecine clashes which started this afternoon in the eastern SWBಗ್ಗಟ್ಝ ဗု ဗူး Batticaloa district of Sri Lanka. Seven persons yle of the UK Immigration were seriously injured. According to reports the decision is ridiculous reaching Colombo, 11 more persons were injured in safe to return people. m ಕ್ಲ ဖုံး in areas between Thalankuda and
| fa s KL || 8 s. fice is even Contemplating It has not been possible sofar to confirm how the deaths and injuries were caused. However, the first report said the warfare" was between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and another rival faction, and four were shot dead. The rival faction is said to be the umbrella organisation called "Three Stars" comprising PLOT, TELO and the EPRLF.
ty international and the at no Tamil should be id. "It could even be an governments to send d upset the chances of alm in Sri Lanka - there
se backlash." . . . .
UN reports: The toll in fighting among the
The Guardian, 21 August militant groups in the north and east since it started 兴 兴 about 10 days ago has gone up to about 60. mbly Gags Press: 兴 兴 兴 NT, which met under rigid 谣 assassination attempt on rUS Rajiv Gandhi, rdene, yesterday imposed SayS Jayawardene
rting of a debate to extend
for another month. The COLOMBO, Sept. 13 present conditions great THE SRI LANKAN, PRESIDENT, Mr. J. R. and some statements by Jayawardene, answering questions on Whether xpunged. That was whya the agreement could work When the Tamil militants was being formed to vet Were never consulted, and on various issues
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TIGERS DENY DRUG-T
Representatives of the Tamil Tigers in London th denied allegations of drug-trafficking made in
newspaper on August 30.
And while furious representatives issued a press statement condemning the report by freelancer Mazher Mahmood as 'sensationalist, malicious propaganda aimed at discrediting our just struggle, the British Customs Office, Scotland Yard and the Home Office, who were quoted extensively in the article to embellish its case, rejected outright any knowledge of the alleged “Tamils drugs racket'.
In his report, Mazher Mahmood claims to have penetrated two drug rings operated by “hundreds of Tamils in Europe' while posing as a drugs dealer himself.
The front-page article in the Sunday Times reads: “The Sunday Times has infiltrated a heroin racket run by Tamil terrorists who are using Heathrow Airport as a staging post in a multi-million pounds drugs trade. The Tamils are using the drugs traffic to continue their armed struggle in Sri Lanka, despite the peace accord signed last month to end hostilities'.
The 'scurrilous' report alleges further evidence backed by 'quotes from 'senior customs officials in London who are apparently worried that 'so many Tamils are smuggling heroin that we just cannot cope'.
But, puzzled customs officials denied any such evidence had been presented to the newspaper. Hugh Rodgers, chief spokesperson for Customs in Britain, told Asian Times: “The entire Sunday Times report is dubious in the extreme and utterly unsubstantiated. If there were so many cases we would not let it go by so easily. These scurrilous reports
certainly do not In fact they seen added.
Scotland Yar Police confirmed was in progres drugs racket. Th the newspaper til been handed in te A Scotland Ya “This is the first Sunday Times do it would hav immediately.
Detective Sup Drugs Intelligen found no trace of
by Deep
offices. We will interviewing t allegations shortl The Liberatio (LTTE) in Lon. made in the spokesperson in offered the repo trade.
The Sunday spokesperson So on August 24, 19 offered to do spokesperson sa LTTE would inv trafficking and s within three m spokesperson sai LTTE count claiming that the
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continued from page 8
related to the agreement, was quoted as having said "the whole world accepts india's preeminence in this part and india is a big power in the region. The U.S. will not lift a finger to help me withoutfirst consulting India."
Asked if this included his recent request for American help to fight 'terrorists' in the south of the island, the President said 'Yes, l had to ask the Prime Minister, Mr. Rajiv Gandhi, if he had any questions. He had no objections to my getting help from any country to fight the terrorists."
On whether he was satisfied with the U.S. response, the President said "it was very inadequate, because they (the U.S.) consider India as the guardian of this part of the world, the protector of democracy."
Mr. Jayawardene answered in the affirmative when asked if he was seeking help from the Soviet Union, but said "I am very happy that I have been abandoned. I do not trusta single power."
How could he have indian troops in his country since he did not trust any power?
Mr. Jayawardene replied he "trusts' Mr. Rajiv Gandhi and that the "Indian troops were within his control.
Asked if many Sin, is the first step tow Lanka did not alwa union of provinces a is part of the history (
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their offices.
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n Tigers of Tamil Eelam don also refuted claims article that an LTTE West Germany had rter a part in the drugs
Times approached LTTE oriyakumaran Selvadurai 87 in West Germany and business in drugs. The id that neither he nor olve themselves in drughowed him the way out inutes of his visit,' a d.
ered the allegations, Sunday Times article was
a deliberate move to 'damage the peace process and the peace accord signed last month to end hostilities in Sri Lanka'.
Jeremy. Corbyn MP (Islington North Labour) confirmed the LTTE statements at a press conference last week, held to discuss the continued detention of Tamil asylum-seekers from Sri Lanka. "Every time a positive outcome is achieved by a community in its struggle against fascism, the British establishment and the media, we can be sure, will find a way to discredit them,' he said.
By courtesy of Asian Times, 11 September, 1987
NEWS IN BREF
Rs.1,000,000,000 FOR THE REHABILITATION OF MILITANTS
THE GOVERNMENTS OF SRI LANKAAND NDIA will spend one thousand million rupees on the rehabilitation of the Tamil militants. A part of the money will be given to families of the dead militants. This was told by Major General Harkirat Singh the Commander of the Indian troops in Sri Lanka. He also said the Government of India will give a further sum of money in due course and that the rehabilitation work will start immediately after the surrender of arms. Morning Star, August 2
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Troops Want Skirts Down INDIAN PEACEKEEPIWG TROOPS HAVE TOLD WOMEN IN JAFFNA to keep their skirts down while cycling, a newspaper reported today. The independent Sun said Indian troops had advised girls who ride bicycles - the most popular transport in Jaffna - to wear saris, 'They want Jaffna girls to follow the example of their modest counterparts across the Palk Straits (in India) where girls do not expose their knees in public', the paper said.
halese fear that the agreement 'ards division, he replied "Sri ys have nine provinces. The nd the separation of provinces of Sri Lanka."
Hindu (I.E.), September 19, 1987
IDIAN CREDIT RI LANKA
NEW DELHI, Sept.9 EASED the quantum of its to Sri Lanka by Rs.5 crores. 'ehabilitation grant ofan equal 1 aidpackage ofRs.50crores.
increase the credit was visiting Sri Lankan Finance de Mel, by the Prime Minister, De Mes Called on Mr. Gandhi Finance Minister, Mr. N. D. reed minutes of the three-day |-Sri Lankan Joint Economic oncluded today.
of the Joint Commission, ) of 11 years, served to add an
economic dimension to the close bilateral ties recently fortified by the Indo-Sri Lankan
Agreement. The Hindu (I.E.), September 19, 1987
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Accept peace of death
PL0Ttells Prabhakaran
TWO LEADING MEMBERS of the Peoples Liberation 0rganisation of Tamil Eelam (PL0T) led by Mr. Uma Maheswaran, have issued an ultimatium to their rival, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader, Mr. Velupillai Prabhakaran, to subscribe to the peace or be prepared to face death, the state-owned Daily News reported yesterday,
The daily, according to the story, had an interview with the two PLOT leaders of Vavuniya, Mr. P. Manikkam Dasan and Mr. S. Castro, in Vavuniya itself on Friday, "if Prabhakaran rejects peace, We have no alternative but to liquidate the Tigers. We are prepared to die for the cause, 'one PLOT leader said.
Both of them' explained; "True, we did not surrender all the arms we had. Not because we propose to fight the Sri Lankan army, but because of the intransigence of the LTTE." The PLOT had no objection to Sinhalese buying land wherever they liked in the North and the East, they said. The PLOT had no faith in the Outlawed JWP (Janatha Vimukthi
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Brig, Fernandez, civil liaison officer of the indian peacekeeping force, making a point as LTTE's Yogi keenly watches,
Devotees flock to the Tellipallai Durgai Amman temple.
 
 
 

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Members of the Indian peacekeeping force near their camp at Puloly in Vadamaradichi.
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Tamil detainees behind the barbed wire fence of the army detention camp at Boosa, awaiting release,
Mediapersons travelling in an Indian Army vehicle to the Suthumalai Amman temple to cover LTTE meeting.

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SEPTEMBER 1987.
GAMIN ON THE A
Q: Why has the government agreed to amalgamate the Northern and Eastern Provinces into one province when presumably the vast majority of people in the Eastern Province, the Sinhalese and Muslims, are opposed to such a merger?
A: The government has not agreed to amalgamate these two provinces or, as you say, merge them. All we have agreed to is that, to begin with, both these provinces will constitute one administrative unit with one Provincial Council. The government will hold a referendum in the Eastern Province before the end of next year, probably sooner, whereby the people of the Eastern Province will be allowed to choose whether they wish to have a separate Council for themselves.
The President has already gone on record as saying that he himself prefers to have a separate Provincial Council for the East.
Q: But then, why have it at all? Why not allow two separate councils at the very beginning? A: Negotiations with the separatists floundered in the past on this one question - the linkage of the Northern and Eastern Provinces. When the government of India entered into the final round of negotiations which led to the Accord with us, this concession - a temporary one - was requested in return for the benefits that will accrue to Sri Lanka in terms of the Accord.
As you know, these include the disarming of terrorist groups, dismantling of bases in Tamil Nadu and the stoppage of the flow of arms across the Palk Straits. Further, for this accord to succeed, we must create the conditions whereby all ethnic groups could live and work together in peace and harmony. Where better could this be done than in the Eastern Province, where the population is, ethnically, so evenly balanced?
The government has underwritten its commitment to the Muslim and Sinhala population of the East by the pledge of a referendum. Give this proposal a chance. Nobody's rights are being infringed. Don't forget that control of the armed services and police in these areas is still the perogative of the Central Government.
Q: I must press you on this. Why can’t the referendum be held now? There are some doubts voiced to the effect that during the course of the coming year, the Provincial Government of the North/East may effect a redistribution of population to achieve a single Provincial Council at the referendum. •
A: The referendum is being held later in order that the request for a single Provincial Council for these two provinces be given a trial.
The referendum will be held on the basis of existing electoral lists. In terms of the Accord, even those persons registered in the Eastern Province but who have subsequently been displaced owing to the violence will be eligible to vote. So the
possibility of swi fresh settlement apply.
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The next and be taken under t the proposed Pr as speedily as
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nging the referendum by a of Tamil people will not
on the question of founded. All future land es in these areas, and for hole country, will allocate nal ethnic ratio. You must lat in the case of small and hemes, two former Prime eed with the Federal party ders. e beyond that now and
detail all the future on a national basis. In this Tanils and Muslims must together.
u envisage the working India to develop?
you know, the most in this region. She is also ost influential. She has her ars and apprehensions in Ave must understand some lot to say that we yield our ndia's interests. It simply have to be conscious of is and aware of her shouldn't pose a threat to
o many people that we this Accord only because invasion if we continued
d India threaten invasion. In may easily have yielded on of domestic political mposed a military solution andhi did not.
Gamini Dissanayake
Q: Some suggested an appeal to the United States. It has often been mooted that the USA would lease Trincomalee harbour.
A: Now that would be a poor reflection on our independence besides being contrary to our policy of non-alignment. Let's get one thing clear. In this age of nuclear power, warships can and do remain at sea for periods in excess of one year. Strategically placed harbours are a thing of the past. As for an air-base, the USA has the use of Diego Garcia, not far from here, and has no interest in Sri Lanka.
President Reagan's Ambassador to the United Nations, General Vernon Walters, who visited us about two years ago made this very clear to us. "Solve this problem with India', he told us. Most of our other friends have given us the same advice. The acclaim with which this Accord has been greeted internationally, particularly by the main aid-giving countries, is ample proof of this.
Excerpts from an interview with the 'Ceylon Daily News', August 8, 1987
xcerpts from a Statement issued
by the LSSP on the Accord
I LANKAN ACCORD has brought peace to the st of Sri Lanka. The ndian military forces into nas brought the Eelamist in end. The cease-fire has inding in of arms by the he well forward. already to say that the na way to the resumption y interrupted process of ankan nation out of the ulti-lingual and multition which peoples Sri ircumstances of such no doubt enormously er the last four traumatic ss in the effort will also ablishment of firm single state in a physical ka. possibly decisive step to he Accord is to get going bvincial Councils system possible throughout the
Another step which we urge should be taken without delay is to pass into law the provision in the Accord for making Tamil also an Official Language. A root cause of Tamil discontent will thereby be removed. If only this had been done as the LSSP demanded when English was displaced by Sinhala as the Official Language of Sri Lanka the great rift which developed between the Tamil minority and the Sinhala-majority-dominated Sri Lanka state might have been happily avoided.
With regard to making English too an Official Language, we consider it to be a needless step which we shall oppose. That every effort should be made by the Sri Lankan state to teach English widely and well in our schools and colleges has always been our stand; it is not necessary to make English an Official Language.
In conclusion, the LSSP would like to point out that although this Accord can itself be a forward step in establishing better ethnic relations in Sri Lanka, it is only a start and not an ending.
August 20, 1987

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"OUR ILLIBERAL DEMOCRACY"
THIS WEEK FOUR TAMILS who had sought asylum in Britain will find out whether they will be allowed to stay. This is not a victory for the Tamils and the rights of the refugees so much as an assertion of the rule of law over the enormous discretionary powers of the Home Office. All the High Court has done, in granting an injunction last Friday against the deportation of the Tamils, is to insist on their right to have their appeal heard in a court of law.
The Home Office was happy for this right to fall into obeyance because of the shortage of appeal judges in the summer, it is this approach to law and the civil liberties of refugees which is causing such alarm among refugees and the organisations which take up their neglected cause,
It is a measure of Britain's small status that there are now fewer applications for asylum here than in almost any other country of comparable political tradition. Far from being flooded with people who wish to enjoy Britain's liberal democracy, last year only 3,900sought asylum in Britain compared with the 15,000 who sought it in Sweden and 99,700 in West Germany.
This is what the government wants. As
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INDIAN MISSION REJECTS LTTE CHARGES
The Indian High Commission today denied that the Indian peacekeeping force had not been responsive to the "genuine concern" of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam about the security of its members against attacks by militant groups. "We cannot simply move militarily and disarm the other groups without at the same time
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A Last Chance For Sri Lanka
PRESIDENTJAYAWARDENE had anticipated a stormy session during yesterday's Parliamentary sitting, and because of this he had postponed a vote on the peace agreement for at least another month. This was a wise decision given that nearly 100 Sinhalese, including two MP's from the ruling United National Party have died in the rioting. However, until Parliament does vote on the agreement there is little prospect of the Tigers surrendering all of the thousands of weapons still in their hands.
Many of the guerillas fear that, given Sinhalese opposition to the accord, they may have to resort again to the gun to achieve their objectives. That said, the
senior Home Office Cohen for his rep Asylum Seekers in t for those seeking as a public indication o into the UK. And th illiberality and insu, treatment of ret noticeably more res says Barry Stoyle, h at the United k Advisory Service. It deeply ashamed.
The desire to pro welcorne those who risk, to show that treated with distru, minded; it is also yel the damaging powe immigration. Altho claims to stick to the immigration and dwindling number receiving asylum sp. enforcement of a Immigration officers snap and arbitrary ju as soon as they set see their job as one ( other races who Britain.
Immigrants seeki wanting to join th people fleeing p persecution in, at th Lanka, are all judge lens, They are enc press Which is quic foreigners as "illega all are processe Immigration Act v powers of detain recourse to bail, an appeal against dep As Barry Stoyle says having a form to fill out your fingernails,' The New
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disarming LTTE also," h claims to the contrat Complete the surrende allegation that the India rival groups was not in C It was only a few day. investigating a complai 70km south of Jaffna, were fired upon, by me The Hir
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amount of progress implementing the impressive. Thousa detainees have bee Tamil civilians have peninsula which, u, under a virtual state Lankan army and the some restraint, whi managed to calm population.
The universal reli the restoration of Tigers realise that a war would be neit Sadly, the same ca, Sinhalese terrorists proportion of th population. The
 
 

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officials said to Robin ort The Detention of he UK, tough measures tylum are necessary as f the difficulty of getting is measure of Britain's larity is getting worse; ugees has become trictive in the last year ead of the refugee unit Kingdom immigrants nakes him, at least, feel
ve that Britain does not se lives or liberty are at all foreigners must be st, is not only smallOne fore testarrent to er of a fervour against ugh the government letter of the law on both on refugees, the of those seeking and eaks rather to a zealous policy of exclusion. , who frequently make idgements on refugees foot in Britain, usually of holding back a tide of threaten to 'swamp'
ng a better life, people eir families here and olitical or religious e. nonent, Iran and Sri ld through this hostile Ouraged by a popular k to describe all black | immigrants'. Legally, d under the 1971 with its discretionary ng people with no d no right to make an Ortation inside Britain. : "It's not much comfort in when they're pulling
Statesman', 28 August
e said, adding that despite y, the LTTE was yet to r of its arms. The LTTE'S n Army was supporting the onformity with facts.
ago that the Indian troops, it by the LTTE at Mankulam ad opened fire when they mbers of another group. du (IE). September 12, 1987
made so far towards agreement has been nds of Tamil political n released. Even more
returned to the Jaffna ntil a month ago, was of siege. Both the Sri Tigers have acted with 'e the Indian army has he fears of the Tanni
ef of Tamil civilians at peace has made the resumption of guerrilla her easy nor popular. not be said about the
nor about a sizeable 9 Sinhalese civilian ndependent, 19 August
Let the Tigers Rulel
WHILE ITIS STILL questionable whether the India-Sri Lankan Accord can bring about permanent peace for the present, an interim administration is about to be set up for a united Northern and Eastern Province. Differing opinions have arisen as to whom the administration of such a Province should be handed over.
When the Eelam Tamils were oppressed by the racialists the people who rose up and were ready to throw their lives away in resisting such oppression were the militants. Especially this was true of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam under the leadership of Prabhakaran. Apart from this, with the support of the people, the Jaffna peninsula was fully under the administration of the Tiger organisation. Even when Sinhala armed forces besieged the Jaffna peninsula and cut-off all supplies from reaching the people from outside with a view to starving them into surrender, the Tiger organisation's administrative efficiency ensured that the people did not starve. Even as they were fighting off Sinhala attempts at a military solution the Tiger organisation had gained administrative experience.
While the Tigers were fighting off the attacks of the Sinhala armed forces those politicians and groups who had stood aside from the struggle cannot now come running forward to bask in the glory of their success. In any country after a revolution, whatever form of government may be established, it is only those who have made the necessary sacrifices for such success who would be raised to the pedestals of power. In this respect it is only the Liberation Tiger Organisation that qualifies to take charge of the interim administration of the new Province. There can be no two differing opinions in this regard.
it is not only just but also wise to hand over the interim administration to those heroic young men and women whose death-defying courage proved unconquerable to Sinhala armed forces,
If a 'Sinhala Only' military solution had been possible in Jaffna, Jayawardene would not have run to Rajiv for a political solution - and Rajiv would not have got Trincomale e and other concessions perceived to be in line with India's national self-interest. Ananda Vikatan, 23.8.87
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Sinhalese opposition to accord declining
Opposition to the Indo-Sri Lankan agreement among the Sinhalese population of the island had declined and were confined to extremist and fanatic elements. This was the assessment of Mr. Ronnie De Mel, Finance and Planning Minister of Sri Lanka, who arrived here (New Delhi) today to take part in the Indo-Sri Lankan Joint Commission's two-day meeting.
The opposition began to decline as the majority of the people became aware of the benefits of peace, he said.
Mr. De Mel was happy about the satisfactory progress in the implementation of the agreement in the first month - particularly about the ceasefire and the laying down of arms by the militants. Similarly he was confident that the residual matters' concerning the power devolution package for the provinces would be resolved soon,
The visiting Minister, who was replying to questions at the airport On his arrival, did not expect a split in the ruling United National party on the issue of the agreement.
K. K. Katyal in The Hindu (I.E), September 12, 1987

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BLOODY ACCORD
IT MAY HAVE TAKEN an India throwing its weight about like the regional superpower it is to pacify the Tamil minority in Sri Lanka, but the key figure in the state's foreseeable future remains the octogenarian President Jayawardene. The island is therefore more fortunate than it perhaps knows that this week's determined attempt to assassinate him in the Colombo Parliament failed.
Had it succeeded, all bets would have been cancelled, including (especially) the precarious Tamil settlement, which is doubtless what the plotters intended. The man who telephoned our correspondent, John Rettie, to claim responsibility on behalf of a new group called the Patriotic People's Movement (PPM) provided no absolute proof, but circumstantial evidence leaves no room for doubt that Sinhalese extremists are behind the outrage. : This means that Mr. Jayawardene is
WARNING SGNALS
THE INDIAN POLITICAL CLASS pursues the line of least resistance despite its loud protestations to the contrary, that a large part of it was opposed even to the relief missions undertaken by New Delhi, and that it was only too anxious to turn the proverbial blind eye to the inevitably dangerous Consequences of the increasingly bloody Sinhala-Tamil conflict in Sri Lanka. President Jayewardene is too knowledgeable about India not to have been perceptive of these points. So if he has stil chosen to go in for an accord, it must be because he is determined to save his people, both Sinhalas and Tamils, the terrible consequence of a virtual civil war. The cost for him will be heavy. But the objective is worth the cost. So is it for Mr. Rajiv Gandhi?
Hopefully, the LTTE will not seek to disrupt the agreement by engaging in violent activities even if it is at this stage reluctant to fall in line and surrender its arms. Active violence by it will place India in an unenviable position because this would compel it to use its troops to disarm the Tigers. The agreement obliges it to do so.
it is no secret that the Sri Lankan armed forces, though small, are highly politicised, the officers no less than the men. It is not going to be easy for Colombo to ensure disciplined behaviour on their part; perhaps the presence of the Indian contingent would be a sobering influence,
India has come of age even if against its own deeply ingrained escapism. It must begin to behave as such.
The Times of India, 31 July
爱 爱 姜
Hope in Sri Lanka
ITIS POSSIBLE to argue that Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi should not have signed an agreement with President Jayewardene on the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka.
President Jayewardene has shown extraordinary courage in ignoring this sentiment, backed as it is by significant sections of his own Government, party and the security forces. But he is an old man, he is unlikely to contest the next election; and his victory can by no means be regarded as certain even if he were to go into the arena once again. What happens then? The Tamils cannot be expected to ignore the realities on the ground.
nowhere near be would appear t however slowl prepared to trus exemplary dis sufficiently to o with the peace-p ago. But as the 1 down with the lar they call themse growing taste murderous viole compatriots ofth We see no racialist atrocities by the extremists therefore take distinction; bot battered democr militants present stability, those f the very survival
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THERE COULD NI of hastening an e Sri Lanka than viv the Indo-Sri La question.
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ing out of the wood yet. It hat the Tamil militants, y and reluctantly, are t the Indian Army with its scipline and restraint ffer guarded cooperation lan concluded three weeks Famil Tigers prepare to lie mb, the Sinha ese Lions (as lves) once again show a for the same kind of nce they condemn in their eminority.
difference between the s all too readily resorted to in both communities and no side and make no h menace an already acy, but whereas minority a palpable threat to social "om the majority threaten of the state.
The Guardian, 20 August
lidable Task
OT have been a better way 2nd to the ethnic conflict in hat has been envisaged in nkan agreement on the
he fact that the accord st possible framework for to Sri Lanka, there are s in it for India. it has been for Mr. Rajiv is accord with the late Sant an end to our own internal amply demonstrated. The that the well-conceived ed in the Indo-Sri Lankan O be far more formidable, ping role itself can get India the greatest possible -a-vis the Sri Lankan Sinhalese population, the nka, as well as the Tamils Indian Express', 31 July
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Every Step is Crucial
THE REAL TASK of the Indian peacekeeping force in Sri Lanka has begun with the LTTE's eventual decision to lay down arms. Surrender of arms and restoration of peace are the very first of many steps that are needed to win over these non-Tamils and non-Hindu Tamils in the eastern province and convince them that their legitimate interests will be fully protected in the unified administration unit.
The task of winning over the Sinhalese in the eastern province will be especially difficut. Mr. Prabhakaran will thus be on trial. From being an able organiser of a guerrilla movement, he has to emerge as the political leader accepted by a mixed population. - a
It is to be hoped that Mr. Prabhakaran is fully conscious of the high stakes involved in the effective discharge of his
responsibilities. "Indian Express', 5 August
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THE LAST MINUTE HITCH
THE DRAFT AGREEMENT on the ethnic issue in Sri Lanka is a sensible compromise between President Jayewardene's anxiety to safeguard the integrity of his country and the Tamil minority's legitimate aspirations.
Despite the intrinsic soundness of the draft accord, however, it cannot be taken for granted that the way has been opened for the restoration of peace in Sri Lanka. As usually happens in such conflicts, the sticking point now relates to military withdrawals.
While the proposed agreement on the ethnic issue is welcome, it is strange that India should be one of the signatories to it. It is for the Sri Lankan government and the Sri Lankan Tamil groups to sign an agreement on what is their internal issue.
By inducing it to sign, is President Jayewardene luring New Delhi into acknowledging that it in fact controls the militants? "Indian Express, 29 July
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BEYOND THE CRISIs
TLY, the general direction lations with Pakistan and has been at variance with n assessment of the role two countries in South has made known its stand akistani involvement in the But it does not appear to scussed the U.S. interest in
C.
l'hi’s penchant for accords, lisregard of the possible 'ences, must also reinforce this decision in respect of must be Conceded that in t did not have any other
have shown extraordinary ficult to say who has been th have been besieged at ged leaders often go in for tot accords. AS it happens is not tilted against the es to be welcomed in India ive' reasons.
she Times of India, 30 duly
No-one can ignore either America's long
term strategic interest in Trincomalee or the influence of the conservative think tank in the uppermost reaches of the current U.S. administration. This is why any dialogue between India and Sri Lanka which takes their respective foreign policy interests into fuller account could create a more durable basis to promote their bilateral ties.
The Times of India', 28 July
Ambassador's Gift
A CHEO UE FOR RS.7 ||akhSS Wa:S gifted to Dr. Nachchinarkinniar, Medical Superintendent, Jaffna Teaching Hospital by the American Ambassador in Sri Lanka, Mr. James W. Spain, when he visited the Hospital on 30th August. The Ambassador and his party visited the damaged wards; it was towards the repair of these wards the donation was made.
Saturday Review, September 12

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LAUNCHING PEA
'HOW COME SUDDENLY there is an agreement af violence, talks and ups and downs in the negotiation?', Junius Jayewardene soon after he and Prime Minis signed the historic document in Colombo last We because of the conjunction of planets and stars', said everyone at the Press Conference laughed, 'It's true', me in an aside lest his remark should be taken in a lighte an attempt to parry the question that was meant to find much bloodshed and bitterness, the two leaders had b solution to Sri Lanka's most intractable problem.
President Jayewardene does believe in interventionary activities of planets and stars, and has sometimes spoken about how that kindly Jupiter is generally well disposed towards him. But this agreement could not perhaps have been reached but for the violence that has occurred in the island nation, the resultant battle fatigue that must have been setting in among the Sinhalas and the Tamils, the growing realisation that it is futile to settle by arms what can be settled by negotiations; New Delhi's evolving a coherent policy on Sri Lanka, some pressures from western powers, and particularly President Jayewardene's showing a high degree of statesmanship, foresight and courage.
It was more difficult for President Jayewardene to lend his signature than for Mr. Rajiv Gandhi. The Sri Lankan leader has built his long political career on Sinhala nationalism. But now he was to face opposition from his own Prime
AS THE LANDING CRAFT of the Indian Navy, L-31, came into beach at Kankesanturai in the Jaffna peninsula recently, a 'dusty' vignette came into view. The giant cement factory's kilns on the shore were belching smoke continuously, creating a haze all round.
“The factory works three shifts a day now,' an officer of the Indian Navy said. 'The ash emitted by the chimneys are so thick that we have to close the windows of the building where wesleep in the night,' he added.
Nothing can perhaps explain more vibrantly the normality to which life in the Jaffna peninsula has returned than the reopening of the cement factory at Kankesanturai. The shoreside town itself, which was totally deserted as late as August 4, is humming with activity again. Shops and banks have reopened; children in bright, white uniforms are going to school; and private mini-buses are plying with a full complement of passengers.
As we drive into town, we realise it is a Friday of the Tamil month of Avani. At Kankesanturai, we see a beautifully decorated chariot with a pole aloft from which is hung a devotee with hooks all over his back. There are other devotees dressed in yellow clothes and needles piercing their cheeks.
A short distance away, we encounter another religious procession with devotees dressed in silk dhoties and their foreheads smeared with "vibhuti', carrying "kavadis' of various sizes. The "kavadis' themselves are decorated with garlands and peacock feathers. Shouts of "Arohara, arohara, vettrivel Muruganukku arohara 'fill the air.
Minister, Minister f Lalith Athulathmud adversary, Mrs. Siri and the Buddhist cl diluted their Si President Jayewa spoken so much abo and attacked India in
BY H.
He is a man with himself and belie destiny. For him to agreement with Ir qualities that only display. Whateverth in for the accord (t popular in India) it President who was ta
The ground real President Jayeward colleagues like Fina.
m Business as usual in Jaffna Pe
Traffic snar: We are i is a traffic Snarl. Stud whistles, regulating traffi stick to the sidewalks. swing. There is a profusi shift stalls with a displ ready-made dresses, Sw crowd is surging into Tellipallai Durgai Am speakers blare devotio, Govindarajan and Yesu Indian army jeep, We Wellore in Tamil Nad people love religion mor
The centre of the Ja Road, PoMverhouse Ro more alive than it was ab shops, damaged by the shelling from the Jaffna been reconstructed and seminar is to take pla academicians from Colo
Marriage takes place regional commander Китаrappa, got тarrie evening, he attends a fur a huge cut-out of Ponnamman alias Atp who died in an accide months ago.
Thus, life flows ever peninsula and as a youn nightmare is over."
T.S. Subraman

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CE IN SRI LANKA
ter four years of lasked President ster Rajiv Gandhi idnesday, 'It's all the President, as the President told r vein or simply as dout hoviv after so een able to finda
or National Security ali, his main political mavo Bandaranaike, ergy who have never hala nationalism. dene had himself ut Sinhala aspirations
so many statements. '
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a sense of pride in ves in Sri Lanka's think of signing an dia required those a few leaders can at impelled him to go he word is no longer was the Sri Lankan king a political risk. ities also convinced ene and some of his nce Minister, Ronnie
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n Tellipallai and there 2nt-scouts blow their c and asking people to A shandy is in full pn of colours in makeay of toys, balloons, eetmeats, etc. A big the entrance of the man temple. Loudnal songs of Sirkali dass. The driver of the lu, who hails from u, renarks. 'These e than ve do. ’’ iffna town - Bazaar ad, KKS Road - is out 20 days back. The 2 Sri Lankan army's Fort garrison, have fully stocked now. A ce in the town and mbo have arrived.
2: Also, the LTTE's for Jaffna, Mr. 'd that Friday. In the nction got up to un veil an LTTE leader, uthan Yogarathnam, ntal explosion a few
ywhere in the Jaffna g resident put it, 'the
iam in The Hindu (I.E.), September 19, 1987
De Mel, and Lands Minister, Gamini Dessanayake that the Tamil militancy cannot be fought by military means. Mr. De Mel has been impressing upon the President how defence expenditure has gone up since ethnic violence broke out in Sri Lanka four years ago. Wars cost a lot and Sap a nation's energy; so do wars within. With bills mounting Colombo was finding it difficult to Sustain prolonged military offensive against the militants.
There can be some truth in the reports that western countries, particularly the United States, tried to convince President Jayewardene that it was no use fighting a war that he could not really win. Washington also realised that no solution of the problem was possible unless India helped. There could be several reasons for Washington's assessment of the situation. One was simply realism; there was actually no solution to the ethnic conflict in sight without India's help.
The other was the re-emergence of the Trotskyite militant group - JVP - which is no believer in democracy and has shown its capability to exploit the educated unemployed.
President Jayewardene's confidence in his ability to sell the agreement to Sinhalas emanates from the insular position he enjoys under the country's Contitution. He made it clear at his Press Conference after the agreement that if Parliament tried to obstruct its implementation he would dissolve Parliament. When N. Ram asked him in The Hindu interview whether there was possibility of a political revolt within the UNP against certain features of the Indo-Sri Lankan agreement, President Jayewardene said this in Napoleonic words:
"Not at all. Because the revolt can come if they vote against the bills I an bringing? Then I go to the people and say you choose anybody you want'. I don't go! You see, this is the great value in my Constitution.'
Now when peace is returning to Sri Lanka, India has to give all its support to President Jayewardene because on him depends the success of the agreement. At the same time India has to see that its troops do not stay in Sri Lanka a day longer than necessary. New Delhi will have to avoid getting stuck in Sri Lanka although it has been sucked in. Besides ensuring peace in Sri Lanka, efforts will have to be made to win the confidence of the Sinhalas.
One way to do this is by launching a massive economic programme for helping Sri Lanka rebuild its shattered economy and find jobs for the unemployed, in both the Sinhala and the Tamil majority areas. The U.S. decision to launch Marshal Plan for the reconstruction of post-war Europe was useful to both the U.S. as well as Western European nations. It should not be difficult for India to find ways to help its neighbour on the economic front also.
Courtesy of The Hindustan Times, 5 August 1987

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INDIA's NEW
The Agreement signed by Gandhi and Jayewardene on July has not solved the ethnic problem. At best, it has postponed ar put a new dimension on the struggle of the Tamil people f justice and equality in the country of their birth. ۔۔۔۔۔۔۔
Two desperate leaders struggling for their political surviv have agreed to terms that have angered both sides in the conflic What can only be described as an incidental fall-out from the pa has been the only welcome result - saving the Tamils in the nor and east from the relentless slaughter at the hands undisciplined Sinhalese Security Forces and armed Sinhales hoodlums. For this much needed respite everyone must b thankful to India. However, the new problems created and th new responsibilities which India has bestowed on herself must b appreciated.
Lack of Consultation
The Tamils were not consulted, only coerced by India int accepting the terms of the agreement. In doing so, India ha committed itself to seeing that the reasonable demands of th Tamils to live with equality and dignity and withou discrimination are delivered. If these basic needs are not me then the accord will be no more than a sell-out of the Tamil peopl in exchange for (temporary) political benefits to the India leadership, benefits to India in the regional power struggle and th commercial benefits (to India) from the oil farm in Trincomalee.
Where the degree of devolution of power, a critical factor in th ethnic conflict, is concerned. it must be stressed that the 198 agreement adds nothing to what was on offer in August 1985. I other words, the Sri Lankan government has not conceded an reduction in the power of the central government in Colombo c its ability to strangle the periphery. It can be reasonably argue that the Agreement provides a fragile peace without justice.
India thought it fit to sign an agreement which has no referenc to the continuing disenfranchisement of the northern Tamils b the exclusion of their elected representatives from the Sri Lanka parliament. Presumably India will take on the responsibility c representing and safe-guarding the interests of these people.
BY BRIAN SENEWIRATNE
India has disarmed the militant Tamils, the only force thi stood in the way of the Sinhalese government in Colombo ridin rough shod over the Tamils, as they have done for three decade. India now has a mandatory obligation to exert equivalent pressul on the Sri Lankan government to ensure equal rights an opportunities for the Tamil minority. If India fails to meet th obligation, then disarming the militants without insisting on simultaneous dismantling of the now massive Sri Lankan militar machine, would be an act of irresponsibility. If India no withdraws its troops and leaves the defenceless Tamil civilians t the dubious mercy of the undisciplined Sri Lankan Securit Forces, it will be an act of monumental irresponsibility.
Dangerous Aspects
Rajiv Gandhi has, both in the main agreement and in th Exchange of Letters which was attached, agreed to provid training facilities and military supplies to the Sri Lankan Securit Forces. By the same token, having equipped Security Force whose undisciplined behaviour has attracted world-wid condemnation, India must also guarantee the discipline behaviour of these forces, both in the Tamil areas and in the re. of the country.
The Agreement (section 2.4) enables the relocation of larg numbers of people in the eastern province. India cannot b unaware of the dangers of such a clause which can be used by th Sri Lankan government to introduce thousands of Sinhalese int the Tamil areas and alter the ethnic composition which wi disadvantage the Tamils. Jayewardene's statement on July 2 (four days before the agreement was signed) mentioned in the Fa Eastern Economic Review (6.8.87) that there is little doubt th: the eastern province will opt out of a single provincial counc

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ESPONSIBILITIES
arrangement with the north, once a referendum is held after a 9 year, cannot be insignificant. d India must be aware of the deep divisions which the Agreement has created in the Sinhalese south, divisions which will almost certainly preclude the political survival of President Jayewardene and probably of his party, the UNP. The alternatives for Jayewardene, both in the UNP and in the SLFP opposition, are virulently anti-Tamil and anti-Indian. The unpopularity of the h Agreement and the probability that it will be abrogated if either of f these groups comes to power could not have been ignored, especially in view of the extensive violence which erupted in the e south well before the pact was signed. е Section 2.16c states that India will give Sri Lanka "such military e assistance as and when required. This refers to the activity of any militant group, not necessarily the Tamils. The Indian government has thus committed itself to the control of a civil war in the South i.e. of assisting President Jayewardene to use armed force on his own people. It would be naive to believe that Sinhala is extremists already propagating anti-Tamil and anti-Indian e sentiments in the south, will not use such action to whip up even a
greater war hysteria in the south than exists today. t As has been mentioned, there is more than a chance that the agreement will be abandoned by a future Sri Lankan government which may not be too far away. The course of action which would then be open to India and more importantly to the Tamil people, is far from clear.
ཀྱི་
Lasting Solution?
There is no doubt that Rajiv Gandhi's 'Sri Lankan adventure' was prompted by major domestic problems in India (which have nothing to do with the Sri Lankan ethnic conflict) and the threat to Indian security by President Jayewardene getting Pakistan, Israel. China and the United States, countries hostile to India, more and more involved in the conflict in Sri Lanka. Whatever his motives were, the consequences of his action are serious and may well be long-lasting. A few problems have been settled. Firstly f and importantly, the killing in the north and east has stopped. Secondly, the Tamils, chronically devoid of a leader, have had a leader in the form of Prabhakaran, created for them by Gandhi and Jayewardene. He has shown himself to be the only Tamil leader willing and capable of standing up for the rights of his people against overwhelming odds. Thirdly, the responsibility for the future welfare of the Tamils has been taken over by India. If these new responsibilities are appreciated and honoured by India, then the Agreement could be a step towards solving the complex ethnic problem. If they are not, then the Agreement can be added to an already impressive collection of meaningless pacts which have contributed nothing but have added to the increasing chaos in Sri Lanka.
PASTOR AND THREE OTHERS KILLED
ROHAN DISSANAYAKE (49), Pastor, and Upali Gunathunga (25), both of Nuwara Eliya, along with Sekar Don Bosco (25) and Pullandran William Sebaratnam (18) of Navaly, members of the Assembly of God, were shot and killed on Monday night (September 7) at Uduvil while they were travelling in a van. Four others were injured and admitted to hospital.
Pastor Rajasooriar, in his evidence at the Magisterial inquiry, stated that when he went up to the van in question he saw four masked men running away from it.
The occupants of the van, he added, were returning from his house, and two others and he followed on scooters when they noticed the van halted at the Uduvil junction. They had gone up to this van to find the dead and injured lying in pools of blood. They had then stopped a passing lorry and another van and taken the bodies of the dead and those who were injured to the Teilippalai hospital.
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Saturday Review, 12 September

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16 TAM TIMES;**
Sri Lanka looks for a restore war-torn ecor
RECONSTRUCTION in war-damaged Sri Lanka, particu and east of the country, is expected to cost between $6 S700m, the Finance Minister Ronnie de Mel said.
He was speaking in London on his way to a Commonwealth finance ministers' meeting in Barbados and a World Bank meeting in Washington where he will discuss international backing to restore his country's economy.
A 12-man team of World Bank officials is now in Sri Lanka, inspecting the former war zones to assess damage and to draw up plans for reconstruction and the resettlement of refugees, he revealed. Mr. de Mel said a meeting of Sri Lanka's main Western aid donors was scheduled to take place in Paris on 4 December, when fresh financial commitments were expected to be made. He said many countries had already expressed their support.
Mr. de Mel is considered something of a radical in the Sri Lankan government because of his early support for a negotiated settlement to the island's ethnic conflict, and his belief that the militant Tamil and
APPRECATION
Swarnam Sivaprakasam
ON THE LAST NIGHT of August 1987, a large crowd gathered at the Uniting Church in Strathfield to participate in a service of thanksgiving for the life of the late Swarnam Sivaprakasam who was widely-known and loved. • • •
lin his address, Revd. David Manton Who
early and rigorous training in Western classical music and eastern classical dance both of which gifts she showered on the Sri Lankan and wider community, for their enjoyment. The service which reflected her diverse cultural interests was a graceful blend of east and west.
The offerings made in Swarnam's memory ranged from the soaring notes of Handel's "l know that my Redeemer liveth" sung by the golden-voiced Navaranjini Olegasegaram to . a lively hymn sung in Tamil by the Tamil Christian Fellowship Choir of which Swarnam was S0 integral apart.
The cumulative effect of the evening was to recreate so poignantly Swarnam's own special joy in teaching the young from the days when she taught music at St. Thomas' Preparatory School where her father, the late J. T. R. Perinpanayagam, was Headmaster to her later years in suburban Sydney where she instilled the joys of music and dance in an evergrowing number of young pupils.
All in all, it was an unforgettable way of saying farewell to a very exceptional and gifted individual - by bringing alive, in the church that evening, what gave her immeasurable joy in life.
Nalini Maclntyre
conducted the service dwelt on Swarnam's
Sinhalese groups within the governm
He was the first was not only dest relative prosperity door economic p. bring about, but its He said parliame President Junius Ja in July with the Inc Rajiv Gandhi, had expected unanim ( legislation estab Councils comes parliament. Electio are scheduled for 1 He expected the co by January.
A proposal by government to es provincial counci dominated north region comprisin from each ethnic ( militant groups ha because of interna the former guerrilla Michael Fat
Danger in COup
IT IS RATHER S reasonably percept scene in Sri Lanka ca. an agreement coul negotiated between ( militants under I, evidence points in the A negotiated set parties concerned question for months which is highly enormous and grow own partymen, incl cabinet, the principa by Mrs. Sirimave Buddhist monks an President Jayeward offered terms whic would have accept efforts had become a Reports have app Indian press to the Jayewardene face military coup. Clear
to confirm these rep.
ln the given situa the very least, bough least a possibility th, Lanka is avoided. H. shown enormous da
They now need necessary skills. business, there are only brick-bats and
The Til

d to omy
arly in the north )0m (£375m) and
hould be brought 2ntal process. o see that the war oying the island's which his openlicies had helped ocial fabric as well. htary opposition to /awardene's accord ian Prime Minsiter, allen away, and he
us support when,
ishing provincial efore Sri Lanka's ns for the councils he end of the year. uncils to be in place
the Jayawardene tablish an interim for the Tamiern and eastern g representatives ommunity and the id come to naught a struggles among S.
hers in The Independent, 19 September, 1987
Sri Lankan threat
urprising that any ve observer of the seriously believe that d in fact have been olombo and the Tamil dian auspices. All opposite direction. lement between the las been out of the if it ever was feasible oubtful. Faced with ng resistance from his ding members of his | opposition party led Bandaranaike, the | Sinhala community, ne just could not have the Tamil militants 2d. India's mediatory
exercise in futility, ared in a section of the effect that President the prospect of a we are in no position riS. Dn, Mr. Gandhi has, at time so that there is at a grave tragedy in Sri and his advisers have ing.
to demonstrate the nd in this kind of no thanks, there are anty of them.
es of India, 5 August, 1987
SEPTEMBER 1987
DETENTION: CONCERN GROMVS
: THE BRITISH REFUGEE COUNCIL is becoming increasingly concerned by the number of asylum-seekers being held in detention following their arrival in Britain. The government, it feels, is ignoring the role Voluntary organisations can play in providing proper accommodation and counselling for vulnerable new arrivals. Many authorities believe detention can have serious debilitating effects - both mental and physical - on asylum-seekers who have often fled their own countries to escape just such internment.
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Tamil asylum-seeker Sivakumaran Sinnathamby had been in detention for over 12 months when he spoke of how - overcome by depression - he had tried
to hang himself. 'I was held in Pentonville for 48 days. When I was there I was served a deportation order, I was handcuffed and my arms tied down with a belt. I felt I was being treated like an animal. I have spent so long in detention here after hiding from the military in Sri Lanka, I feel as though I'm
still being persecuted.'
From EXILE (Newsletter of the British Refugee Council-Sept/Oct. 1987)
U.S. Asians are
academic highflyers
ASIAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS have become the educational pace-setters of the United States and are admitted in increasing proportions to the country's most competitive universities, Time magazine reported in a COver story.
Twenty-five per cent of new students , entering the prestigious University of California's Berkeley campus this year will be of Asian origin while the figure at the elite Massachusetts Institute of Technology will be 20 per cent.
PERSONAL
Cambridge Schol
MR. P. N. SUGANTHAN, after his unparalleled achievement in the G.C.E. (A/L) Examination in August 1986, has been awarded a full scholarship by the Cambridge University to follow an Engineering Tripos course in Electronics. He secured distinctions in all four subjects at the A/l examination, obtaining an all time record aggregate of 372 (average of 93 marks). He left for the U.K. on 23rd August. Mr. P. Suganthan is the son of Mr. P. Nagaratnam, Principal of Skantha Varodaya College, and Mrs. Vallinayagi Nagaratnam of Tellipallai.

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SEPTEMBER 1987
Post Rajiv Gandhi-Jayawarc Accord Parleys on Devo
FIRST ROUND BE
Picture of official discussions between the Sri Lankan and the Indian team at the P. delegation was headed by Mr. W. M. P. B. Menikdiwela, Secretary to the President and t Commissioner J. W. Dixit.
| Official talks on
devolution begin
OFFICIAL DISCUSSIONS to resolve residual problems related to devolution of power, as stipulated under paragraph 2.15 of Indo-Sri Lankan Agreement to establish peace and normalcy in Sri Lanka, signed on July 29, have begun.
The Sri Lankan Official delegation was headed by Mr. W. M. P. B. Menikdiwela, Secretary to the President. Other members of the Sri Lankan delegation were Messrs. K. H. J. Wijedasa, Secretary to the Prime Minister; Felix Dias Abeysinghe, Secretary, All Party Conference; G. Kumaranatunga, Deputy Secretary to the Treasury; D. B. l. P. S. Siriwardena, Secretary, Ministry of
Public Administ Secretary, Minist AbeySekera, Le Abeyratne, Actir Government.
The Indian defe Dixit, - High Comm members were M Adviser, Minist Government of Secretary, Minis Sahdev, Joint External Affairs; V Ministry of Hom Deputy High C Colombo; H. S. P Commission of llr Prakash, Deputy External Affairs.
StatiSticSTell Par
Nearly 100,000 families in the Jaffna Distric took heavy body blows as the Armed Force went on the rampage during the four yea period 1983-1987. The number of registered deaths is 2,548.
1,759 persons are 'missing", 2,873 disabled and 11,750 injured. The total loss of property is estimated at Rs.7 billion.
The Government Agent, Jaffna,
has drawn up plans f( rehabilitation and compensation.
Applications for compensation will have to be made on speci, officia forms.
The deadline is 2nd September.
Here is the breakdown, for the period 1.1.83-10,887.
1. Total number of affected families 88,0C
2. Number of families whose movable --
property was damaged 60,24
3. The number seeking economic rehabilitation 40,03
4. Total value of loss Rs.7,382,373,24
The figure is made up as follows: a
i. Residential Property
a. Immovable b. Movable
Rs.1878,69538 Rs.2,001,522,33
 

TAMLTIMES 17
ene Peace
l'ution
GINS
Z *k esidential Secretariat. Sri Lankan le Indian delegation by Indian High
ration; Cyril Gamage, y of Home Affairs; Nalin al Draftsman and R. g Commissioner Local
gation was led by Mr. J. N. missioner for India. Other is, S. Balakrishnan, Legal ry of Home Affairs, India; K. S. Sastry, Addl. try of Finance; Kuldip Secretary, Ministry of ". K. Jain, Joint Secretary, e Affairs; Nirupam Sen, ommissioner of India, uri, First Secretary, High dia, Colombo and B. S.
Secretary, Ministry of
on August 18.
VMVHEW I H0 VERED BETWEEW LIFE AND DEATH
An extract from an account sent by Mr. Lalith Athulathmudali from his sick
bed after he was seriously injured when grenades thrown by fanatics of his own Sinhalese community exploded in Parliamentary Committee Room A
闘決ミ手葵% "As the car (from Parliament to Hospital) speeded, it all dawned on me. This was possibly it - the end could be inevitable, it could be near - it could be soon. I had to be ready for it. There was, surprisingly, no fear, The worst worry related to those close to me - child, wife, nephew, niece - brother and sister and close friends. . .
l then thought about those who had wronged me. One or two of the current ones came to mind. I could not think of them all I
quickly forgave them and dismissed them
from my mind. I thought of those whom I may have wronged. I could not think of anyone specific in a personal sense and nevertheless if there were any I hoped they would forgive me. I thought of those who might feel wronged by my exercise of public duty, sometimes against my moral preferences, and I hoped that they would one day be
generous enough to understand."
The Sunday Times (Ceylon), September 6, 1987
t Of The Bloody Tale
t ii. Commercial Property
S a. Immovable Rs...1447,325624 r b. Movable Rs..1568,006,621 iii. Livestock Rs. 135,295,407 iv. Vehicles Rs...139,591940 v. Fishing Rs.211,935,930 5. Number of registered deaths 2,548 6, Number of missing persons 1,759 p 7. Number of disabled persons 2,873 8. Number of injured persons 11,750 9. Number of houses completely damaged 24,737 10. Number of houses partly damaged 27,876
11. Number of commercial properties
completely damaged 8,085 O 12. Number of commercial properties partly damaged 2,908 13. Number of Temples and Churches damaged 398
. Estimated cost of reconstruction of
4 Temples and Churches Rs.97,991,354 5 15. Number of vehicles destroyed or damaged 1,301 16. Number of Motorcycles & scooters destroyed, 1.361
17. Losses sustained by 57 departments 8 and Corporations
. Losses incurred by 34 Cooperatives
Rs.1372,794,284 Rs. 96,153,462

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THERE ARE ALREADY disquieting signs that the Indo-Sri Lankan Accord has begun to run into snags.
Reports say that attempts are being made: to expedite the settlement of Sinhalese on 2,500 acres in Mullaitivu.
The Government is reportedly planning to settle Sinhalese in Mundhirikulam and the areas round Dollar and Kent Farm.
To implement this scheme a special project has been started in Wellioya and a Sinhalese has been appointed Additional Government Agent.
The Mullaitivu Citizens' Committee and high Government sources have confirmed these reports.
These sources say that more than 20 years ago Tamils were given lands in these areas on a long term lease basis. After Black July 1983 the Tamils settled here, fled these. areas and sought shelter elsewhere due to the military operations carried out by the State. Up to now these Tamil colonists have not been able to return to their settlements as the situation is still unsettled:
After the Indo-Sri Lankan Accord was signed, plans had been formulated to settle Sinhalese colonists in these areas.
Similarly in Suriyanaru close to okkuthodu vai, about 1,500 acres which had been allotted to Tamils under a middle
| THE CLARIFICATION AT SUTE
ALL BUT DROWNED in a flood of humanity, Prabhakaran, the LTTE leader. On his first appearance at Suthumalai on a public platform on August 4, 1987, displayed a clear and subtle understanding of the conflicting currents in the contemporary situation. m
He made two points very clear to the people. The arms which the LTTE had taken to fight the cause of the security and freedom of the Tamil people are now being handed over to the Indian government which from the date of the 'surrender’ wil assume the responsibilities hitherto undertaken by the LTTE.
He also made it clear that the Indo-Sri Lankan Accord has to be viewed in a larger perspective that only an accord that relates to the relationships between Sinhalese and the Tamils in Sri Lanka. The Accord has a special relevance to the realities for India
and Sri Lanka of geo-politics in the South
Accord Runs linto sn.
class scheme are beit to Sinhalese settlers Security Forces.
Again in the Kokkul allocated to Tanils in They were forced abandoning , their ho activities. Now thes forcibly taken over by A special vesting or Settle 250 Sinhalese f Nayaru East and We been settled earlier.
The Citizens' Conn Guards and the destroying the house Tamils in Kokkulai, Karunattukerni.
in Trinconnalee the the Sri Lankan armed to harass the Tamil pe The Trincomalee D representative has Commander of the Force in the district a But apparently no act far. These developme is no room for compla Accord has been signe
What is India going
Saturday
Asian Region. Eve despite our little st Context it would be i uphold the Accord w Lankaikes it or not.
India has, however, given him the assura no more any questior genocide in Sri Lanka. the LTTE arms have the Indian Army. W given by the LTTE le Temple grounds of S day demonstrations Jaffna that marked Accord, came to an ab Long and argumer over. The country h working order. A new root in the minds ofth
(The gist of the addre taken from the
(TULF) will hold a General Council meeting in the Northern Province within the next three Weeks to decide on the party's future strategy, sources said.
Sources said TULF leader Mr. A. Amirthalingam will preside at the meeting which is likely to be held in Jaffna.
These sources said it had not been finalised whether the meeting would be in the North or East but that the likely venue vvas Jaffna.
The party will at this meeting decide whether to contest the forthcoming Provincial Council elections and the TULF role in the implementation of the IndoLankan agreement.
TULF Meeting in NPS
THE TAMIL UNITED LIBERATION FRONT
it will be Mr. Amirt to the province after J.
Meanwhile the Council is expected this week.
The TULF trio Amirthalingam. M. Si R. Sampanthan are r Delhi to assist in 'residual matters' devolution of power Eastern Provinces.
The Sri Lankan del Lankan talks led by Menikdiwela and C Felix Dias Abeysing Siriwardene, K. H.

SEPTEMBER 1987
ags?
ng forcibly reála cated
with the help of the
ii area 80 houses were pre than 20 years ago. to flee the area uses due to military e houses are being Sinhalese colonists. der has been made to amilies on 53 acres in st where Tamils had
hittee says that Home Armed Forces are s earlier occupied by
Kokkuthoduvai and
reports indicate that
forces are continuing
ople, strict Liberation Tiger complained to the Indian Peacekeeping bout this harassment. ion has been taken so ints indicate that there cency just because an 2d on paper, to do about all this?
Review, 22 August, 1987
IUMALA
nts were marching elves. In this larger incumbent on India to rhether anyone in Sri
the LTTE leader said, nce that there will be of ethnic violence or It is to ensure this that been surrendered to With this clarification ader in person at the :uthumalai, the threeand turbulence in the signing of the rupt end. ntative days are now
as now to revert to :
Sensitivity has to take e people. ss of the LT TE leader
Tarmil dailies).
firearms or threw grenades.
wills, with the Tigers over the hunger
abuses of the peace accord by the Sri
Indian Troops Intervene in Tamil-Sinhalese Clash
INDIAN TROOPS, whose role in keeping the peace had become a matter of growing controversy in the Eastern Province, were involved recently in a clash between Sinhalese and Tamils, in which two people died.
According to reports from Trincomalee, supporters of the Tamil Tigers Organised a demonstration near the town in sympathy with a 'fast unto death" by one of the Tigers' political leaders in Jaffna.
Trincomalee is a mixed community district, and it was not long before a group of angry Sinhalese appeared on the scene and attacked the Tamils with knives, stones and clubs. .
Sri Lankan police accompanied by Indian troops, who have been carrying out more joint patrols recently, hastened to the site and fired tear-gas to disperse the crowd.
Reports from military and other Sources say a hand-grenade was . thrown from the back of the crowd, killing two people. Indian sources deny that their troops used any kind of
The Indians are locked in a battle of
strike by their chief ideologist, Thileepan, who is demanding Indian action against what the Tigers say are
Lankan Government.
The complaints are that police stations are being set up before the formation of an interim administration; that the Government is settling Sinhalese in Tamil areas, while Tamil refugees are not being resettled; and that not all Tamil detainees have yet
been freed. John Rettie in "The Guardian", 19 September, 1987
OO Ո
halingam's first visit uly 1983. interim Provincial to start functioning
of Messrs. A. 'vasithamparam and low at hand in New the discussions on pertaining to the in the Northern and
egation for the IndoMr. W. M. P. B. :omprising Messrs. the, D. B. l. P. S.
Wijedasa and H.
Paskaralingam will leave for Delhi on September 1, sources said. ༢
The delegations will have one more round of discussions in Colombo later next month before finalising the list of powers to be delegated to the administration in the provincial council.
... The third delegation is expected in New Delhi on September 3 to discuss matters related to the revival of the ferry service between Rameswaram and Talaimannar. it will be led by Mr. N. Vamadevan, Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Transport. . . . .
It will also discuss the financial arrangements for the purchase of 500 buses that Sri Lanka urgently needs to buy from India to strengthen its fleet of public transport buses,
The Island, 30 August, 1987

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SEPTEMBER 1987
* جدوجہد
Letters to the Editor S StSYSED S SS earing and spreadi
FATHER JOACHIM PLLA'S criticism entitled "Temptations From The Right" (July 1987) calls for some criticism in turn. " {
There is an underlying assumption that "liberal,
Community-oriented Socialist options" are the progressive highway to success. This in turn implies that the older capitalist formula is selforiented, belongs to a past Century and is ready for instant burial. The idea that old is evil and discardable is tantalising, but hardly true, as is evidenced by the fact that capitalism is embraced with vigour by the more affluent nations in the last half of the 20th century. ج۔
If capitalism were self-oriented, no democratic leader could afford to espouse it, for to do so would ensure instant defeat at the polls. In making such an assumption, One ignores the politician's burden of playing to and satisfying his constituency. The only way in which self-orientation can make itself appealing to others, is if it has the effect of uplifting them as well, making it by necessity communityOriented. −
The second presumed hypothesis is that members of a Socialist Society are a more noble
This ignores two fa method engenders g and two, that it has n percentage of Stateits workers.
in using the word" seeks to invoke humaneness, synonyi 'Liberal' could also adherence to the mo again, seemingly pro wise. In this regard, ( the British Labour Pa liberal, and more cau Independence in 1948 and delay may have Federal Constitution, of the British Parliar have helped to averto Finally, it is in the sa that the Reverend Jayawardene foreig Enlightened", which fc
spirited lot than their Capitalist counterparts. A look, LOSING
around the world is sufficient to assure us that selfishness motivates the embracers of all philosophies, Socialist or Capitalist. One does not have to be too hard-nosed or cynical to reach this realisation. By contrast also, individuals in either society have, of necessity, to consider the community impact of their self-serving actions to determine their acceptability, and consequent feasibility.
Another misconception propounded by implication is that Socialism is more synonymous with "Equality" than is Capitalism. This is based upon the notion that State-generated wealth is more equitably distributed amongst its workers,
and that Consequently, the Capitalist method of.
THE INTERNECINE CL seem to have erupted They appear to be en before the forthcomin the merged provinces. The reported dema, in the interim adm Province is in keeping socialist state ruled by its leader V. Prabhaka with the Press. Wi unwelcome to the aut have resorted to the those who are oppose
CLOSWG DOWW
AMIL INFORMATION CENTRE,
LONDON is ceasing its activities. Already the
has been such a boon to expatriate Tamils not only in the U.K. but also in I distant parts of the world, ended on August 31. The signing of the 'Peace Accord' has resulted in fewer violations of human rights by the Sri Lankan Security Forces with its consequent impact on news stories.
The Chronicle and the paper cutting service are being terminated as from this month. The Management hopes that the Library will be maintained by another organisation.
recorded news report service which
HERTS T Cultu
THE TAMIL UNO successful Cultura Tamil School on 31
The President, the Chief Guest, A his enormous cont
lin his address, efforts by our cor Own experiences ( he had witnessed the necessary ste) * take. He produced detained refugee which he had visit function. It was W. detained and app "Work With Mr. Cor
teatset.
J.R. SAYS HE
IS NO
the President said.
“I AM NOT A BANDARANAIKE”, President Jayawardene told the Editor of the Saturday Review, Gamini Navaratne, in reply to a pointed question whether the Indo-Sri Lankan Accord signed on 29 July would go the way of the BandaranaikeChelvanayakam Pact of 1958, which was torn up after protests by Sinhalese chauvinists led by the Buddhist clergy. 'I will go through with it, implementing it in both letter and spirit, come what may',
A gigantic probl rehabilitation of ethnic violence is hands. The Gove this problem oi international assis
First priority sho fishing industry in there, waiting to fishing families co, реople, have been declaration of th,

next mer:. . . -a.e.,
LTING TO g wealth is less desirable. ts, one that the Capitalist ater wealth for distribution,
t been shown that a greater arned wealth seeps down to
iberal", the Reverend Father oncepts of contemporary ous with progress. The word connote a ready and hasty ld of the moment, making it ressive, but not necessarily he wishes in retrospect that ty of the late '40s was less ious, when granting Ceylon A touch of guarded caution resulted in the grant of a instead of a slavish imitation entary model, which might ir recent holocaust. me spirit of Liberal Socialism Father characterises pre-'. n policy as "Bold and ught "Colonialism, Feudalism
L LqSS qSqrS SSqSS0LSSLS qS SSSSSSJSSS qqSSSS SLS FAMILTIMES 19
and Imperialism". Has the Jayawarden government embraced any of these concepts as part of its foreign (as opposed to domestic) policy? ls aligning Oneself to the capitalist west any more colonial than tying oneself to the socialist bloc? Does, on the other hand, a proclamation of neutrality make us less dependent on nations of either bloc? The policy of his forebearers in office were no more enlightened Orindependent-oriented than his Own. This writer's objection to Mr. Jayawardene's foreign policy is the adverse effect it could have on the minority battle towards Eelam. The danger lay in the possibility of the United States aiding his effort to suppress the minority struggle, because he was the last bastion of capitalism in the region.
Thank goodness, that in the end, they wisel chose not to enter the fray, and let India exert its expected role in the region. In other respects, ther could be no objection to his preferring the West the Socialist bloc, unless one was an undemocratic Socialist. USA * . August 21, 1987
HE PEACE
ASHES between the militants again in the North and East tangled in a power Struggle g elections to the Council of
ld by LTTE for a major stake inistration of the merged With its policy of achieving a a single party as declared by ran at numerous interviews len this demand became
horities the LTTE appears to
tactic of silencing by force
to then.
Although no one is enamoured with the behaviour of the smaller militant groups, getting rid of them by violent methods cannot be condoned, if the Tamils are to win Over the Muslims in the Eastern Province to support the merger of the two provinces at the proposed December 1988 Referendum, then what the militants are doing now may be counterproductive. Even the Tamils or at least some of them in the Eastern Province will be reluctant to support the merger campaign, it is high time that the militants see reason and even at this late stage, resolve their differences and put up a united stand so that the Tamil people will not be leë up the garden path. " . . . .
Edmonton, Canada S. Maha Indra
AML SCHOOL ral Show
N OF HERTS organised a l Show in aid of the Herts, August at Brent Town Hall. Mr. Logan Rasiah, thanked fr, Jeremy Corbyn, M.P. for ibution to our welfare. Mr. Corbyn welcomed such munity and highlighted his fthe sufferings and hardship in our Homelands and listed 's Western Countries should a letter written by one of the in the ship Earl William, djust before he came to the ritten on behalf of all those aled to all Tamil people to yn in his efforts to obtain fair
Opening of new school premises by
Mr. Hugh South The Herts Tamil School is based at Park Gate Junior School, Southwold Road, Watford, Herts, and classes are held on Sundays between 300 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. Facilities are provided for all to learn Tamil language, Speech, Miruthangam, Dance, Music and Karate, and to play table tennis and badminton.
For information, please telephone: i 0442-40815, 0923-662811 or 0923-222157
BANDA
im of resettlement and hose affected by the on the Government's .
nment cannot handle its own, it needs 3Ce. . .
tld be the revival of the he North. For the fish is e caught. Over 25,000 prising nearly 150,000 everely affected by the
Northern seas as a
Lanka's economy,
'security zone' since 1984. Many of their houses have been demolished and their boats and nets destroyed, ah by the Security Forces. With the revival of the fishing industry, the Northern economy will also begin to revive. So also would Sri
The second priority is the early restoration of the telecommunication services and rail, road and air transport.
Vast vistas promising a golden future for the people of Sri Lanka are there - provided our politicians seize the unique opportunity afforded by the Accord.
Saturday Review, 29 August 1987

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m 9 STANDING COMMITTEE OF
TAMIL SPEAKING PEOPLE
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Mahajana College, Tellipallai
Old Students Association (U.K. Branch)
Jayaratnam Memorial Day General Meeting and Lunch
Lola Jones Hall, Greaves Place, Off Garratt Lane, Tooting, London SW17.
'JC at 12 noon
Sunday, October 25, 1987
For Tickets: Adults f3.00, Children E1.00
Contact: Dr. S. Navaratnam 0277-223.981
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PROFESSOR DANIELSELVARADAH SANDERs, ''
The following were elected
PRESIDENT's SECRETARY and TREASURER Of the Jaffna Central College Old Boys and Old Girls Association (UK Branch)
at the General Meeting held on 8 August, 1987:
President: Dr.S.Shivanathan
General Secretary: Mr. S.D.Balarajah,
21 Haydon Park Road, London SW19
Tel. 01-5438270
Treasurer: Mr. W. Sabanathan
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on Saturday, September 12th was one of the highlights of the Autumn London Cultural scene. She was presented by her Guru Selvaluxmy Ramakrishnan who is fast turning out to be among the top teachers of this delicate and intricate art. The performance was under the patronage of Mr. K. Padmanabhaiah, Minister of the High Commission of India, London, and Mrs. Padmanabhaiah.
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The following were elected Office-bearers for the ensuing year:
President — Mr. A. Selva ratnam,
BEM, JP
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- Dr. K. E. Chandrapal
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Senior FRA IMV mole cau,
At his farewell speech the outgoing chief of the I. Analysis Wing (RAW), S. E. Joshi made the stunning a senior RAW-man had been arrested and charged Americans. Most shocking was the revelation that Unnikrishnan, 47, had been in charge of coordinating to be india's sensitive covert operation-dealing with
Sri Lanka. Y
Unnikrishnan had been posted as RAW's chief representative in Sri Lanka six years ago. According to indian Home Ministry sources he had confessed to having been on intimate terms with a Pan American stewardess, who was either on the CIA payroll or was temporarily recruited for the job of obtaining information about Indian affairs classified as secret.
At the time of his arrest he was, for all
intents and intelligence mal sible for Sri Lank “But what beg in the Home possibility of a n agency was that appeared to kr details of India militants.
During the ye
LATE NEWS
TIGERS ON LINE FOR DELHI CLASH:
- , : . . ۹ The Tamil separatist group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), killed 16 members of a rival Tamil group yesterday in an attack which followed strong criticism of India's role in Sri Lanka. The LTTE seems bent on an irreversible collision course with New Delhi.
The Tigers used mortars and machineguns in the attack on a camp occupied by their rivals, the People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam, a few miles from the northern town of Vavuniya. The weapons should have been surrendered to the Indian peacekeeping force weeks ago,
India has warned that its forces will open fire on anyone caught with weapons and resisting their confiscation. But in a statement in Jaffna, the LTTE leader, Mr. Velupillai Prabhakaran, made a strong attack on the Indian Government.
He exonerated the Prine Minister, Mr. Rajiv Gandhi, as an 'honourable and honest' man, but accused his Government of violating the assurances Mr. Gandhi had given him.
He claimed to have been promised a "predominant role' for the LTTE in the interim administration to be set up in the north and east. Significantly, he spoke of 'the interim government of the LTTE.'
The LTTE has nominated nine representatives for what it supposes will be 10 council seats. That leaves just one seat for the moderate Tamil United Liberation Front and none for other Tamil groups, not to mention the Sinhalese. Even the Muslim community would be represented by the LTTE.
All this is unacceptable to the Indian and Sri Lankan Governments, the Muslims, the Sinhalese, and many Tamils. Commenting on Mr. Prabhakaran's statement, an Indian spokesman in Colombo said Mr. Gandhi had only ever promised that he would try to get the LTTE 'pride of place' on the council.' The Guardian, 23 September, 1987
John Rettier
Tigers
The Tamil Tigers confrontation wit failure by a senio weekend to pers their agitation can
Mr. Nirupam Se Commissioner in C yesterday for talks leader, Mahattiya adviser, Mr. Anton E
In a statement Tamil Tigers said because Mr. Sen assurances on th concern Sinhalese areas, the failure to the appointment authorities of polic delay in releasing T
It is to press
complaints that the Amirthalingam Thil near to death, aft without water. The by talking to the Tig persuade them to ca
But the Tigers at as making a heroi negotiable principle other hand, who being quoted at th present demands a negotiation, not of p
Mr. Sen told th against a friend, process - that is, th agreement. In a lat high commission obstructing the ag told them this Cou India as well as in Si
But in anoth yesterday, The Tam Velupillai Prabhaka secret service, the Wing (RAW), of violence of the pas and East, which ha
 
 
 

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ght With his pants down
Idian Research and announcement that with spying for the the accused, K. V. what many consider Tamil insurgency in
purposes, the top l in Madras responan operations.
an to cause Suspicion Ministry about the ole in an intelligence Sri Lankan authorities ow in advance the in talks with Tamil
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tiations, the Indian side seemed unable to pull off any surprises vis-a-vis the Sri Lankans, who appeared to possess sensitive information on arms shipments to, and weapon confiscations of, the militants.'
Courtesy of 'India Today', September 30, 1987
eporting for The Guardian from Colombo
Dreparing to confront Indians
are shaping up for a h India, following the Indian diplomat at the lade them to abandon. mpaign.
n, India's deputy high olombo, flew to Jaffna with the Tigers' deputy , and their political 3alasingham.
issued yesterday, the the talks had failed had given them no eir complaints. These ''colonisation” of Tamil resettle Tamil refugees, by the Sri Lankan e in Tamil areas, and a mil detainees.
for action on these Tigers' chief ideologist, eepan, is in a coma and er six days of fasting Indians had hoped that, |ers' leaders, they could
off the fast. e presenting Thileépin : self-sacrifice for nonS. To the Indians, on the find Mahatma Gandhi em by the Tigers, the re the stuff of political rinciple.
em that no One fasts or against a positive e Indo-Sri Lankan peace }r statement, the Indian accused the Tigers of reement, and Mr. Sen d lose them friends in
Lanka.
r statement earlier i Tigers' top leader, Mr. ran, accused the Indian Research and Analysis responsibility for the few weeks in the North cost at least 100 lives,
mainly of Tamil militant groups opposed to the Tigers.
He said that the RAW had brought the rival groups, whom it had armed and trained, over to Sri Lanka and unleashed them on the Tamil Tigers. This was denounced by the Indian high commission here as 'a mischievous and motivated allegation designed to cover up their own fratricidal killing of their fellow Tamils."
With their increasingly acerbic exchanges, there now seems no way to prevent Thileepan's death, or the trial of strength between Indian and Tigers' forces which is likely to follow it.
The Indians fully expect trouble if Thileepan dies and are prepared for it. What will now be put to the test is the relative popularity of the Tigers and the Indians in
Tamil areas. -
The Guardian, 21 September, 1987
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