THE PROPOSAL BY THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM ON BEHALF OF THE TAMIL PEOPLE FOR AN AGREEMENT TO ESTABLISH AN INTERIM SELF-GOVERNING AUTHORITY...
Annexure V: ISGA
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War and Peace
Annexure IV: Ceasefire Agreement
Agreement on a ceasefire between the Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Preamble...
Annexure III: Text of Letters Exchanged Between Lankan President Mr. Premadasa and the Indian Prime Minister Mr. Rajiv Gandhi
Letter dated 2nd June 1989 Written by President Premadasa to the Indian Prime Minister Mr. Rajiv Gandhi My dear Prime Minister, I am writing to you...
Annexure II: Proposals for Devolution of Powers Known as Annexure C
In terms of paragraph six of the President’s statement of December 1st, 1983, the following proposals which have emerged as a result of discussions...
Annexure I: Text of the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord of July 29, 1987
Northern and the Eastern provinces have been areas of historical habitation of Sri Lankan Tamil speaking people, who have at all times hitherto lived together in this territory with other ethnic groups
Chapter V: Norwegian Facilitated Peace Talks
LTTE’s Peace Gesture The LTTE leader, Mr Pirapaharan expressed his desire for peace and a negotiated political settlement to the Tamil national...
Chapter IV: Jaffna Peace Talks
Pirapa – Chandrika Letters
A Hidden Agenda When the peace talks between the government of Chandrika Kumaratunga and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) collapsed in...
Chapter III: Premadasa – LTTE Talks – Adele Balasingham
There is nothing like war to manifest ironies. History too, has its quirks. So one shouldn’t be surprised to discover that having escaped from the...
Chapter II: Indian Intervention in Sri Lanka
The Negative Critique The Black July communal holocaust created the necessary space, the right conditions and the rationality for Indian...
Chapter I: The Rise of Tamil Nationalism and Armed Struggle
Historical Background to the Ethnic Conflict The island of Sri Lanka (known as Ceylon until the promulgation of the new Republican Constitution in...
INTRODUCTION
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is the heart and soul of the Tamil struggle for self-determination. It is the national freedom movement...
Contents
PageIntroduction v Chapter I: The Rise of Tamil NationalismAnd Armed Struggle 1 Historical Background to the Ethnic Conflict 1British Colonialism...
Dedication
This book is dedicated tomy loving wifeAdele Ann
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