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Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1395
Sri Lanka (Internal situation; UK/Sri Lankan relations; aid to Sri Lanka) (Part 1)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Jan 3
Classification: Secret
Page count: 354
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84 Aug 7 Tu Major Sri Lanka: MT letter to Anura Bandaranaike (meeting in London and visit to Sri Lanka) [Sri Lankan MP, Leader of the Opposition] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Jun 1 Mo Major Sri Lanka: MT letter to President Jayewardene (Aid Group meeting in Tokyo) ["our main project... [is] the Victoria Dam... because of our large input... we shall not be able to make any additional pledge"] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Apr 25 Mo Major Sri Lanka: MT letter to President Jayewardene (Sri Lanka Aid Group) ["shall do all that we can within the resources available"; Victoria Dam project] [declassified Jan 2014]
80 May 13 Tu Major Sri Lanka: MT letter to President Jayewardene (Sri Lanka Aid Group) [MT pledges ongoing UK support "throughout the life of the Victoria Dam project" only] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Apr 21 We Major Sri Lanka: MT letter to President Jayewardene (Sri Lanka's economic growth and development) [UK aid] [declassified Jan 2014]
79 Jul 3 Tu Major Sri Lanka: MT letter to President Jayewardene (UK aid to Sri Lanka) ["level of our future spending... part of our overall review of public expenditure"] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Aug 25 Th Major Sri Lanka: MT letter to Prime Minister Gandhi (Sri Lanka) ["recent tragic events"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jul 31 Tu Major Sri Lanka: MT letter to Prime Minister Gandhi (Sri Lanka) [MT stresses need for ongoing dialogue & efforts at reconciliation between Sinhalese and Tamil] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Oct 1 Fr Major Sri Lanka: MT letter to Prime Minister Premadasa (International Year for the Homeless) ["already many heavy demands on our aid programme... including... the Victoria Dam"] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 May 4 Tu Major Sri Lanka: MT letter to Prime Minister Premadasa (International Year of Shelter for the Homeless) ["cannot guarantee... a financial contribution"] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Jul 14 Th Major Sri Lanka: MT letter to Prime Minister Premadasa (invitation to visit Sri Lanka) ["May I keep your kind invitation in mind until a later date?"] [declassified Jan 2014]
80 Oct 3 Fr Minor Sri Lanka: MT message to President Jayewardene (0850Z) (Death of General Sir John Kotelawela) [condolences] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Oct 18 Mo Major Sri Lanka: MT message to President Jayewardene (1245Z) (re-election as President of Sri Lanka) [congratulations] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Oct 15 Mo Major Sri Lanka: MT message to President Jayewardene (1400Z) ("Prime Minister's Visit to Sri Lanka") [MT unable to commit to attending inauguration of Victoria Dam] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jun 29 Fr Major Sri Lanka: MT message to Prime Minister Gandhi (1630Z) (Sri Lanka and the Punjab troubles) [police investigation into "remarks carried by the media in Britain"; report of MT meeting with Jayewardene; UK/counter-insurgency training; Victoria Dam inauguration] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Jun 10 Fr Major Sri Lanka: No.10 letter to Sri Lankan High Commissioner (letters from President and Prime Minister to Sri Lanka) [acknowledgement] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 6 Mo Major Sri Lanka: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Anura Bandaranaike) [Sri Lankan MP, Leader of the Opposition] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Dec 22 Tu Major Sri Lanka: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Hameed) ["Sri Lanka: Visit of Foreign Minister": Tamil Co-ordinating Committee in London: unilateral declaration of independence & setting up of HQ for provisional government] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Nov 26 Sa Major Sri Lanka: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Jayewardene) ["Sri Lanka": the Tamils] [declassified Jan 2014]
79 Aug 6 Mo Major Sri Lanka: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Premadasa) ["Sri Lanka: Victoria Dam Scheme": confirmation of UK financial contribution] [declassified Jan 2014]