{"id":2240,"date":"2011-11-30T09:31:02","date_gmt":"2011-11-30T09:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/?p=2240"},"modified":"2011-11-30T09:31:02","modified_gmt":"2011-11-30T09:31:02","slug":"wikileaks-unp-government-had-intercepted-ltte-communications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-unp-government-had-intercepted-ltte-communications\/","title":{"rendered":"WikiLeaks: UNP government had intercepted LTTE communications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Colombo Telegraph &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cTentative reports are emerging of divisions in the LTTE regarding the direction of the peace process. Milinda Moragoda, a key Sri Lankan government official involved in peace process issues, told us that the GSL had intercepted LTTE communications indicating that there was some dissonance toward LTTE spokesman Anton Balasingham\u2019s management of the peace process.\u201d the US Embassy Colombo informed Washington.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2245\" style=\"width: 447px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/balasingham-colombotelegraph.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2245\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2245\" title=\"Balasingham -colombotelegraph\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/balasingham-colombotelegraph.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/balasingham-colombotelegraph.jpg 437w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/balasingham-colombotelegraph-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2245\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The feeling among some in the LTTE was that Balasingham was taking too soft a line towards the GSL<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Colombo Telegraph found the relevant leaked cable from the WikiLeak database. The cable is classified as \u201cSECRET\u201d by the Deputy Chief of Mission W. Lewis Amselem and written by the US Ambassador Ashley Wills on October 1, 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Wills wrote \u201cWhile it was not clear, Moragoda continued, the feeling among some in the LTTE was that Balasingham was taking too soft a line towards the GSL.\u201d \u201cMeanwhile, other contacts report that regional tensions in the LTTE remain a factor, with leaders in the east (Karuna, Karikalan) more hard-line than most of the leadership in the north. That said, there are reports of hard-liners in the north, too: Ponnambalam told polchief that Colonel Banu, a high-level military official based at LTTE headquarters in Kilinochchi, was known to be quite apprehensive about the peace process and what he saw as its negative effect on the LTTE\u2019s military preparedness.\u201d the ambassador further wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Placing a comment Ambassador Wills wrote \u201cLittle is known about the nature of the LTTE decision-making process, except that Prabhakaran seems firmly in charge. Thus, the real issue is who has influence on Prabhakaran. What we are hearing is bit fuzzy, but it potentially may indicate that a hard-line, irreconcilable element may be trying to marginalize Balasingham in order to slow down the peace process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Below we give\u00a0a part of the secret cable;<\/p>\n<pre>S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 03 COLOMBO 001828\n\nSIPDIS\n\nNOFORN\n\nDEPARTMENT FOR SA, SA\/INS, S\/CT\n\nNSC FOR E. MILLARD\n\nLONDON FOR POL\/RIEDEL\n\nE.O. 12958:  DECL:  10-01-12\nTAGS: <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/tag\/PGOV_0.html\">PGOV<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/tag\/PTER_0.html\">PTER<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/tag\/PINS_0.html\">PINS<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/tag\/PINR_0.html\">PINR<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/tag\/PREL_0.html\">PREL<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/tag\/CE_0.html\">CE<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/tag\/LTTE_0.html\">LTTE<\/a>\nSUBJECT:  LTTE Update:  Tigers reportedly have success\nin recruiting; Divisions in the LTTE re peace process?\n\nRefs:  (A) Colombo 1815\n\n-      (B) Colombo 1299, and previous\n\n(U) Classified by W. Lewis Amselem, Deputy Chief of\nMission.  Reasons 1.5 (b, d).\n---------------------------\nDivisions re Peace Process?\n---------------------------\n\n<a id=\"par5\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2002\/10\/02COLOMBO1828.html#par5\">\u00b6<\/a>5.  (S\/NF) Tentative reports are emerging of divisions\nin the LTTE regarding the direction of the peace\nprocess.  Milinda Moragoda, a key Sri Lankan government\nofficial involved in peace process issues (Amcit--pls\nprotect), told us that the GSL had intercepted LTTE\ncommunications indicating that there was some dissonance\ntoward LTTE spokesman Anton Balasingham's management of\nthe peace process.  While it was not clear, Moragoda\ncontinued, the feeling among some in the LTTE (NFI) was\nthat Balasingham was taking too soft a line toward the\nGSL.\n\n<a id=\"par6\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2002\/10\/02COLOMBO1828.html#par6\">\u00b6<\/a>6.  (S\/NF) Meanwhile, other contacts report that\nregional tensions in the LTTE remain a factor, with\nleaders in the east (Karuna, Karikalan) more hard-line\nthan most of the leadership in the north.  That said,\nthere are reports of hard-liners in the north, too:\nPonnambalam told polchief that Colonel Banu, a high-\nlevel military official based at LTTE headquarters in\nKilinochchi, was known to be quite apprehensive about\nthe peace process and what he saw as its negative effect\non the LTTE's military preparedness.\n\n<a id=\"par7\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2002\/10\/02COLOMBO1828.html#par7\">\u00b6<\/a>7.  (S\/NF) Comment:  Little is known about the nature of\nthe LTTE decision-making process, except that\nPrabhakaran seems firmly in charge.  Thus, the real\nissue is who has influence on Prabhakaran.  What we are\nhearing is a bit fuzzy, but it potentially may indicate\nthat a hard-line, irreconcilable element may be trying\nto marginalize Balasingham in order to slow down the\npeace process.  End Comment.\nWILLS<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":2244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,27],"tags":[1531,1532,1533,1291,1298,1263],"class_list":["post-2240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-wikileaks","tag-anton-balasingham","tag-ltte-communications","tag-ltte-decision-making-process","tag-peace-process-sri-lanka","tag-sri-lankans-in-wikileaks","tag-us-embassy-cables-on-sri-lanka"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WikiLeaks: UNP government had intercepted LTTE communications - Colombo Telegraph<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-unp-government-had-intercepted-ltte-communications\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WikiLeaks: UNP government had intercepted LTTE communications - 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