{"id":66444,"date":"2012-12-25T21:39:53","date_gmt":"2012-12-25T21:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=66444"},"modified":"2013-01-01T21:59:14","modified_gmt":"2013-01-01T21:59:14","slug":"wikileaks1988-indian-payoff-to-ltte-revealed-520-million-indian-rupees-to-tigers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks1988-indian-payoff-to-ltte-revealed-520-million-indian-rupees-to-tigers\/","title":{"rendered":"WikiLeaks:1988 Indian Payoff To LTTE Revealed \u2013 520 Million Indian Rupees To Tigers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cMajor Sri Lankan Papers April 15 have head lined a report (First published in the April 3 London Observer) which quotes both Indian High Commissioner J.N. Dixit and an LTTE spokesman in Madras that Indian Prime Minister Gandhi agreed in late July to pay the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam a monthly stipend to compensate for lost Tax revenues following the signing of the Indo-Sri Lanka accord.\u201d the US Embassy Colombo informed Washington.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_66446\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks1988-indian-payoff-to-ltte-revealed-520-million-indian-rupees-to-tigers\/rajive-prabha\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-66446\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-66446\" class=\"size-full wp-image-66446\" title=\"Rajive Prabha\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Rajive-Prabha.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Rajive-Prabha.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Rajive-Prabha-300x102.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-66446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gandhi and Prabhakaran<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A Leaked US diplomatic cable, dated April 5, 1988, \u00a0updated the Secretary of State regarding the the Indo-Sri Lanka accord and the Indian \u2013 LTTE secret \u00a0package.The\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span>\u00a0found the related leaked cable from the\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/category\/wikileaks\/\">WikiLeaks<\/a><\/span>\u00a0database. The cable subject was \u201cIndian payoff to LTTE revealed&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Embassy wrote; \u201cThe monthly payment, reports say, was to have been five million Indian Rupees (or nearly $400,000). An Indian HICOM officer has confirmed that some money was given the Tigers in late July. Apparently only its pledge to participate in Interim Administrative Council In late September and the deal fell through.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn unnamed LTTE spokesman in Madras in quoted as saying that the payment was part of a larger secret package of guarantees which Gandhi offered LTTE leader V. Prabhakaran in July to get him to agree to the bilateral accord.\u201d the Embassy further wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Read the cable below for detail package;<\/p>\n<pre>O 051045Z APR 88\r\nFM AMEMBASSY COLOMBO\r\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7892\r\nINFO AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI PRIORITY\r\nAMCONSUL MADRAS PRIORITY<\/pre>\n<pre>UNCLAS COLOMBO 02367 \r\n\r\nLIMITED OFFICIAL USE \r\n\r\nE.O. 12356;  N\/A\r\nTAGS: PREL PINS IN CE\r\nSUBJECT:  INDIAN PAYOFF TO LTTE REVEALED \r\n\r\nREF:  COLOMBO 1755 \r\n\r\n\u00b61.  MAJOR SRI LANKAN PAPERS APRIL 5 HAVE HEADLINED\r\nA REPORT (FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE APRIL 3 LONDON\r\nOBSERVER) WHICH QUOTES BOTH INDIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER\r\nJ.N. DIXIT AND AN LTTE SPOKESMAN IN MADRAS THAT\r\nINDIAN PRIME MINISTER GANDHI AGREED IN LATE JULY TO\r\nPAY THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM A MONTHLY\r\nSTIPEND TO COMPENSATE FOR LOST TAX REVENUES\r\nFOLLOWING THE SIGNING OF THE INDO-SRI LANKAN ACCORD.\r\nTHE MONTHLY PAYMENT, REPORTS SAY, WAS TO HAVE BEEN\r\nFIVE MILLION INDIAN RUPEES (OR NEARLY $400,000).\r\nAN INDIAN HICOMM OFFICER HAS CONFIRMED THAT SOME\r\nMONEY WAS GIVEN THE TIGERS IN LATE JULY.  APPARENTLY\r\nONLY ONE PAYMENT WAS MADE BEFORE THE LTTE RENEGED\r\nON ITS PLEDGE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INTERIM\r\nADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL IN LATE SEPTEMBER AND THE\r\nDEAL FELL THROUGH. \r\n\r\n\u00b62.  AN UNNAMED LTTE SPOKESMAN IN MADRAS IS QUOTED AS\r\nSAYING THAT THE PAYMENT WAS PART OF A LARGER SECRET\r\nPACKAGE OF GUARANTEES WHICH GANDHI OFFERED LTTE\r\nLEADER V. PRABHAKARAN IN JULY TO GET HIM TO AGREE\r\nTO THE BILATERAL ACCORD.  OTHER PARTS OF THE PACKAGE,\r\nACCORDING TO THIS REPORT, INCLUDED:\r\n-\r\n-- AN ASSURANCE THAT THE LTTE WOULD FORM A MAJORITY\r\n-  OF THE INTERIM PROVINCIAL COUNCIL FOR THE NORTH\r\n-  AND EAST.  (COMMENT:  THE LTTE WAS GIVEN SEVEN\r\n-  OF THE TWELVE SEATS IN A DEAL WHICH WAS ANNOUNCED\r\n-  AND FELL THROUGH THE SAME DAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1987.)\r\n-\r\n-- ONE BILLION INDIAN RUPEES FOR REHABILITATION OF THE\r\n-  JAFFNA PENINSULA WHICH APPARENTLY WAS TO BE\r\n-  FUNNELED THROUGH AN LTTE-DOMINATED INTERIM\r\n-  ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL (COMMENT:  THIS APPEARS TO\r\n-  BE IN ADDITION TO THE AID WHICH INDIA PLEDGED\r\n-  PUBLICLY AT THE DECEMBER CONSORTIUM MEETING IN\r\n-  PARIS.  AT THAT MEETING, THE GOI OFFERED US $40\r\n-  MILLION (ABOUT 520 MILLION INDIAN RUPEES) FOR\r\n-  REHABILITATION WORK IN THE NORTH AND EAST.)\r\n-\r\n-- HELP, AFTER AN INTERIM ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL\r\n-  WAS IN PLACE, IN SETTING UP A TAMIL POLICE FORCE.\r\n-\r\n\u00b63.  EMBASSY COMMENT:  LEFT UNSAID IS ANY INDICATION\r\nWHETHER THE PACKAGE SUGGESTED ABOVE IS STILL ON THE\r\nTABLE IN THE GOI-LTTE TALKS WHICH APPARENTLY HAVE BEEN\r\nGOING ON FOR SOME TIME.  ACCORDING TO JOHN RETTIE,\r\nTHE LOCAL BBC CORRESPONDENT, TALKS BETWEEN THE TIGERS\r\nAND THE GOI BEGAN IN LATE FEBRUARY IN MADRAS.  THEY\r\nWERE BROKEN OFF RECENTLY, HE SAID, BUT ARE DUE TO\r\nBEGIN AGAIN NEXT WEEK.  END COMMENT. \r\n\r\nSPAIN<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":66449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2187,1,2375,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-most-popular","category-news","category-stories","category-wikileaks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WikiLeaks:1988 Indian Payoff To LTTE Revealed \u2013 520 Million Indian Rupees To Tigers - 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\/wikileaks1988-indian-payoff-to-ltte-revealed-520-million-indian-rupees-to-tigers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WikiLeaks:1988 Indian Payoff To LTTE Revealed \u2013 520 Million Indian Rupees To Tigers - 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