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By Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> –<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cGothabaya told us that the government was sure the LTTE did not believe in a political solution. He said the GSL has recently come into possession of a videotape of a speech by Prabhakaran apparently recorded about two months after the signing of the CFA in 2002. In the video, Karuna was standing next to Prabhakaran and introduced him. Prabhakaran asserted that the LTTE knew it would never reach its goal of a Tamil Homeland (“Eelam”) through peaceful means. He told Karuna’s cadres, who were about to return to the East, that the CFA only signified a pause for the LTTE, during which they could regroup, rearm, resupply, recruit and retrain. Gothabaya agreed to provide the Embassy a copy of the tape.\u201d the US Embassy Colombo<\/a><\/span> informed Washington.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Colombo Telegraph found the related leaked cable from the\u00a0WikiLeaks<\/a><\/span>\u00a0database. The cable is classified as \u201cConfidential\u201d and recounts a meeting the US Embassy had with the Secretary to the Ministry of Difence Gotabhaya Rajapaksa<\/a><\/span>. The cable was written on March 14, 2007 by the US Ambassador to Colombo\u00a0R<\/a>obert O. Blake<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

The ambassador Blake wrote; \u201cPDAS Steven Mann, accompanied by Ambassador and Pol Chief, met Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa on March 8. Gothabaya, noting that an overwhelming majority of Sinhalese Buddhists had voted for Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2005, told us that his brother’s popularity among the majority community was still strong. However, Sri Lanka’s system of proportional representation in Parliament meant that the President’s party would never secure an absolute majority on its own. This, he explained, had made it necessary to create such a big cabinet to satisfy everyone. Mann responded that the President’s considerable political skills and his strong support made him the right leader to make progress on a solution to Sri Lanka’s ethnic problem. The U.S. hoped that the new power-sharing proposals that emerge form the current consultation process would be of a quality that hadn’t been seen before.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGothabaya thought the government could reach out to the Tamil people, particularly their educated technocrats. \u2018People need to know that there is a normal life waiting for them after the conflict,\u2019 he said. It was therefore important for the government to intervene immediately and do development work in the areas in the East that had recently come under its control. The Tamils also needed genuine representation, Gothabaya said. The people had no confidence in the Tamil National Alliance, which was simply a placeholder for the LTTE. On the other hand, Gothabaya asserted that previous attempts by Sri Lankan government to \u2018introduce\u2019 alternative Tamil representatives in the North and East had failed, and would not work in the future, either.\u201d Blake further wrote.<\/p>\n

Ambassador Blake wrote; \u201cGothabaya said that over the next six months, the military planned to consolidate its control over the East, then stabilize the border region adjacent to the LTTE-held Vanni. Vavuniya remained a problem, with much LTTE infiltration, which was also causing problems in an east-to-west arc toward Mannar. In order to secure unfettered access to the population in government-held Mannar, the army would seek to push the Tigers back a bit more. The government would try to deny the LTTE resupply of arms and ammunition, then put pressure on them to return to the negotiating table. Gothabaya noted that cutting off arms LTTE shipments to Sri Lanka might be easier than stemming financial flows. The Tigers didn’t need t bring the money they raised abroad to Sri Lanka he said, but used it abroad to purchase arms. While the Navy and other security forces had found i difficult enough to choke off LTTE resupply of mmunition, it was worth the effort to try to do s. While Prabhakaran, with his terrorist mentaliy, would likely never give in, his younger cadre might eventually grasp that there is no militar solution to the conflict, he thought. Prime Minister Wickremenayake had visited a number of Southeast Asian countries and concluded MoUs on cooperation against LTTE arms smuggling with sevral governments, including Indonesia and Thailand, Gothabaya noted. He added that the LTTE arms ship sunk on February 28 had refitted and replenished in an Indonesian harbor. However, Gothabaya thought that the LTTE smuggling operations were not occurring with the approval of those governments, but that certain corrupt officials were abetting them.\u201d<\/p>\n

We give below the relevant part of the cable;<\/p>\n

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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 COLOMBO 000416 \r\n\r\nSIPDIS \r\n\r\nSIPDIS \r\n\r\nDEPARTMENT FOR SCA\/INS AND SCA\/RA\r\nMCC FOR S GROFF, D NASSIRY, E BURKE AND F REID \r\n\r\nE.O. 12958: DECL: 03\/13\/2017\r\nTAGS: PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE\r\nSUBJECT: SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY OUTLINES SIX-MONTH\r\nMILITARY STRATEGY \r\n\r\nClassified By: AMBASSADOR ROBERT O. BLAKE, JR.  REASONS: 1.4 (B, D)<\/pre>\n
\u00b62.  (C) PDAS Steven Mann, accompanied by Ambassador and Pol\r\nChief, met Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa on March 8.\r\nGothabaya, noting that an overwhelming majority of Sinhalese\r\nBuddhists had voted for Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2005, told us\r\nthat his brother's popularity among the majority community\r\nwas still strong.  However, Sri Lanka's system of\r\nproportional representation in Parliament meant that the\r\nPresident's party would never secure an absolute majority on\r\nits own.  This, he explained, had made it necessary to create\r\nsuch a big cabinet to satisfy everyone.  Mann responded that\r\nthe President's considerable political skills and his strong\r\nsupport made him the right leader to make progress on a\r\nsolution to Sri Lanka's ethnic problem.  The U.S. hoped that\r\nthe new power-sharing proposals that emerge form the current\r\nconsultation process would be of a quality that hadn't been\r\nseen before. \r\n\r\n\u00b63.  (C) Gothabaya told us that the government was sure the\r\nLTTE did not believe in a political solution.  He said the\r\nGSL has recently come into possession of a videotape of a\r\nspeech by Prabhakaran apparently recorded about two months\r\nafter the signing of the CFA in 2002.  In the video, Karuna\r\nwas standing next to Prabhakaran and introduced him.\r\nPrabhakaran asserted that the LTTE knew it would never reach\r\nits goal of a Tamil Homeland (\"Eelam\") through peaceful\r\nmeans.  He told Karuna's cadres, who were about to return to\r\nthe East, that the CFA only signified a pause for the LTTE,\r\nduring which they could regroup, rearm, resupply, recruit and\r\nretrain.  Gothabaya agreed to provide the Embassy a copy of\r\nthe tape. \r\n\r\n\u00b64.  (C) Gothabaya thought the government could reach out to\r\nthe Tamil people, particularly their educated technocrats.\r\n\"People need to know that there is a normal life waiting for\r\nthem after the conflict,\" he said.  It was therefore\r\nimportant for the government to intervene immediately and do\r\ndevelopment work in the areas in the East that had recently\r\ncome under its control.  The Tamils also needed genuine\r\nrepresentation, Gothabaya said.  The people had no confidence\r\nin the Tamil National Alliance, which was simply a\r\nplaceholder for the LTTE.  On the other hand, Gothabaya\r\nasserted that previous attempts by Sri Lankan government to\r\n\"introduce\" alternative Tamil representatives in the North\r\nand East had failed, and would not work in the future, either. \r\n\r\nCOLOMBO 00000416  002 OF 003 \r\n\r\n\u00b65.  (C) Gothabaya said that over the next six months, the\r\nmilitary planned to consolidate its control over the East,\r\nthen stabilize the border region adjacent to the LTTE-held\r\nVanni.  Vavuniya remained a problem, with much LTTE\r\ninfiltration, which was also causing problems in an\r\neast-to-west arc toward Mannar.  In order to secure\r\nunfettered access to the population in government-held\r\nMannar, the army would seek to push the Tigers back a bit\r\nmore.  The government would try to deny the LTTE resupply of\r\narms and ammunition, then put pressure on them to return to\r\nthe negotiating table. \r\n\r\n\u00b66.  (C) Gothabaya noted that cutting off arms LTTE shipments\r\nto Sri Lanka might be easier than stemming financial flows.\r\nThe Tigers didn't need t bring the money they raised abroad\r\nto Sri Lanka he said, but used it abroad to purchase arms.\r\nWile the Navy and other security forces had found i\r\ndifficult enough to choke off LTTE resupply of mmunition, it\r\nwas worth the effort to try to do s.  While Prabhakaran,\r\nwith his terrorist mentaliy, would likely never give in, his\r\nyounger cadre might eventually grasp that there is no\r\nmilitar solution to the conflict, he thought. \r\n\r\n\u00b67.  (C) rime Minister Wickremenayake had visited a number of\r\nSoutheast Asian countries and concluded MoUs oncooperation\r\nagainst LTTE arms smuggling with sevral governments,\r\nincluding Indonesia and Thailan, Gothabaya noted.  He added\r\nthat the LTTE arms hip sunk on February 28 had refitted and\r\nreplenished in an Indonesian harbor.  However, Gothabaya\r\nthought that the LTTE smuggling operations were not occurring\r\nwith the approval of those governments, but that certain\r\ncorrupt officials were abetting them.<\/pre>\n
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