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Reference FCO 37/2145
Department/Office Foreign Office
Title Internal political situation in Sri Lanka
Date 1979
Collection Foreign Office Files for India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, 1972-1980
Region South Asia
Countries Sri Lanka
Places Burma (Myanmar); Ceylon; China; Colombo; Delhi; France; India; Jaffna; Kandy; London; New York; Pakistan; Paris; Punjab; Thailand
People Bandaranaike, Sirimavo; Carington, Peter (6th Baron Carrington); Dahanayake, Wijeyananda; Gandhi, Mohandas (Mahatma); Jayewardene, Junius Richard; Thatcher, Margaret
Topics air force; aircraft; army; assassination; banking; battle; British Government; business; Christianity; communications; communism; Constituent Assembly; currency; democracy; diplomatic representation; disease; education; elections; electricity; exports; food; Hinduism; independence; Indian National Congress; industrial development; investment; Islam; judicial system; labour; language; Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ('Tamil Tigers'); migration; military; nationalism; navy; nonalignment; oil; parliament; political parties; propaganda; Raj; Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh; riots and disturbances; roads; Royal Air Force; separatism; socialism; state of emergency; tourism; trade; trade unions; transport; war; weapons; women
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