Letter from LTTE Leader to Sri Lanka Deputy Defence Minister, 20 November 1994

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Chandrika - LTTE Talks: 1994/95

Letter from LTTE Leader
to Sri Lanka Deputy Defence Minister

20 November 1994

Col. Anurudda Ratwatte
Deputy Minister for Defence
Minister for Irrigation and Power
Sri Lanka.

Dear Col. Ratwatte,

Thank you very much for your communication dated 19.11.1994. I wish to inform you that we are giving an earnest and careful consideration to your proposal for a cessation of hostilities for a period of two weeks.

As you are aware, the LTTE declared a cessation of hostilities for seven days (from 12th to 19th November) as a gesture of goodwill to mark the assumphon of power of the PA. government. I should point out that our unilateral declaration of peace was leaked to the local and international media by your government intelligence agency even before we made our decision public. Furthermore, we have also confirmed to you our peace initiative through the ICRC.

Unfortunately, during this week of peace when LTTE ceased all armed hostilities, the Government forces undertook a series of hostile actions against the LTTE as well as against Tamil civilians, which saddened and disappointed us.

In one incident, which took place in Nedunkerni area, one of our senior commanders Lt. Col. Amudan (Malli) was killed in an army ambush and decapitated. Our request for the return of his head, made through the ICRC, was also turned down by your forces. We view this incident as an extremely provocative action aimed to undermine our gesture for peace.

Therefore, we kindly request you to hold an immediate investigation into this incident and inform us about the details.

We will inform you about our decision on the proposed cessation of hostilities as soon as we hear from you about the Nedunkerni incident.

With kind regards.
Yours Sincerely

(V.Pirabaharan)
Leader, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

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