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Cablegate: Terrorist Lists: Sri Lanka Does Not Maintain A

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FM AMEMBASSY COLOMBO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4878
INFO RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 0319
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC

UNCLAS COLOMBO 002031

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE
SIPDIS

EB/ESC/TFS, S/CT (PATTY HILL)
IO/PSC (JOHN SANDAGE)

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KVPR CE
SUBJECT: TERRORIST LISTS: SRI LANKA DOES NOT MAINTAIN A
NATIONAL TERRORIST LIST

REF: SECSTATE 193615

(SBU) EconOff coordinated with US TreasuryOff located in Sri
Lanka to obtain the following information requested reftel.
Sri Lanka does not maintain a formal national list of banned
terrorist organizations. Rather, it exchanges information
bilaterally with countries that have known operatives of the
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). This information
exchange is conducted through diplomatic note, copies of
which are maintained in paper files. The Inspector General
of Police is the designated competent authority for these
matters.
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