Series S4 - Sri Lanka negotiations

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UTSC 012-S4

Title

Sri Lanka negotiations

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  • 1952, 1960-1961, 1963, [ca. 1973]-1975, 1977-1998 (Creation)

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64 cm of textual records

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Series contains documentation and correspondence from A.J. Wilson’s activities during political negotiations in Sri Lanka in the 1980s. From 1978-1984 he acted as constitutional advisor to the President of Sri Lanka (then J.R. Jaywardene), from 1978-1983 as intermediary between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Tamil United Liberation Front, in 1979-1980 he assisted in framing legislation for District Development Councils in Sri Lanka, and in 1979 he was Vice-Chairman of the Presidential Commission for the Decentralization of the Administration and Devolution of Powers to Subordinate Law-making bodies, Sri Lanka.

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Accruals

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Series title is taken from Wilson’s files.

Original order of files has been maintained; folders have been arranged chronologically.

The series is comprised of 3 subseries:
5.1 Documentation and drafts
5.2 Bulletins, articles, and newspapers
5.3 Council correspondence

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Some material may be restricted due to privacy. 

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  • English
  • Sinhala
  • Tamil

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