Ira de Silva London,ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ CanadaƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ 

Ms. P. Butenis
U.S.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Ambassador
Colombo, Sri Lanka
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I am forwarding an article that spells out the inadequacy and flawed information on which reports are based and forwarded to the State Department from the mission in Colombo which results in the biased, inaccurate statements which are made about Sri Lanka by the State Department. While your cables sent to Washington are now public, it seems that your attitude, assessments and reporting are based on prejudice, misinformation and supportive of pro-LTTE claims and demands – the LTTE using you to getƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ what they failed to get militarily.
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Please review the following report from an ex-employee of the U.S. mission in Colombo which highlights the ground realities missed and misrepresented by the U.S.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  mission in Colombo.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Because of your “know-it-all” attitude and history of trying to act as a “viceroy” in third world countries, ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ I doubt that you are open to rational thought but am sending it you anyway on the off-chance that someone in the State Department will read it. Please note that it refers to R. Blake’s and P. Crowley’s statements as follows:
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“The proclamations of assistant secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Bureau in Washington Robert Blake and State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley do not give me the impression that they have fully comprehended the ground situation and trends in the war ravaged north, why the military continues to be there, what the military has undertaken among the civilians and the psychological factor in the post war northern regionƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s innocent Tamils are undergoing”. Please note Mrs. Clinton’s statement of what the military can achieve in a war ravaged situationƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  andƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ apply it to Sri Lanka without prejudice and bias. Also, I would emphasise the statement by Mrs. H. ClintonƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-One of the greatest threats we face is from people who believe they are absolutely, certainly right about everything”.
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The article is in the Asian Tribune dated December 19,2010 titled “A Close Look At Sri Lanka’s War Ravaged North – Washington Can Learn From Asian Tribune Tour
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http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2010/12/19/closer-look-sri-lanka%E2%80%99s-war-ravaged-north-washington-can-learn-asian-tribune-tour
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Yours truly,
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Ira de Silva
London,ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Canada