Mahinda Gunasekera Toronto, Canada

March 11, 2011

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Hon. Robert Blake
Assistant Secretary of State for
South and Central Asia
US State Department
Washington DC

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Honourable Robert Blake,

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Legal Status of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam(TGTE) in the USA

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Your are no doubt aware of an organization calling itself the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam

comprised of a segment of the expatriate Sri Lankan Tamil community residing in the USA, Canada and

other western countries who are yet pursuing the break up of the sovereign independant nation state of

Sri Lanka, to create a mono-ethnic racist Tamil only state on territory extending to one-third of the land

area and two-thirds of the coastal belt of the island state of Sri Lanka. The TGTE is a government which

only exists in the imagination of its architects without one square inch of land under its control. This same

group previously provided funding, and other services deemed illegal to the outlawed terrorist group known

as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) which has been banned in the USA since 1996 to seek the

same goal by force of arms, which insurgency was militarily defeated by the Sri Lankan authorities in 2009

after enduring much bloodshed and violence over a period of 33 years..

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I am annexing a copy of an Identity Card issued by this Transnational Government of Sri Lanka to a

female named Parameswary Shanmugasundaram apparently residing in the USA based on the

identity card number prefixed by the letters USA and bearing numbers 000 002 1619A. What is most

intriguing is that an unrecognized body such as the TGTE which is said to have been elected by

expatriate Tamils domiciled in the USA, Canada and other western countries, aspiring or dreaming to

establish a break-away state called Tamil Eelam, without even the consent of a single Tamil inhabiting

the land area denoted on the map of Sri Lanka shown on the identity card, could arrogate to themselves

the authority to issue an identity card to an individual who is either a citizen or permanent resident of the

USA requiring to pledge an Oath of Loyalty to the United States of America.

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It would be greatly appreciated if you could ascertain the legal status of this nebulous body known as

the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE), and the legality or otherwise of its authority to

issue National Identity Cards to permanent residents of the USA. I would also like to know what

action would be taken against this organization, which I believe is violating the laws of the USA and

attempting to undermine the authority bestowed by the American people in the duly elected

government of your great country.

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ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Yours sincerely,

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ 

Mahinda Gunasekera

Toronto, Canada