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03COLOMBO1687
2003-09-29 10:29:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Colombo
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OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 142 (09/29/03)

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C O N F I D E N T I A L COLOMBO 001687 

SIPDIS

OFFICIAL INFORMAL

FOR SA/INS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/29/13
TAGS: AMGT CE MV
SUBJECT: OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 142 (09/29/03)

CLASSIFIED BY DCM JAMES F. ENTWISTLE FOR REASONS 1.5 b and
d.

CONTENTS: FTA
- PM UNGA COMMENTS ON IRAQ

FTA
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C O N F I D E N T I A L COLOMBO 001687

SIPDIS

OFFICIAL INFORMAL

FOR SA/INS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/29/13
TAGS: AMGT CE MV
SUBJECT: OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 142 (09/29/03)

CLASSIFIED BY DCM JAMES F. ENTWISTLE FOR REASONS 1.5 b and
d.

CONTENTS: FTA
- PM UNGA COMMENTS ON IRAQ

FTA
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1. (C) FYI, we are sending a front channel based on our
conversation today with Jim Robertson regarding the GSL
analysis of the Chile and Singapore FTAs. It appears the
GSL may believe they are further along than we previously
thought. According to Jim, Ambassador Subasinghe is meeting
at 1630 today in Washington with USTR and Ashley Wills and
will be handing a draft negotiating document for their
consideration (we do not yet have a copy). Sorry for the
late notice, but hopefully we are at least a couple hours
ahead of the curve. (ECON)

PM UNGA COMMENTS ON IRAQ
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2. (C) We wanted to be sure that all parties in Washington
had caught the supportive language on Iraq in Ranil's UNGA
speech:

"There are members in this hall today who believe
passionately that the US and their allies were wrong in
intervening in Iraq. Then there are those of us who feel
that the US and their allies had no choice but to intervene,
that the failure of the UN had created the need for a world
policeman however reluctant it might be."

This has created a lot of editorial flap here over the
weekend, in some cases bundled with criticism of Sri Lanka's
support for us at Cancun and then cited as an example of how
the PM is a lapdog of "the West." (DCM)

LUNSTEAD