INDIAN SUPPORT FOR TAMIL TERRORISTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85T00287R000801760001-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 19, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 30, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Terrorism Analysis Branch
Office of Global Issues
Instability and Insurgency Center
THROUGH: Deputy Chief, South Asia Division
Near Eastern and South Asian Analysis
FROM: Chief, Subcontinent Branch
South Asia Division
Near Eastern and South Asian Analysis
SUBJECT: Indian Support for Tamil Terrorists
1. The Tamil minority community of Sri Lanka receives
irregular support, materiel and training in the South Indian
state of Tamil Nadu Various 25X1
Tamil terrorists have publicly described the range of support
they have received in Tamil Nadu and have claimed that in many
instances this support was given with the knowledge of the state
government. We believe New Delhi is aware of this activity but
has taken no action to control the situation. 25X1
we believe the immediate environs of Madras are
used regularly as a sanctuary by Sri Lankan Tamils.
3. Groups Involved: Several Tamil separatist groups in Sri
Lanka are known to use bases in India, according to press
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SUBJECT: Indian Support for Tamil Terrorists
4. Range of Training: Accounts vary as to how much
instruction terrorists are receiving in South Tni;a_1
training is not as sophisticated as claimed and that only a few
Sri Lankan Tamil activists are involved in the effort. Public
sympathy in South India for Tamil extremists seeking asylum is
widespread, however, and the number of Tamils that escape to
South India to avoid arrest in Sri Lanka is high.
5. Dates of Information: Information regarding support for
Tamil extremist groups in South India goes back to the early
1970's. The number of substantive reports has increased since
the ethnic disturbances that rocked Sri Lanka in July, 1983. F-
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accounts of Tamil terrorist groups receiving sanctuary in Tamil
Nadu on a regular basis but details on the extent of trai
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these groups receive is largely unsubstantiated. We believe the
reports have been exaggerated somewhat to influence public
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