481. Report Prepared in the National Security Council1
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2. Sri Lankan Initiative: President Jayewardene expressed some doubts to Ambassador Toussaint on Sunday2 about the wisdom of his own idea of calling an international meeting to consider a collective appeal for a Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan. Jayewardene provided very little further information on his plan, and then only when asked, and he seemed to be thinking more about whether to proceed than how to proceed. Toussaint comments that the lessening of Jayewardene’s earlier determination to organize international pressure against the Soviet invasion3 could be the result of soundings he has made with other countries he had in mind for the collective appeal; or it could also result from doubts raised by his foreign minister. The ambassador also notes that while Jayewardene has still not dropped [Page 1096] the idea of a De Mel meeting with the President, he did not press the point, and Toussaint suspects his interest in such a meeting will depend on his decision about the Sri Lankan initiative. (Colombo 790,4 NODIS, PSN 27418) (S)
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- Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, President’s Daily CIA Brief File, Box 25, 2/15/80–2/20/80. Secret. Carter initialed “C” in the upper right-hand corner of the report.↩
- February 17.↩
- See Document 394.↩
- Telegram 790 from Colombo, February 19, is in the National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P870058–0257, N800003–0530.↩