| Description | Track 1: test signal 1.03 mins
Interview with an unidentified man. He discusses politics and government in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) during the 1950s and 1960s, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike, the defeat of a coup d'etat organised by the army and the police in 1962, the formation of the coalition government in 1964 with the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP), the nationalisation of oil and attempts to nationalise the largest group of newspapers and magazines in the country. He talks about the efforts of the United National Party to bring down the coalition government, Sirimavo Bandaranaike's defeat in the general election and the return of her government in 1970. He goes on to discuss the recent insurgency, the origins of the Janata Vimukti Peramura (JVP), or People's Liberation Front, its membership and leader, and what he views as the contradictions of its character. He discusses the propaganda distributed by the party and its appeal to young, university-educated people from rural backgrounds. He goes on to discuss the leadership and organisation of the Left movement which first emerged in the 1930s, and the considerable age and cultural gap between them and young people coming into politics in the 1970s, and the ability of the insurgents to make connections with 'foreign subversive elements' including the CIA (tracks 2-12).
Track 13: silence 7.51 mins
Total: 32.10 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0363080 |