Jungle Telegraph

31st Ma y 1998

He remains in service

One out of the four Brigadiers who were due to retire from tomorrow will remain in service after all. (Jungle Telegraph May 24)

He is Brigadier K.A.M.G. Kularatne, who has been promoted to the rank of Major General.

A stag party was held at the Senior Officer's Mess at Army Headquarters to say farewell to the trio. One was absent. He was on holiday in Kathmandu.

Idle time payments

This is the story of a bowser hired by the Army at a cost of Rs 2,500 per day.

It was used in the Jaffna peninsula and broke down two years ago.

Army officials explained they could not have the services of a crane to load it on a ship and send it to Colombo for repairs. So it lay exposed to the elements.

But in Colombo, the bowser owner has been receiving payments regularly for the past two years !! A probe is now under way to ascertain how it happened.

By-passing proper channels

The Ministry of De fence has ordered the immediate transfer of an Army officer who is connected with procurements.

The move came after the discovery that he had by passed all channels and written directly to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on matters concerning a military purchase.

The matter came to light when the Foreign Ministry sought clarification from the Defence Ministry.

Anti-ship missiles

Intelligence circles are buzzing with reports of attempts by the LTTE to procure anti ship missiles.

This is in addition to its efforts to smuggle in material to manufacture boats for under water operations.

They say that links have already been established with a firm in a European capital and another in Scandinavia for this purpose.

Tigers in the hills

Agroup of 10 to 15 LTTE cadres headed by a guerrilla operating under the nom de guerre Raju are known to have been seen in Hatton/Welimada areas, according to intelligence sources.

They say these men have established links with a group made up of former EROS members.

Working overtime

Colombo's Air Traf- fic Controllers had to not only cope with air traffic this week but also with security forces queries.

The military who were firing heavy artillery in the ongoing "Operation Jaya Sikurui' (or Victory Assured) checked every now and then for air movements before firing heavy artillery bombardments.

They went several thousand feet high before striking targets.

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