Neville Jayaweera’s Vavuniya Diaries on the JVP Insurgency of 1971

THE VAVUNIYA DIARIES (recollecting the first JVP uprising 5th April 1971 – 19th August 1971)

by Neville Jayaweera, Government Agent Vavuniya Administrative District 1970-1973

CONTENTS
Page
Introduction to Vavuniya ………………………………………………………………….xi
Foreword – Susil Sirivardana and Marshal Fernando ……………………………01
Author’s Preface – Neville Jayaweera…………………… ……………………………..05
Chapter 1 : Demotion, wilderness and despair…….. ………………………………09
Chapter 2 : A 180-degree turnaround in Consciousness ……………………….. 13
Chapter 3 : The JVP …………………………………………. ………………………………..17
Chapter 4 : The curtain goes up…………………………… ……………………………..19

First Published 2017

THE VAVUNIYA DIARIES
© Neville Jayaweera
ISBN : 978-955-7560-42-7
Cover Design : Hasitha Wickremasinghe & Immanuel Kitnan

Dedication

For my late lamented beloved daughter MANOHARI whose premature departure has, but for the ever present Christ, snuffed out the light from my life.

For my parents Robert and Constance Jayaweera To whom I owe more than words can express “Thou shalt honour thy father and thy mother” From the Ten Commandments.
For Trixie my eternally patient, forbearing, and loyal wife
For Edmund my born-again son-in-law, currently my rod and my staff,
and for Maximillian our grandson and our hope and light for the future