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JR Jayewardene Sought One Million US $ From Mossad for 1987 Election: Declassified Documents • Sri Lanka Brief

Declassified Israeli Files Detail Financial Request and Deep Security Ties with Sri Lanka in the 1980s Partially declassified documents from Israel’s Foreign Ministry indicate that former Sri Lankan President Junius Richard Jayewardene sought financial assistance from Israel’s intelligence agency, Mossad, to support his 1987 election campaign. According to diplomatic cables dated August 6 and August 14, 1987, the request for US$1 million was ma…
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srilankabrief.org broke the news in on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.
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