The World - News from July 7, 1985
Tamil separatists put aside a threatened boycott and agreed to send representatives to discuss peace with the Sri Lankan government in the capital of Himalayan Bhutan, rebel sources said. However, both the Sinhalese-dominated government of President Junius R. Jayewardene and the secessionists say the talks, which begin Monday, are unlikely to make much progress toward ending bloody ethnic strife on the island once known as Ceylon.
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