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Assassination of Mr Solomon BANDARANAIKA, Prime Minister of Ceylon, in Colombo on...

Catalogue reference: MEPO 2/10052

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This record is about the Assassination of Mr Solomon BANDARANAIKA, Prime Minister of Ceylon, in Colombo on... dating from 1959-1960 in the series Metropolitan Police: Office of the Commissioner: Correspondence and Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
MEPO 2/10052
Date
1959-1960
Description

Assassination of Mr Solomon BANDARANAIKA, Prime Minister of Ceylon, in Colombo on 25 September 1959 by Talduwe SOMARAMA: two CID officers sent to Colombo by request of Ceylon Government to assist investigation

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
201/59/219
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Access conditions
Closed Until 2008
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10888006/

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MEPO 2

Metropolitan Police: Office of the Commissioner: Correspondence and Papers

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