By Richard Boyle
One morning in February 1964, an employee of the General Post Office in Colombo arrived at work not knowing that this was to be an extraordinary day. In fact, he was forever to remain blissfully unaware of the essential difference of that day, as well as his role in the scheme of things. His job, in an era of primitive communications, was to deliver overseas cables by hand, and on that particular, fateful day, he was destined to deliver one to a house down Gregory’s Road in Colombo 7. (more…)
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