to comply with the Sri Lankan government's demand for the withdrawal of the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) from that country, Rajiv Gandhi has recently advanced the plea that the India-Sri Lanka accord stipulated that India should look after the security of Sri Lanka and the interests of the Tamil. "We;' he said, "are guarantors of peace in the island'' In a subsequent statement, he reiterated that "withdrawals could be made only through bilateral negotiations and not through unilateral deadlines".