“As far as we are concerned, we do not want to penalize Japan or keep her down. Japan is a great nation.  It may be that she made a mistake. It may be that she did harm.  Let us forgive and forget the past, and let us hope that Japan will live as a friend [...]

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“As far as we are concerned, we do not want to penalize Japan or keep her down. Japan is a great nation.  It may be that she made a mistake. It may be that she did harm.  Let us forgive and forget the past, and let us hope that Japan will live as a friend in the future. That is the attitude Ceylon would take.  We will not be a party to giving opportunities to any other country to keep a hold on Japan.  Our contribution will be to make Japan as free as possible. That is the policy which we will adopt.”

- D.S. Senanayake – House of
Representatives, August 23, 1951

 

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