A hope come true

“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