Word: aung
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Dates: during 1945-1945
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Shrewd, burly Governor Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith was having trouble with young (28) Major General Thakin Aung San (commander of the Burma National Army). Aung San went over to the Japs early in the war, switched back to the British with the tide. But once the Japs had surrendered, Aung San demanded immediate Burmese independence. Hoping to mollify him, Sir Reginald asked Aung San to suggest a few names for a new council. When Aung San listed eleven fervent nationalists, Sir Reginald rejected his list. Thereupon Aung San was elevated to a crest of Burmese popularity and excitement dangerous...
...British needed an antidote for Aung San. U Saw was a possibility. He was, after all, a devil the Raj knew well...
...dreams of independence, commented bitterly. Said New Delhi's Hindustan Times: "A vague promise of this kind, hedged round with such conditions that they can always serve as an excuse for doing little, is nothing but a cruel piece of casuistry." In London a Burmese moderate, Sir Htoon Aung Gyaw, adviser to the governor of Burma, warned Britain bluntly: the Burmans want no interim government but a constituent assembly; their present cooperation with the British should not be taken as love for British rule...