... As a responsible leader in my country, as one who is as anxious as anyone in the world about peace and order, as one who more than anything else dislikes unnecessary strife and struggle, and as one among many who, taking all in all, has a desire to cultivate friendship with Britain, I feel it my duty to tell the poignant truth before it is too late. ...

(Address delivered to the Second Session of the Supreme Council of AFPFL, 16th May, 1946)