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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kukku baba" data-source="post: 19506239" data-attributes="member: 249844">[YOUTUBE]e0FTwGA9H0E[/YOUTUBE]Ceylon's defense of Japan A major player in providing support for a post-war free Japan was the delegation from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceylon" target="_blank">Ceylon</a> (now known as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka" target="_blank">Sri Lanka</a>).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_San_Francisco#cite_note-14" target="_blank">[14]</a>  While many were reluctant to allow a free Japan capable of aggressive  action and insisted that the terms of surrender should be rigidly  enforced in an attempt to break the spirit of the Japanese nation, the  Ceylonese Finance Minister <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junius_Richard_Jayewardene" target="_blank">J.R. Jayawardene</a>  spoke in defence for a free Japan and informed the conference of  Ceylon's refusal to accept the payment of reparations that would harm  Japan's economy. His reason was "We in Ceylon were fortunate that we  were not invaded, but the damage caused by air raids, by the stationing  of enormous armies under the South-East Asia Command, and by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaughter_tapping" target="_blank">slaughter-tapping</a>  of one of our main commodities, rubber, when we were the only producer  of natural rubber for the Allies, entitles us to ask that the damage so  caused should be repaired. We do not intend to do so for we believe in  the words of the Great Teacher [Buddha] whose message has ennobled the  lives of countless millions in Asia, that 'hatred ceases not by hatred but by love'." He ended the same speech by saying This treaty is as magnanimous as it is just to a defeated foe. We  extend to Japan the hand of friendship and trust that with the closing  of this chapter in the history of man, the last page of which we write  today, and with the beginning of the new one, the first page of which we  dictate tomorrow, her people and ours may march together to enjoy the  full dignity of human life in peace and prosperity.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_San_Francisco#cite_note-15" target="_blank">[15]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_San_Francisco#cite_note-16" target="_blank">[16]</a> Minister Jayewardene's speech was received with resounding applause. Afterwards the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Times" target="_blank">New York Times</a>  stated, "The voice of free Asia, eloquent, melancholy and still strong  with the lilt of an Oxford accent, dominated the Japanese peace treaty  conference today.[YOUTUBE]are3D0TEaig[/YOUTUBE]<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_San_Francisco#cite_note-17" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_San_Francisco#cite_note-17</a></blockquote>

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