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status was an indispensable stage in any policy which ought to have been pursued. He deplored that the legislation would "cut Burma out of the Empire altogether, and ... make her a foreign Power". Churchill said "the
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status, subject to its prior attainment of certain political milestones. He believed there would have been no difficulty in carrying out that programme in an orderly and careful manner. Instead, he said "the whole business has been conducted by the
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in which the party of Aung San won a majority. A series of meetings between UK and the
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and should no longer form part of the king's dominions. He explained that in the future, the relationship between Burma and the United
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