Britain, World War 2 & the Sama Samajists
Subtitle: a study of the documents contained in the secret files maintained by the Public Record Office, London
By: edited by Wesley S. Muthiah and Sydney Wanasinghe.
Contributors: Great Britain. Public Records Office.
Publisher: Young Socialist Publication
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Colombo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
Subjects: Lanka Sama Samaja Party -- History.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Sri Lanka.; Sri Lanka -- Politics and government.
Other titles: Britain, World War Two, and the Sama Samajists
Description: Documents, relating Britain's persecution of Sinhalese anti-war freedom fighters, released by the Public Records Office, London.
Notes: "These papers reveal how in 1940-42 the British imperial government persecuted, suppressed, and incarcerated the leaders of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party, because of their opposition to the War"--Cover.