Cablegram D783 LONDON, 26 May 1944, 12.50 a.m.
SECRET
My telegram D781. [1] Following is revised text of proposed
Declaration on Siam.
His Majesty's Government favours restoration to Siam, after the
war is over, of complete security as a free sovereign and
independent State. They cannot however forget that the Government
of Luang Pibul [2] took the initiative in declaring war on us in
spite of Siam's treaty of non-aggression with us; and they would
remind the Siamese people that they must themselves contribute to
their liberation. In the final settlement account will inevitably
be taken of the extent of that contribution.
[AA:A989, 43/735/303]