It doesn't matter how happy the locals might be with any stunning British victory over the Japanese. Britain was not going to pay out scarce money it didn't have to keep an expensive and pointless empire going.
They were all going to get independence whatever happened (as in the case of Belize [and to a lesser extent Malta] where they were made independent in the face of local opposition to it.)
The post war world was not one where Britain went about wailing about losing an empire. It was about changing Britain into a confident post industrial european technology, service and trading nation.
The intention to play a part in defeating Japan was all about defeating Japan. Not some seat on some peace treaty table.
They were all going to get independence whatever happened (as in the case of Belize [and to a lesser extent Malta] where they were made independent in the face of local opposition to it.)
The post war world was not one where Britain went about wailing about losing an empire. It was about changing Britain into a confident post industrial european technology, service and trading nation.
The intention to play a part in defeating Japan was all about defeating Japan. Not some seat on some peace treaty table.