This is an entry in a year-long project to post-blog the demobilisation experience for British servicemen at the end of the Second World War. See here for an introduction to the project and here for a brief overview of the demobilisation process.
Leek MP Harold Davies, who has been on a lecturing tour of air force stations in the tropics, discusses the RAF disturbances in the Far East with the Times' correspondent. The strikes, according to Davies, are the outcome of a sense of frustration resulting from the men's uncertainty about when they are to get home. He thinks that if the British government were in a position to give definite deadline dates for the release of specific groups the men would be more satisfied. What the men apparently want is, firstly, an assurance that their grievances will be gone into; and secondly, that whatever the government ultimately decides to do is clearly explained and justified:
Mr. Davies confirmed the opinion that the 'strikes' have not been against commanding officers of any rank, but have been in criticism of the government's demobilisation policy ... an unfortunate aspect of the RAF demonstrations is that other ranks of the Royal Indian Air Force who are intermingled with the RAF at various stations have to some extent become infected ...
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