Study Source D and E. How useful are Source D and E in helping you to understand why the policy of British Government towards Independence for India changed after the Second World War.
Source D is a memoir written in 1945 by Stafford Cripps, a member of Labour Cabinet that won the election on reconstruction policies in Britain. Source D narrates to the historian that Britain was in a position where they could not cope with the concerns in India; therefore, they could not continue solving other issues that had a negative impact on Britain unless India participated. The Source clearly states that the British government was not prepared to stay for long in India. Stafford Cripps realizes that Britain needed to strengthen the control on their own home ground instead of ruling India. His motivation where: to give India independence and furthermore to use the resources to build up the defence of the British society. Cripps loyalty and effectiveness towards this occasion was reasonable, considering that he knew India inside out and wanted to improve the face of Britain. One obvious factor that was stated by Cripps was that it was hopeless to continue the responsibility with India. The memoir was written after the event, which suggests that he could be defending his own role by not telling the truth and not being neutral. This suggests that he could be exaggerating the belief of the historian of the true incident in some extents.