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We had no choice but to go along with the camp’s request and thus, on January 28, a letter signed by everybody was sent off. Again I had warned Gerbrecht that he, as the motion’s proponent, risked retaliation, but he didn’t care. Yet that’s exactly what happened! First thing next morning G. was called to the Commander and told to get ready within an hour to depart for Liverpool on board the Yuzilbar. G. now seemed taken aback after all but pretended not to care, although he definitely saw himself as a martyr. He imparted this feeling on all the Colombo people and other acquaintances and against my advice they all instigated the few voluntary workers, such as carpenters,
woodcutters, etc, to down their tools in protest over G.’s removal. Thus we had a strike that could have been avoided with a bit of goodwill. I’m convinced we could have achieved the consul’s visit in time by negotiating. Of course, the strike did not prevent G.’s departure,