Pashure peHondo Yenyika II, Lee akagadzwa mumakomiti aiva nebasa rokuvakazve upfumi hweMalaya, hwakanga hwaparara panguva yaitongwa neJapan. Apo mutemo wechimbichimbi wakagadzwa neBritain muna 1948 mukupindura kumukira kwechiKomonisiti
, akagadzwa kuMalayan Union Advisory Council, Federal Legislative Council uye Federal Executive Council.