While Colonel Suzuki encouraged the BIA to form a provisional government, the Japanese military leadership had never formally accepted such a plan and the Japanese government held out only vague promises of independence after the end of the war. However, a Burmese Executive Administration was established in Rangoon on 1 August 1942 with the aim of creating a civil administration to manage day-to-day administrative activities subordinate to the Japanese military administration. The head of the provisional administration was Dr. Ba Maw, a noted lawyer and political prisoner under the British.
Colonel Suzuki encouraged the BIA to create a temporary governing body, but the Japanese military had never agreed to it, and the Japanese government only made vague promises about independence after the war. Nevertheless, on August 1, 1942, a Burmese Executive Administration was set up in Rangoon with the aim of creating an administrative organization to handle everyday tasks under Japanese control. Dr. Ba Maw, a prominent lawyer and former British prisoner, headed this provisional administration.