For his part, the British Resident Commissioner, Peter Fawcus, considered Seretse and Ketumile Masire to be the Councils’ outstanding members. Privately he confided to Seretse that having Masire as a partner was the key to building a national movement. Masire would later recall: “Between Seretse and I, it was love at first sight.
We clicked the first day we met [at Legco]. He must have heard about me from someone.” By 1961, Fawcus was eager that Seretse play the role of the leading nationalist.