fifty years ago September 20, 1967 Archive

Phizo criticised for seeking Chinese aid

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The Nagaland Legislative Assembly to-day [Sept. 19, Kohima] unanimously adopted a resolution condemning outright the move initiated by the rebel leader Mr. A.Z. Phizo, for securing help from China. Mr. Phizo is in self exile In London for almost seven years past. He disappeared from Nagaland about 11 years ago and was in East and West Pakistan and later in Switzerland before going to London where he settled down after taking British citizenship. A pro-Phizo faction of the underground Nagas is already in China seeking arms and other assistance presumably to rebel against the Government and the powerful anti-Phizo faction in the underground movement in Nagaland. This move, the resolution said, “is an act of treachery against the people of Nagaland and hence it should be condemned outright. This is a serious threat to democracy, political freedom and liberty and the Naga way of life and the Church.”

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