David Ward: Letter

Dear,

Kuki-Chin brothers,

We are very ashamed to hear such foolish words uttered by V.S. Atem of the NSCN I-M against your people.

I have been an activist in Nagaland and NSAZ of Saigang Division for the past 33 years.

We know very well who Atem and his brother in law Muivah are. I have met them personally along with all Naga leaders over the years. I have also been to the eastern Khiamniungan villages massacred by them during Partition.

The majority of the Naga people will never accept them ever. It is easy to sit in so called ceasefire camps and play toy soldiers and fill the stomachs of unemployed youth at the expense of the public.

To collaborate with the Myanmar Junta is a despicable act. To share their camps and jointly operate with the Shanni Nationalities and Tatmadaw against the PDFs is nothing short of treacherous and the actions of traitors. The net is closing around them as we speak.

When I met V.S. Atem in the year 2000 at Kathmandu he and Major Kewekhope Mero stole a satellite phone from myself. The burden for this was borne by the late Honourable David Astor. A very senior respected man who supported the Nagas from 1960 until his death.

Foreign NGOs have long since abandoned the NSCN I-M as they came to know of their atrocities and war crimes. As well as their propensity to loot development funds and build their own mansions. They can chatter with the GOI until the cows come home to secure pensions for themselves and their families. It has no bearing upon the Naga Nation or the public.

The Kuki took part in the struggle from its inception, which is well documented from 1929 onwards.

It is sad to say that if the Nagas think that Dimapur is part of Nagaland then they are living in a fool's paradise.

The NSCN has been flushed out before by the Konyak, Chakhesang, Khiamniungan and Ao as well as the public of Dimapur. When people run like chickens they should not roar like tigers from the confines of a cease-fire camp.

These people can try to hide their inequities under the guise of invoking the holy name of Almighty God to bluff the public. They may rest assured that there is no place for them in Heaven.

I am also the reluctant chowkidar of the Naga national archives and documents since 1994 after the demise of A.Z.Phizo. These will never be handed over to such people regardless of either threat or inducement.

In closing, we wish you well in your struggle with kind regards.

David Ward 

Edinburgh, Scotland,

United Kingdom (UK).

00 44 793256XXXX

~ WAP

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