Chinese Communists are giving far more aid than is generally realized to the nearly one million Naga, Mizo and Kuki tribesmen agitating for independence in the remote Indian province of Assam, and are very likely to succeed in turning the rebellion to their own advantage.
Some four thousand Nagas and Mizos are currently being trained in China for guerrilla operations. More go there each day, crossing over to pick-up points in Burma and East Pakistan, and from there by Chinese buses and planes to camps in Yunnan. Training includes political indoctrination, economic warfare (counterfeiting) and guerrilla tactics: blowing bridges, derailing trains, night attacks. In addition, the Chinese aim a steady barrage of radio propaganda into Assam, which is so remote that few Indian broadcasts are heard there. They have also already established relay posts and arms dumps in Burma.
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