ellow Nagas, we must be very careful and wise in speaking, writing and doing in defence of our Nation, lest we fall in abyss. So I would like to remind our people the 14-Point Guideline by A.Z. Phizo, President, NNC dated London, May 30, 1980.
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Fellow Nagas, we must be very careful and wise in speaking, writing and doing in defence of our Nation, lest we fall in abyss. So I would like to remind our people the 14-Point Guideline by A.Z. Phizo, President, NNC dated London, May 30, 1980. There may be a little plus or minus in a better way to use in accordance with the evolution of generation, time and situation, but it will be helpful for all of us to keep in mind this Guideline. The 14-point guideline reads:
1. Nation: The Nagas are a nation in their own right.
2. Sovereignty: Nagaland is a sovereign state and the Nagas had no treaty with the British and we never became a protectorate.
3. Autonomy: India offered Autonomy to the Nagas in 1947 when she was about to become independent and the Nagas rejected the offer because we are a sovereign nation before the Indians become independent. India became a nation only after her constitution becomes law on January 26, 1950.
4. Internal affairs: Nagaland's problem is not Indian Internal affairs.
External affairs: Every sovereign nation has her own external affairs.
5. Security, finance, defence, communication: These are subjects we the Nagas need never worry and we must be wise about these things.
6. Money, finance and economic viability: These are frightening words for educated men who never realised that their illiterate fore-fathers never worried these things. Only a clerk-minded personality worries because he cannot see one yard ahead of his writing-hand.
7. Underground, hostiles, rebels: The Indians call the sovereign Nagas as "Underground and hostiles" to make it appear to the outside world that the Nagas are rebels. And every time the Indians call the Nagas as hostiles, underground or rebels they are telling lies though they may not know.
8. Secede, Secessions: The Nagas are not Indians and these words do not apply to us.
9. Constitution, movement, struggle, independence: The Nagas are defending their country. It is not a movement and we are not struggling for independence because we are a sovereign nation, independent, free and we the Nagas have nothing to do with the Indian constitution.
10. Grievances, oppression, suppressions: India invaded Nagaland and we are defending our sovereignty as an independent nation. Our problem with India is aggression but not grievances, oppression or suppression.
11. Minority, Tribal: The Nagas are not a minority in India and the word tribal is the dirtiest word in politics. It's an insult.
12. Self-determination, Human Rights: The Nagas are not asking for self-determination. And we am not fighting for Human Rights. These two phrases are matters of "internal affairs".
13. Dispute, problem, issue, demand, claim, demand contentions: The problem between Nagaland and India is not a dispute. It is not an issue as the Nagas are not demanding or claiming independence from India. Our problem against India is invasion and the Indian contention is only to obscure this basic fact.
14. Political rights, political justice: The Nagas are not fighting for our political rights. We are not asking political justice. These words are "intemal affairs" in politics.
Further A.Z. Phizo, President, NNC wrote to Rajiv Gandhi, PM of India on May 10, 1986 in London; saying, "The case of Nagaland is a case of invasion. It is war. And it is not a political issue."
Ministry of Rali Wali
NNC, Federal Government of Nagaland