NSCN-IM trying to revive 'China lin

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NSCN-IM trying to revive 'China link'

The Hindustan Times (New Delhi)
December 11, 2000

The North-East militant groups, under pressure following army crackdown,
could revive their links with India's immediate neighbours, official
sources in Guwahati said. The National Socialist Council of Nagaland
(NSCN-IM) had been trying to revive its 'China link', they said.

Officials sources said NSCN-IM leader Thuingaleng Muivah was trying to
strike an arms deal with his "old contacts".

The sources said an understanding had emerged between the NSCN-IM and
the military regime in Myanmar. They indicated that any such development
could not really come without "help from the northern neighbour" of
Yangon. But India, keen to improve ties with China, does not want to
confront Beijing on this issue.

An official in New Delhi said reports of understanding between militant
groups and china could be "speculative".