NATIVE LEADER
R^OROKINA (Bougainville) 1, Oct. 28. A wartime promise has been kept and a "black brigadier" has become the No 1 boy on Bougainville, according to "the Associated Press. Before the war he was plain Misiami, a member of the Nakasiki tribe and regarded as something of a troublemaker, but when the Allied forces arrived Misiami offered to organise the tribesmen against Japan if made No. 1 boy after the war. ~_■..., Misiami organised a virtual military staff school for training hundreds of natives in the tactics of modern •weapons. Soon this line began to appear in Allied communiques: "Our Corsairs were supported by partisan forces on Bougainville." Intelligence reports show that the natives actually killed more Japanese than did the Allied forces on Bougainville After the surrender the Japanese leaders said the silent ambushing natives were their greatest and most consistent terror. Nok. the _ black brigadier is plain Misiami again, but Is recognised by the Allies as the native leader.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 103, 29 October 1945, Page 7
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