Relations between Bougainville and the mainland were not helped when, in December, 1972, two senior Bougainvillean public servants were murdered as payback for a road accident in the highlands of Papua New Guinea.
Relations between Bougainville and the mainland were not helped. Two senior Bougainvillean public servants were murdered as payback for a road accident in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. This was in December. December was 1972.