aug 24, 1951 - Vogan Shooting

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The mutual hardening led to violent incidents, the most serious of which was at Vogan in August 1951, when a conflict between members and adversaries of the CUT over the leadership of that chiefdom degenerated into an attack on the administrative post; the guard returned fire and killed seven persons. Under the direction of Governor Digo , the authorities took advantage of the situation to take measures against those who claimed to be "nationalists"; fifty-one persons were indicted (five in absentia). Their trial was held in January 1954 during the tour of Digo' s successor, Laurent Pechoux considered the bete noire of the opposition. It culminated in severe sentences to forced labor and prison, which gave satis- faction to an administration then little inclined to indulgence: "The c. u. T. leaders seem very impressed," commented the territory's Political Bureau.40 T

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