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Supreme Commander Kim Jong Il Inspects KPA Unit

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, March 2 (KCNA) -- Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission, inspected KPA Unit 252 honored with the title of O Jung Hup-led Seventh Regiment. He was accompanied by KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong and Ri Yong Chol, member of the WPK Central Military Commission and first vice-department director of its Central Committee.
    After acquainting himself with the unit's performance of duty, he looked round the room devoted to its history, guided by its commander.
    He highly praised the feats performed by the unit, a recipient of the honorable "Kim Il Sung Order" and the titles of Kum Song Lifeguard and O Jung Hup-led Seventh Regiment, saying that it is very proud of having a long history and tradition of struggle as it has always taken the lead in upholding the WPK's Songun leadership by distinguishing itself in combat and political training and fully demonstrating the heroic stamina of the KPA in sites of socialist construction.
    He dropped in at a soldiers' hall to learn in detail about the political and ideological education among its servicepersons.
    Very pleased to receive the report that they turned out as one in tree planting on the occasion of the Day of Tree Planting, he called on the KPA to take the lead also in turning the mountains and rivers of the country into a socialist land of bliss.
    He had a photo session with officers and men of the unit.
    The next leg of his inspection was a Twice Three Revolution Red Flag sub-unit of the unit.
    Making rounds of its training ground and facilities, he learned in detail about its fulfillment of the training program. He advanced highly important tasks which would serve as guidelines in further increasing the unit's combat capability, greatly satisfied to learn that all the officers and men have fully prepared themselves to be a-match-for-a hundred fighters capable of successfully undertaking combat duties under any difficult conditions by undergoing intensive training with the help of a variety of drill facilities.
    He took deep care of the service and living of servicepersons, looking round an education room, bedroom, mess hall, kitchen,washroom, subsidiary food store and other places.
    He spared time to see an art performance given by servicepersons of a company of the sub-unit.
    He gave servicepersons of the sub-unit a pair of binoculars, a machine gun and an automatic rifle as gifts and had a photograph taken with them.