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Kim Jong Il Inspects KPA Unit

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

    Pyongyang, July 21 (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 2653. After going round the room devoted to the history of the unit, he said the unit has grown to be matchless combat ranks under the wise leadership and meticulous care of President Kim Il Sung.
    He learned about the unit's performance of duty before watching servicepersons' training.
    He was satisfied to learn that all the servicepersons of the unit have been trained as a-match-for-a-hundred fighters fully prepared politically, ideologically and physically and in military technique to firmly defend the socialist homeland.
    Watching the thick woodland around the barracks, he praised its servicepersons for having carefully planted and tended lots of trees of various species with ardent patriotism.
    He taught ways of turning their compound into a wooded area under a long-term plan. He learned about how the political work is conducted at the unit, looking round the servicepersons' hall, a library, a broadcasting room and other entertainment facilities. Examining the diverse visual aids for education on display in the servicepersons' hall, he said the People's Army is conducting any political work in a unique manner to suit the mentality and emotion of the soldiers.
    Such forward-looking and revolutionary work style as steadily creating something and making innovations without even a moment's stagnation and marking time constitutes a proud tradition consistently preserved by our army, the standard-bearer and a shock force for the Songun revolution, he noted.
    He took deep care of the servicepersons' living, going round a mess hall, a kitchen, a non-staple food store and other logistic facilities.
    Looking at the menu on display in the mess hall and materials for preparing side-dishes on the meshwork stand with keen attention, he underscored the need to serve plenty of fresh food to the soldiers engrossed in the training without having time enough to dry their uniforms wet with perspiration in the sultry summer days.
    He had a photo session with the servicepersons of the unit.
    He was accompanied by Ri Yong Chol, member of the Central Military Commission of the WPK and first vice department director of its Central Committee, and Hwang Pyong So, vice department director of its Central Committee.