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Kim Jong Il Inspects Sub-Unit of KPA Tank Division

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

   Pyongyang, December 8 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il inspected a sub-unit of the Guard Seoul Ryu Kyong Su 105 Tank Division of the KPA. The sub-unit was immensely excited and rejoiced to greet Kim Jong Il who has paid his 22nd visit to the division since August 25, 1960, the unforgettable day of history when he started his Songun leadership.
    He learned about the unit's performance of duty before watching the training of soldiers.
    He set forth tasks to be undertaken to boost the combat capability of the unit, expressing great satisfaction over the fact that all the servicepersons of the unit have been fully prepared politically and ideologically and in military technique and physically to be a-match-for-a hundred fighters capable of firmly defending the socialist country.
    He acquainted himself with the political work conducted among the soldiers, going round a general lecture room, education room and entertainment and educational facilities.
    He praised the unit for conducting an effective revolutionary education and the class education by use of diverse educational materials and waging a brisk movement to learn from the noble revolutionary spirit of revolutionary forerunners including Hero Ri Su Bok, in particular, thereby training the servicemen into heroes of the new century. The Ryu Kyong Su 105 Tank Division which has played a flagship role in strengthening the nation's tank force has been a guard unit in battles and in the ideological preparedness, he said, underscoring the need to preserve this brilliant tradition of struggle to exalt the honor of guard soldiers at all times.
    He made the rounds of a bedroom, mess hall, kitchen, wash-cum-bath house, non-staple food store and other supply service facilities.
    Seeing the store stacked with materials for preparing non-staple food harvested from the sideline fields this year, he said they are precious fruits borne by the efforts of the servicepersons, fully equipped with the revolutionary spirit of self-reliance and fortitude. It is very good for encouraging them to fully display their diligence and creative ingenuity to do sideline farming well, he added.
    He gave the servicepersons of the unit a pair of binoculars and an automatic rifle as gifts and had a photo session with them.
    He was accompanied by KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong and Vice Department Director of the WPK Central Committee Hwang Pyong So.