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Kim Jong Il Inspects KPA Unit

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

   Pyongyang, June 10 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il inspected KPA Unit 958.
    He looked round the room devoted to the history of the unit, conducted by its commander.
    He highly appreciated the fighting spirit with which the servicepersons of the unit unfailingly carried out any difficult task assigned to it by the party, noting that the heroic feats performed by it are also included in the glorious combat feats performed by the People's Army.
    He dropped in at an operation commanding room to learn about the unit's performance of guard duty and the training at it.
    He expressed satisfaction over the fact that all commanding officers and soldiers are carrying out their combat duties in a responsible manner with a high degree of revolutionary vigilance and have prepared themselves as a-match-for-a hundred fighters by focusing all efforts on the training. He advanced the tasks to be fulfilled by the unit to increase the combat capability in every way.
    He acquainted himself with the political work conducted among the soldiers, making the rounds of a soldiers' hall, a library and other cultural and educational facilities.
    He praised the unit for having built good cultural and educational facilities and conducted effective education by use of them to train soldiers into such immortal human bombs as heroes Ri Su Bok and Kil Yong Jo.
    Underlying the highest dignity and honor, invincible spirit and might which the KPA has fully demonstrated to the world and its undying feats and military merits are the distinguished idea and mental power of its servicepersons, he said, noting that to give definite priority to the ideological work provides a sure guarantee for displaying the capability to win victory after victory.
    He walked round the well built supply service facilities. He praised the unit for assiduously managing its economic life, saying that everything is kept neat and tidy.
    After inspecting the command, he mounted the forward commanding post of the unit to acquaint himself with terrain conditions and the deployment of forces. Being informed of the situation by the commander of the unit, he underscored the need to firmly defend with arms the gains of the revolution won by our people at the cost of their blood.
    Then he inspected a company of the unit.
    He watched its servicepersons in firepower training and took deep care of the living of the soldiers, going round an education room, a bedroom, a mess hall, a bath-cum-wash house and other cultural and supply service facilities.
    He had a photo session with the servicepersons of the unit.
    He was accompanied by KPA Generals Hyon Chol Hae and Ri Myong Su.