DATE=5/29/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-249959
TITLE=INDO / PAK / KASHMIR / S
BYLINE=JIM TEEPLE
DATELINE=NEW DELHI
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: INDIA CARRIED OUT A FOURTH DAY OF AIRSTRIKES SATURDAY
AGAINST WHAT IT DESCRIBES AS "INFILTRATORS FROM PAKISTAN." AND,
INDIA SAYS IT HAS PROOF -- IN THE FORM OF IDENTITY PAPERS --
WHICH SHOWS REGULAR PAKISTANI ARMY FORCES ARE FIGHTING ALONGSIDE
THE INFILTRATORS. V-O-A'S JIM TEEPLE REPORTS FROM NEW DELHI THAT
DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS ARE INTENSIFYING TO RESOLVE THE CRISIS.
TEXT: INDIAN COMMANDERS SAY THEY HAVE KILLED ABOUT HALF OF THE
ESTIMATED 600 INFILTRATORS THEY SAY CROSSED THE BORDER FROM
PAKISTAN, EARLIER THIS MONTH.
MAJOR GENERAL J-J SINGH -- A SENIOR ARMY COMMANDER -- SAYS INDIAN
TROOPS HAVE RECOVERED AT THE BODY OF AT LEAST ONE PAKISTANI
SOLDIER AND THE IDENTITY PAPERS OF ANOTHER.
// SINGH ACTUALITY //
DIRECT ... PAKISTANI INVOLVEMENT IN THESE INTRUSIONS HAS
BEEN PROVED BEYOND DOUBT WITH THE RECOVERY OF AN
OFFICIAL PAK ARMY DOCUMENT AND IDENTITY CARD OF A PAK
SOLDIER.
// END ACTUALITY //
GENERAL SINGH SAYS THE DOCUMENTS WERE FOUND WELL INSIDE INDIAN
KASHMIR -- THE SCENE OF FIERCE FIGHTING BETWEEN THE INDIAN ARMY
AND INFILTRATORS.
MEANWHILE, PAKISTAN HAS OFFERED TO SEND AN EMISSARY TO NEW DELHI
TO TRY AND DEFUSE THE CRISIS. INDIA SAYS IT WILL STUDY THE
PROPOSAL, BUT THAT PAKISTAN MUST STOP INFILTRATIONS INTO ITS
TERRITORY. (SIGNED)
NEB / JLT / WD / WD
29-May-99 4:06 AM EDT (0806 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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