DATE=6/24/99
TYPE=CORESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-251030
TITLE=INDIA / PAK / KASHMIR / S
BYLINE=JIM TEEPLE
DATELINE=NEW DELHI
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: INDIA'S DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS ABOUT 80 PERCENT OF THE
GUERRILLAS WHO ENTERED INDIAN TERRITORY IN KASHMIR ARE REGULAR
PAKISTANI ARMY TROOPS. V-O-A'S JIM TEEPLE REPORTS FROM NEW
DELHI, INDIA'S TOP ARMY COMMANDER SAYS CROSSING THE LINE OF
CONTROL -- WHICH DIVIDES KASHMIR BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN --
COULD BECOME A MILITARY OPTION; BUT ONLY IF INDIA'S CABINET
APPROVES.
TEXT: INDIAN ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF V-P MALIK SAYS INDIA CONSTANTLY
REVIEWS ITS POLICY ON CROSSING THE LINE OF CONTROL -- THE
CEASEFIRE LINE WHICH DIVIDES KASHMIR.
GENERAL MALIK SAYS NO DECISION HAS BEEN TAKEN TO CROSS THE LINE
OF CONTROL, BUT CROSSING IT COULD BECOME A MILITARY OPTION, IF
INDIA'S CABINET GIVES ITS APPROVAL. GENERAL MALIK SAYS THERE IS
NO QUESTION ABOUT WHO HIS TROOPS ARE FIGHTING IN KASHMIR.
// MALIK ACTUALITY //
WE HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THE PRESENT OPERATION WAS
CONCEIVED PLANNED AND EXECUTED BY PAKISTANI ARMY
REGULARS.
// END ACTUALITY //
PAKISTAN DENIES ITS TROOPS ARE FIGHTING IN KASHMIR OR THAT IT
GIVES ASSISTANCE TO GUERRILLAS INSIDE INDIA'S TERRITORY.
(SIGNED)
NEB / JLT / WD
24-Jun-99 3:00 AM EDT (0700 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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