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DATE=6/29/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-251221
TITLE=INDIA / KASHMIR (L ONLY)
BYLINE=ANJANA PASRICHA
DATELINE=NEW DELHI
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:  INDIA SAYS IT HAS RECAPTURED MORE GUERRILLA POSITIONS AS 
IT PRESSES AHEAD WITH ITS MILITARY OFFENSIVE TO EVICT ARMED 
INTRUDERS FROM INDIAN KASHMIR.  THE TENSE STANDOFF BETWEEN INDIA 
AND PAKISTAN HAS NOW REACHED THE DIPLOMATIC FRONT, WITH EACH 
NATION ACCUSING THE OTHER OF MISTREATING ITS DIPLOMATS. FROM NEW 
DELHI ANJANA PASRICHA HAS A REPORT. 
TEXT:  INDIAN DEFENSE OFFICIALS SAY THEIR TROOPS STORMED 
GUERRILLA POSITIONS EARLY TUESDAY AND RECAPTURED POINT 4700, A 
STRATEGIC HIMALAYAN PEAK KNOWN BY ITS HEIGHT IN METERS.   
THE ASSAULT ON THE PEAK CAME AFTER A NIGHT OF INTENSE ARTILLERY 
SHELLING.  DEFENSE SPOKESMAN COLONEL BIKRAM SINGH SAYS THE 
RECAPTURE OF THE PEAK BY INDIAN FORCES WILL GREATLY REDUCE THE 
GUERRILLAS ABILITY TO FIRE DOWN ON AN IMPORTANT NATIONAL HIGHWAY.
                     ///INSERT SINGH ACT///
         WITH THE CLEARANCE OF THESE OBJECTIVES, THESE TWO 
         POSITIONS OF THE ENEMY IN THE DRAS SECTOR, THE 
         DOMINATION OF THE ROAD, THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY ONE ALPHA, 
         WILL BE FURTHER ELIMINATED.      
                       ///END SINGH ACT///
THE TWO NATIONS ARE ALSO TRADING CHARGES ON THE DIPLOMATIC FRONT.
ON TUESDAY, INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIALS ACCUSED PAKISTAN OF
SEVERELY BEATING AN INDIAN EMBASSY EMPLOYEE (N.R. DORAISWAMY) IN 
ISLAMABAD.  OFFICIALS SAY THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AFTER INDIA 
EXPELLED A PAKISTANI DIPLOMAT MONDAY ON CHARGES OF SPYING.  
PAKISTAN HAS DENIED ITS DIPLOMAT WAS INVOLVED IN SPYING, AND SAYS
HE WAS ILLEGALLY DETAINED AND MISTREATED BY INDIAN INTELLIGENCE 
AGENTS.  
WHILE LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THE DIPLOMATIC INITIATIVES BEING 
TAKEN TO SOLVE THE KASHMIR CRISIS, INDIA IS CONTINUING ITS 
CAMPAIGN TO GATHER INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR ITS DEMAND THAT 
PAKISTAN WITHDRAW THE ARMED INTRUDERS FROM INDIAN KASHMIR.
INDIA'S FOREIGN SECRETARY, K. RAGHUNATH, HAS DISCUSSED THE 
KASHMIR CRISIS WITH FRENCH OFFICIALS IN PARIS.  OFFICIALS IN NEW 
DELHI SAY FRANCE HAS SUPPORTED INDIA'S POSITION THAT EACH SIDE 
MUST KEEP ITS FORCES BEHIND THE LINE OF CONTROL THAT DIVIDES 
INDIAN KASHMIR FROM PAKISTANI KASHMIR.   
INDIAN PRIME MINISTER BEHARI VAJPAYEE HAS STRESSED, NEW DELHI 
WILL ONLY RESUME A DIALOGUE WITH ISLAMABAD AFTER THE FIGHTING IN 
KASHMIR ENDS. HE ALSO SAYS THE GOVERNMENT IS  NOT  WORKING OUT A 
"SECRET DEAL" WITH THE UNITED STATES AND PAKISTAN TO END THE 
KASHMIR STANDOFF.  
(REST OPT)
MEANWHILE, IN AN INCIDENT UNRELATED TO THE FIGHTING, POLICE SAY 
15 MUSLIM MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN WERE SHOT DEAD IN A REMOTE 
BORDER VILLAGE IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR STATE. POLICE ARE ATTRIBUTING
THE KILLINGS TO RIVALRY BETWEEN TWO GUERRILLA FACTIONS. (SIGNED)
NEB/AP/KL
29-Jun-99 11:06 AM EDT (1506 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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