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DATE=7/9/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-251597
TITLE=KASHMIR UPDATE
BYLINE= PAMELA D'SOUZA
DATELINE=NEW DELHI
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:  MILITARY COMMANDERS IN INDIA SAY THEY HAVE MADE MAJOR 
PROGRESS IN ALL SECTORS OF INDIAN KASHMIR, WHERE THEY ARE 
FIGHTING WHAT THEY DESCRIBE AS PAKISTANI SOLDIERS AND ISLAMIC 
MILITANTS.  PAMELA D'SOUZA REPORTS FROM NEW DELHI, THE INDIAN 
ARMY ALSO CLAIMS TO HAVE RECOVERED PAKISTANI DOCUMENTS CONFIRMING
THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE PAKISTANI ARMY IN THE BATTLE.
TEXT:  INDIAN ARMY OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE SUCCESSFULLY EVICTED 
ENEMY FIGHTERS FROM THE MAIN BATTLE SECTORS OF BATALIK AND DRASS 
IN INDIAN KASHMIR IN THE PAST 48 HOURS.
INDIAN DEFENSE SPOKESMAN COLONEL BIKRAM SINGH SAYS THE LATEST 
MILITARY OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SO FAR. 
                      // (OPT) SINGH ACT //
         IN THE LAST 48 HOURS 99 PERCENT OF THE INTRUSIONS HAVE 
         BEEN CLEARED OF THE ENEMY OF (99 PERCENT OF THE ENEMY 
         FORCES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM) THE BATALIK SECTOR.  IN 
         THIS SECTOR THE ENEMY HAD CAPTURED FOUR RIDGE LINES.
                     // END ACT (END OPT) //
MILITARY OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE INFLICTED HEAVY CASUALTIES ON 
THE ENEMY AND HAVE ALSO WEAKENED THE ENEMY MORALE BY CUTTING OFF 
CRUCIAL SUPPLY LINES.
COLONEL SINGH SAID, THE INDIAN ARMY HAS GATHERED MORE PROOF TO 
CONFIRM THE INVOLVEMENT OF PAKISTANI SOLDIERS IN THE CONFLICT.  
IT HAS OBTAINED THIS PROOF, HE SAID, EVEN THOUGH THE PAKISTANI 
ARMY IS NOW TRYING TO REMOVE ALL SINGH INDICATING ITS 
INVOLVEMENT.
                        // SINGH ACT // 
I        IT HAS ALSO BEEN RELIABLY LEARNED THAT THE PAKISTANI 
         ARMY HAD PASSED ORDERS FOR THE WITHDRAWAL  OF ALL 
         IDENTITY CARDS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS WHICH ARE IN THE 
         POSSESSION OF THEIR SOLDIERS IN THE POCKETS OF 
         INTRUSION.  THIS HAS BEEN DONE PRIMARILY TO OBVIATE OUR 
         GETTING ANY OTHER EVIDENCE TO FURTHER SUBSTANTIATE THE 
         FULL-FLEDGED INVOLVEMENT OF THE PAKISTANI ARMY; IN ANY 
         CASE THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED BEYOND DOUBT.
                          // END ACT //
COLONEL SINGH, HOWEVER, DID  NOT  MAKE THE DOCUMENTS PUBLIC.
CALLING THE LATEST MILITARY OPERATIONS ONE OF THE MOST 
SPECTACULAR SO FAR, COLONEL SINGH SAID THE ARMY IS CONFIDENT THAT
SOON IT WILL REGAIN CONTROL OF ALL AREAS OCCUPIED BY ISLAMIC 
MILITANTS AND PAKISTANI SOLDIERS.
                         // SINGH ACT //
         WELL, (IN THE BATALIK SECTOR) WE ARE ABOUT 1.5 
         KILOMETERS (CLOSE TO THE BORDER) AS OF NOW AND MOVING 
         FORWARD, THE TROOPS ARE MOVING FORWARD AND VERY SOON 
         WE'LL BE ON THE LINE OF CONTROL.
                          // END ACT //
INDIAN MILITARY OFFICIALS SAY THEY WILL CONTINUE FIGHTING UNTIL 
THEY HAVE FORCED ALL THE INFILTRATORS TO WITHDRAW.  (SIGNED)
NEB/PD/AG/KL   
09-Jul-99 12:09 PM EDT (1609 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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