POL 23-3 FAK 5 Department of State TELEGRAM CONFIDENTIAL) 617 PAGE! @1 ISLAMA B6388 28a0137 2) ACTION AID=a5 INFO OCT=01 NEA-96. IGAx02 PH=By DODE-06 CIAE+Ba INR-a8 8 e S > CUsos: 38x18 1as16/ #: JESE-P LEP i easite R 2512262 Jun 7) FM AMEMBASSY TSLAMABAD: TO. SECSTATE WasHOc 923) INFO! AMCONSUL! DAceA AMCONSUL: LAHORE CON Fr D'EINIT 1 4 L) ISLAMABAD! ssa ArDAG: JOINT EMBASSY/USAID MESSAGE FROM AMBASSADOR AND WHEELER FOR) ENGLE AND! MACDONALD AA/NESA 1s FOLLOWING BASED ON CORRWS: PERSONAL) OBSERVATIONS: AND DISCUSSIONS WITH MeAsks CHAUDHRY> INSPECTOR GENERAL POLICE (IGP ls EAST PAKISTAN: FORMERLY [GPi NORTH WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE: (NWFP. As EPPy IN PAST MARGINALLY ADEQUATE ORGANIZATION AT BEST2 NOW BROKENs SHATTERED» DEMORALIZED FORCS WITH APPROXIMATELY 75 PERCENT OF FORMER 334240 HAN STRENGTH HAVING DEFECTED» DESERTED OR BECOME CASUALTIES* IGP) UNABLE STATE. PERCENTAGES EACH CATEGORY GUT CLAIMS! CASUALTIEE LESS. THAN RUMORED AND PREDICTS EVENTUAL RETURN MANY DESERTERS NOW THAT RECRUIT= MENT UNDER WAY» SAYS ALL WELCOME REJOIN FORCE! 1F ABSENCE DUE FEAR AND INTIMIDATION. AND NOT REPEAT NOT CPPOSITION« ADMITS HOWEVER THaT SIZEABLE POLICE COMPONENT OPPOSED ARMY AND NOW CONTINUING FIGHT FROM INDIA+ REVEALED THAT DEPUTY. INSPECTORS GENERAL: (DIG) ABDUL! KHALEGUE, PI0/P-78519) PRIN= CUPALY SAIDAW POLICE ACADEMY, AND MAKMUN MAHMUD, PLO/P- 30202» RAJSHAHI RANGEs HAD CROSSED INTO INDIA ALONG WITH! MeRe CHOWDHURYs SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, RAJSHAHI» ALTHOUGH SEPARATE REPORT INDICATES MAHMUD! AND CHOWDHURY CONFIDENTIALa Department of State TELEGRAM CONFTOENT LAL. PAGE 92 ISLAMA O69R8 2864127 EXECUTED BY ARMY+ AsSeMs OSMANY SP) COMILLAZ SHAMSULI HAG» SP CHITTAGONG AND. NUAUL MONEN KHAKs SF FARICPUR® ARRESTED) AND BELIEVED SHOT. EX.1G° Ts AHMAD AND! FORMER SP DACCAs Evas CHOWDHURY, UNDER SUSPENSION AND VIRTUAL HOUSE ARREST» NUMBER OF OTHER POLICE! OFFICERS REMOVED! TO OACCA CANTONMENT FOR QUESTIONING. Bs BESIDES “ANPOWER EPPIOESPERATELY SHORT TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS WHICH COMMANDEERED/CONFISCATED BY ARMY OF DAMAGED/APPROPRTATED 3Y DECANPERS+ IGP! HAS ORDEREO COMPLETE INVENTORY AND SAYS! ARHY HAS. ALREADY RETURNED: SOME EQUIPMENT IN OACCAs LOSS OF RADIOS TO. GPROSITION HAS COMPROMISED POLICE NETWORK. MAINTENANCE FACILUTIES: WAVE ALSO. SUFFERED AND QUALIFIED MAINTENANCE! PERSONNEL’ ARE AMONG MISSING C+ ISP LOKENED PRESENT LAN AND! ORDER SITUATION TO EVENTS SE ASIAs SAID THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS: RAIDS ON VILLAGES AND COMMUNITIES IN BORDER. BELT BY OPPOSITION FORCES: AND THAT REIN OF TERROR BEING CONDUCTED. CONCEDED SIMILAR INCIDENTS OCCUR WELL BEYOND BORDER AREA BUT DESILISED TACTICS: AS HIT AND RUN» UNCOGROINATED BUT WITH SOME NUISANCE! VALUE® ARMY COULD AND MOULD HaNDLE* EXPRESSED, CONCERN ABOUT FREGUENCY B0raING. INCIDENTS. IN DACCA AND! SAID HE WAS UP AGAINST "SAD SITUATION. EPP WILL EVENTUALLY ASSUME ITS FULL! LaW AND ORDER RESPONSIBILITIES BUT IGP ESTIMATES MINIMUM SIX MONTHS. BEFORE HE COULD FIELD EFFECTIVE FORCE. STATES FURST PRIORITY 15 RESTORATION MORALE WHICH ADMITTEDLY HONUMENTAL) TASK RECRUITMENT BIHARIS.ANO DEPUTATION Se9q WEST PAKISTAN POLICE TO RELIEVE ARMY FROM SOME LAW AND! ORDER CHORES APPEMR MILTTATE AGAINST THIS OBJECTIVE HARD TO CONCEIVE JOINT AIHARI/BENGALI PATROL BUT PUNJABI/ IHARI/BENGALI COMBINATION ALMOST BEYOND BELIEF STILL IGP OPTINISTIC AND BUSY TOURING VARIOUS ARE«S TO SHOW SUSGRDINATES COMMAND. INTEREST« Ds EVENTS: OF RECENT WEEKS UaVE SET POLICE CLOCK BACK A NUMBER OF! YEARS« EPP AS LAW AND ORDER ENTITY DOES NOT EXIST« EXCEPT FOR RATHER DESULTORY TRAFFIC DIRECTION, IT IS PERFORMING: CL ROUTINE OR SPECIALIZED POLICE FUNCTIONS. NEW. 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