SOVIET COLONEL'S EXPLOITS IN DRA RECOUNTED

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• Document Release Date: November 8, 2010
• Sequence Number: 29
• Publication Date: August 21, 1985
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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III. 29 Aug 85
SOUTH ASIA
First of all, it must be noted here that not one of the socioeconomic tasks placed on
the agenda by the tumultuous events of 1979 has been solved. Right-wing circles are
thwarting the democratic transformations and social reforms which the people's masses
who took part in the revolution had hoped for. In these circumstances, the fueling of
the anti-Soviet and anti-Afghan publicity on which certain forces in Iran are gambling
can only be interpreted as a wish to play down domestic contradictions and divert atten-
tion from the tasks of the anti-imperialist struggle.
The export of the "Islamic Revolution" to other countries is overtly proclaimed in
Tehran, and certain people would like to impose their own order in neighboring
Afghanistan, which has ended oppression by feudal lords and is building life on truly
democratic foundations.
By taking the road of interference in the DRA's internal affairs Iran is playing into
the hands of the most reactionary imperialist circles.
SOVIET COLONEL'S EXPLOITS IN DRA RECOUNTED
PM231O27 Moscow TRUD in Russian 21 Aug 85 p 3
[Article by Colonel I. Dynin under the rubric "Heroes and Exploits": "Courage"]
[Text] Military service has many facets. In 20 years Colonel Loshkarev has taken part
in exercises involving reconnaissance and attack; dug defensive trenches, fired almost
every type of weapon, taken cover under fire, driven an armored transport vehicle,
and neutralized mine fields. He has held various posts and the geography of his service
covers a gigantic triangle; the Far East, the Baltic republics, and Afghanistan. Wherever
Loshkarev has served he has had a good reputation.
Officer Loshkarev arrived in Afghanistan as a senior commander and high-class specialist.
On his chest were two orders "for serving the motherland in the USSR Armed Forces." The
place he was sent was not marked on the map; no woods, not a single tree. "Bare plain
and clay under your feet," one officer joke.d...
The tent city was set up according to the rules of military living; a place for build-
ing, a part for the combat vehicles, storehouse, guard premises, and a Lenin room.
The caution with which the local inhabitants greeted the Soviet servicemen soon passed.
The Soviet officers and soldiers behaved simply; they greeted the elders respectfully,
respected traditions, and the children were drawn as though by a magnet to the tent
city. Following.the children, the adults began to beat a path to the tent city. One
person would simply come to see how servicemen live in cloth houses. Another had felt
a sudden pain in the belly and the soldiers' doctor was experienced and responsive and
would give him medicine for free and take no money for the treatment.
...On that overcast day the local authorities turned to the Soviet command for help. In
the night basmachi had mined the roads leading to the hamlet. The inhabitants were cut
off from the whole world: They could not take their children to school or drive their,
livestock to graze.
Loshkarev set off with a small group of mine specialists to fulfill the mission. They
worked without respite, but progress was slow. They had to feel their way over each
centimeter of road and remove each mine with every precautionary measure. Loshkarev
took pleasure in observing the actions of Private Yevgeniy Gorokhov. A young, im-
petuous, and still inexperienced man, he nonetheless made every effort and did not
make the slightest mistake. "I must mention him in summing up our results," the com-
mander thought. At that moment, shots rang out from beneath the mosque dome.
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But the medical orderlies and his comrades and doctors knew their job. Medical
Service Lieutenant Valeriy Yalonetskiy treated and. bandaged his wounds. A
helicopter summoned by radio arrived. Medical Services Lieutenant Colonel V.
Shapovalov operated promptly and skillfully...
Loshkarev was accustomed to doing everything for people; to being concerned for
his subordinates; and to wondering whether they were warmly dressed and well fed,
knew how to shoot, were prepared to endure hardship, and would remain calm in a
critical situation-In the midst of his concerns he had had no time to wonder how
his subordinates were taking it all, what they thought of him, what their attitude
toward him was. And it was only after he was wounded, when he was in serious
condition, that he realized his every step and action, his every word, met with
a response in people's hearts. He felt he was the commander all the time. He
was sent telegrams and people telephoned him and wrote him letters. Often the
door to the ward would open and a fellow serviceman, tanned almost black by the
sun and wearing a snowy-white coat, would appear on the threshold:
"How are you, sirl"
The hurried stories: would begin. There was a lot of news. One man had received an
order, another had been promoted, a third had gone home. And there had been many
changes among the Afghans. A school, which Soviet servicemen helped construct, had
begun to operate, houses destroyed by the dushmans had been repaired.
The doctors were not yet even.~th.inkingof:dis.char.gin.g Loshkarev when, leaning on a
crutch, he went up to the doctor treating him and persuaded him he was perfectly able
to continue service. He had experience, he knew the design of all existing mines...
The town was living its ordinary life and Loshkarev fitted into it rapidly, as though
he had not been away for many months. As before, the subunits were out on missions,
undertook marches, rehearsed training attacks, and deactivated mines.
One day the mailman came up to Loshkarev and handed him an evelope. The officer
immediately recognized his son's handwriting, but he was intrigued by the sender's
address. Written in Sergey's firm hand was the address of a Far East garrison. He
had once served in those parts and now Lieutenant Sergey Loshkarev was following in his
father's footsteps.
His tour of service took its course and his wounds seemed to start to heal more
rapidly. But perhaps they only seemed to do so. He still could not work at full
strength. Soon an order of military terseness came: G.K. Loshkarev to be sent to..."
He took a long time to get used to Moscow. In his long years of service he had never
served in big cities. And his service had been of a different kind.
But, gradually he came to terms with his new life and began to look on the telephone
as a means of communicating, not a.source of alarm calls. Soon an event took place
which made him relive everything he had experienced on Afghan soil. The news come that
Colonel Loshkarev had been awarded the order "for service to the motherland in the USSR
Armed Forces" first class. He became the first full holder of this order in the ground
forces.
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SOUTH ASIA
CIA 'MASTER' OF FREE AFGHANISTAN RADIO STATION
LD280851 Moscow Domestic Service in Russian 0600 GMT 28 Aug 85
[Text] In the United States, a new subversive radio station under the pretentious
title "Free Afghanistan" is being created. Formally, it will be under the authority
of the Council of International Radio Broadcasting [Sovet mezhdunarodnogo radio-
veshchaniya] but, in fact, its master will be the U.S. Central Intelligence,Agency.
It will spread slander about the policies of the Government of Afghanistan and the
help which is given to the Afghan people by the Soviet Union.
INDIAN ARMY COMMANDER DETAILS BORDER CLASHES
LD282205 Moscow TASS in English 2109 GMT 28 Aug 85
[Text] New Delhi, August 28 TASS -- The situation around the Siachen Glacier remains
tense. The commander of India's Northern Military District, Lt-Gen M.L. Chiber,
in an interview with the newspaper DECCAN HERALD, stresses that armed clashes between
Indian and Pakistani units are continuing in that part of the Indian state of Jammu
and Kashmir.
There are casualties from both sides, he points out. The Pakistani troops do not
abandon their attempts to knock out Indian units from their positions and seize the
strategic passes of Sela and Belafondla.
With these aims in view, the Pakistani military is transferring troops reinforcements
and military equipment to the conflict area. Islamabad's objective is to establish
control over the entire Siachen Glacier and nearby regions and thus gain access to
the strategic Nubra valley in Ladakh.
In other words, Pakistan aims to expand further the unlawfully held part of the
Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, the district commander stresses.
INDIAN MINISTER DETAILS SOVIET AID IN OIL SEARCH
LD290840 Moscow TASS in English 0802 GMT 29 Aug 85
[Text] New Delhi, August 29 TASS -- TASS correspondent Stanislav Sychev reporting:
At present India is faced with two important tasks: To increase oil production and
to use it thriftily and efficiently.
The country, India's Minister of State for Oil Nawal Kishore Sharma told a seminar
here, is striving to achieve self-sufficiency in that important source of energy as
soon as possible. In 1980-1981 India produced 10 million tons of crude. In 1984-1985
the output grew to reach 29 million tons. Now prospecting is going on in 14 promising
areas. Soviet technicians and engineers are to work at two of them -- Kambeya and
Cauvery -- in keeping with the terms of the agreement on the.guidelines for trade,
economic, scientific and technical cooperation between the Soviet Union and India
signed on May 22, 1985.
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But the medical orderlies and his comrades and doctors knew their job.. Medical
Service Lieutenant Valeriy Yalonetskiy treated and. bandaged his wounds. A
helicopter summoned by radio arrived. Medical Services Lieutenant Colonel V.
Shapo.valov operated promptly and skillfully...
Loshkarev was accustomed to doing everything for people; to being concerned for
his subordinates; and to wondering whether they were warmly dressed and well fed,
knew how to shoot, were prepared to endure hardship, and would remain calm in a
critical situation... In the midst of his concerns he had had no time to wonder how
his subordinates were taking it all, what they thought of him, what their attitude
toward him was. And it was only after he was wounded, when he was in serious
condition, that he realized his every step and action, his every word, met with
a response in people's hearts. He felt he was the commander all the time. He
was sent telegrams and people telephoned him and wrote him letters. Often the
door to the ward would open and a fellow serviceman, tanned almost black by the
sun and wearing a snowy-white coat, would appear on the threshold:
"How are you, sir!"
The hurried stories: would begin. There was a lot of news. One man had received' an
order, another had been promoted, a third had gone home. And there had been many
changes among the Afghans. A school, which'Soviet servicemen helped construct, had
begun to operate, houses destroyed by the dushmans had been repaired.
The doctors were not yet even th.inkingof: dis.char.gixig. Loshkarev when, leaning on a
crutch, he went up to the doctor treating him and persuaded him he was perfectly able
to continue service. He had experience, he knew the design of all existing mines...
The town was living its ordinary life and Loshkarev fitted into it rapidly, as though
he had not been away for many months. As before, the subunits were out on missions,
undertook marches, rehearsed training attacks, and deactivated mines.
One day the mailman came up to Loshkarev and handed him an evelope. The officer .
immediately recognized his son's handwriting, but he was intrigued by the sender's
address. Written in Sergey's firm hand was the address of a Far East garrison. He
had once served in those parts and now Lieutenant Sergey Loshkarev was following in his
father's footsteps.
His tour of service took its course and his wounds seemed to start to heal more
rapidly. But perhaps they only seemed to do so. He still could not work at full
strength. Soon an order of military terseness came: G.K. Loshkarev to be sent to..."
He took a long time to get used to Moscow. In his long years of service he had never
served in big cities. And his service had been of a different kind.
But, gradually he came to terms with his new life and began to look on the telephone
as a means of communicating, not a source of alarm calls. Soon an event took place
which made him relive everything he had experienced on Afghan soil. The news come that
Colonel Loshkarev had been awarded the order "for service to the motherland in the USSR
Armed Forces" first class. He became the first full holder of this order in the ground
forces.
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