1) P.N.G. ARMY IS PLANNING A MAJOR OFFENSIVE OPERATION ON BOUGAINVILLE WITHIN TWO TO THREE WEEKS TIME.
Intelligence Reports from a reliable source on the ground, have revealed (Sunday 9 June 1996) that PNGDF Army is now preparing a major offensive operation against the Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA) in the Central and South Bougainville areas within two to three weeks time.
The source said that the PNGDF Army on the ground (Bougainville) are now supplying all Bougainvillean Resistant Fighters with high-powered automatic riffles or guns to prepare them for the countdown.
The reliable soure also said that the PNGDF Army are targetting their old forward bases along the coastline which were re-captured and are now under the B.R.A. control. The places include Aropa Airport and the Koromira Catholic Mission in Koromira area.
The sources said that the PNGDF Army would like to secure the coastline of Bougainville before moving to the inland of Central and South Bougainville to flush out the rebels and their supporters.
The Intelligence reports had also revealed that the PNGDF officials have gone to Israel to negotiate for more powerful arms and even the Israeli Army personnel.
The source said yesterday that the PNGDF officials have asked for the Israeli Army personnel to come over to Bougainville Island and help them fight the rebel B.R.A. and flush them out from the jungles.
Responding to these Intelligence reports, the B.R.A. major general commander, Mr Sam Kauona said the morale of the B.R.A. soldiers is very high and they (the B.R.A.'s) are on full red alert to counter any possible attack by the PNGDF Army.
2) P.N.G.D.F. PATROL BOAT WITH A CONTINGENT OF ONE PLATOON NOW INSIDE SOLOMON ISLANDS TERRITORY
The B.R.A. Intelligence reported that a PNGDF patrol boat with a contingent of one platoon is now inside Solomon Islands territory.
The Intelligence report said the PNGDF patrol boat had left Bougainville Island on Saturday night, 8 June, 1996, at 7.00p.m. heading towards the Solomon Islands.
This morning, Monday 10th June, 1996, at 8.00a.m., the Intelligence reports had confirmed that the PNGDF patrol boat had landed and had unloaded the PNGDF army personnel on an unknown location quoted only by a code sign as "Quebec Five". The other code signs for their further lands are: "Hotel Seven, Foxtrot Juliet, Romeo Charlie, Foxtrot Hotel Nine and Romeo Twelve".
Their purposes of coming across into the Solomon Islands territory said the Intelligence reports, is to hunt for the Bougainvilleans who are living in the Solomon Islands.
The Intelligence reports said, as soon as they landed on the location, code signed "Quebec 5" this morning, they would split up into two sections. Their next location will be "Hotel Seven" and then to "Foxtrot Juliet", "Romeo Charlie", "Foxtrot Hotel Nine" and "Romeo Twelve".
They are trying to secure these six locations inside the Solomon Islands to carry out their exercises of hunting down the Bougainvilleans.
The Intelligence reports confirmed that these PNGDF soldiers are now in the Solomon Islands territory.
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