IB Alerted Vajpayee On Pak Build-Up A Year Before Kargil

New Delhi, Nov 28: Almost a year before the 1999 conflict with Pakistan, Intelligence Bureau (IB) had informed the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee about the logistical build up by the neighbouring country along the LoC in the Kargil region, an army think tank has claimed.

"On June 2, 1998, the IB dispatched a note to the PM with details about Pakistani logistics-building efforts along the LoC in the area opposite Kargil," says a study by the Center for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS).

"It predicted that, having acquired a nuclear umbrella, Pakistan was likely to push mercenaries into Kargil. The note was personally signed by the then-IB chief in protocol terms, a sign that its contents were extraordinarily sensitive and warranted follow-up action," it added.

The study titled 'Perils of Prediction, Indian Intelligence and the Kargil Crisis', said Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) had also warned in its October 1998 assessment that Pakistan army might launch "a limited swift offensive with possible support ofalliance partners (reference to mercenaries)".

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