February 25: Elaborating on the RGB's policies and perceptions, the document states that the RGB has used the presence of ULFA leaders in Thimpu to gain leverage with the Indian Government on the southern Bhutan refugee related issue. Indicators of this are: the official level RGB-ULFA contacts, permission to use Paro airfield as entry and exit point to international destinations; linking the Indian Government's demand for action against the insurgents to extradition of Rongthang Kunley Dorji and demand for handing over the Deothang BRTF camps as pre-condition for agreeing to joint operations.As per the ``assessment'' of the Indian Government, Bhutan needs to be persuaded that the imperatives of geo-strategic realities require the security policies of the two countries to be closely coordinated.Commenting on the ULFA's endeavours to establish contacts with the Chinese through Bhutan, the report states that ULFA `foreign secretary' Shasha Chowdhary had approached high ranking Bhutanese intelligenceofficers for help in transporting arms from the Bhutan-Tibet border.The report has several annexures, including details of the various ULFA camps operating in Bhutan, Bhutanese nationals and officials suspected of providing logistic assistance to the ULFA and list of Bhutanese officials who have met the ULFA leaders.On the strength and weapons of the ULFA/Bodo insurgents, the report states that at present there are an estimated 2,000 ULFA/Bodo militants in Bhutan who possess AK-47, AK-56, SLRs, LMGs, rocket launchers and land mines. It also contains details of the various ULFA/Bodo camps, their geographical location as well as the nature of their activities.
