Pyongyang,
September 6 (KCNA) -- The following is the full text of an open letter sent by
Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un to all the Party members in the capital city of
Pyongyang during his inspection of a typhoon-afflicted area in South Hamgyong
Province:
To
All the Comrade Party Members in the Capital City of Pyongyang
Dear
all the comrade Party members in the capital city of Pyongyang, I extend my
greetings to you who are working harder than anybody else in the intensive
struggle for making preparations for the grand events to be held soon in
celebration of the 75th founding anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea and
for its historic Eighth Congress.
In
hearty response to the major decisions the WPK Central Committee adopted in the
face of manifold threats to the security of the state and lives of the people,
you are working with devotion for their implementation; thanks to the pivotal
role you have played, Pyongyang, the capital city of our revolution, is
maintaining its security in the main.
But,
as you all have learned through newspaper and radio, various parts of the
country suffered severe damage simultaneously from floods and a typhoon that
hit them in succession recently, and an intensive struggle is going on to
remove the aftereffects.
To
make matters worse, typhoon No. 9 followed them, inflicting damage on Kangwon
Province and North and South Hamgyong provinces on the east coast.
In
particular, dwelling houses and public buildings were submerged or damaged in
about ten cities and counties in South Hamgyong Province, including Tanchon,
Sinpho and Hongwon, leaving many people homeless.
To
take houses alone as an example, more than 1 000 of them collapsed. I have been
reported that North Hamgyong Province suffered no less damage. Although we had
taken all the conceivable preventive measures closely monitoring the typhoon
since it was coming up north hundreds of kilometres away, it brought
unexpectedly heavy rains and high winds, resulting in great damage.
In
this critical situation which admits not a moment of delay and, what is more,
when many of the major civilian construction forces and Korean People's Army
units have already been deployed in the damaged areas in Kangwon and North and
South Hwanghae provinces, the WPK Central Committee has decided to unburden
itself of the problem of strongly supporting the reconstruction project sites
in North and South Hamgyong provinces to none other than you, Party members in
the capital city.
Needless
to say, there are also many Party members and organizations and major forces of
the working class in these provinces, and it is of my belief that they, too,
will fully understand the intention of the WPK Central Committee and do a good
job of the reconstruction projects.
However,
it is the view of the WPK Central Committee that it would be more meaningful
when the core Party members in the capital city, bodyguards who are defending
it nearer to it than anybody else, hold aloft a banner and march to the
reconstruction project sites.
It
is a national trait that all the parts of the country always defend the
capital, its heart, in every possible way, but it can also be called our proud
national trait that the citizens of the capital city give sincere support and
encouragement to the provincial people when they are in difficulties.
Party
members in the capital city are the core force that our Party places its
greatest trust in.
If
they go and work in the damaged areas true to the call of the Party, we will
gain great strength which cannot be compared to the economic losses incurred as
a result of the destructive natural disaster.
Their
arrival at the damaged areas after a forced march from Pyongyang will
immediately instill a great encouragement into the Party members and other
people there, and the unity of the whole Party will be further consolidated
with intention and intimate feelings in the course of their struggle to weather
and break through the trials and hardships together.
This
year we have experienced special difficulties owing to the continuing worldwide
healthcare crisis concurring with the natural disasters, but we are overcoming
all these difficulties bravely on the strength of the unity of the Party and
the people.
This
is never a year of calamity and disaster but a year of struggle, advance and
unity, in which we are achieving firmer solidarity through a super-intense,
arduous struggle.
Over
the past 75 years, our Party flag has fluttered on the victorious hills, never
with the wind of those times, but thanks to the ardent feelings of loyalty and
patriotism of our Party members, who have turned out whatever the tasks as one
to reply to the calls of the WPK Central Committee with outstanding feats.
At
this decisive and responsible moment, when a turning point has to be created
for achieving another meaningful victory noteworthy in the history [8] of our
Party and the revolutionary struggle, the Party members in the capital city
should be standard-bearers and a shock-brigade.
The
WPK Central Committee requests our Party members in the capital city to turn
out and volunteer in high spirits for the reconstruction projects in the
damaged areas in North and South Hamgyong provinces in order to resolutely
defend the 75th founding anniversary of the WPK and its Eighth Congress.
October
10 is approaching nearer, and even though we are under difficult conditions and
time is not enough, we can never leave the many new disaster victims in North
and South Hamgyong provinces to greet the holiday outdoors.
The
WPK Central Committee calls upon the Party members in the capital city, with
the warm care and solicitude of the Party and deep affection of Pyongyang, to
wholeheartedly console the people in the damaged areas, help them and work with
devotion so that they can get rid of the aftereffects as soon as possible.
Dear
comrade Party members in the capital city of Pyongyang, Now the front where the
reconstruction campaign is being conducted to relieve the disaster victims of
their inconveniences and sufferings is the forefront to which our Party must
direct all its efforts.
That
is why the WPK Central Committee has decided to organize elite divisions,
involving 12 000 hardcore Party members in the capital city, to be dispatched
immediately to North and South Hamgyong provinces, respectively.
Any
officials and other Party members of the Pyongyang municipal committee and
district committees of the WPK, city-level and district-level institutions,
factories and other enterprises can volunteer to join these first ever combat
units, and receive recommendations from their respective WPK committees.
If
the divisions, before leaving, hold a rally and harden their resolve in the
square in front of the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, where Comrades Kim Il Sung
and Kim Jong Il are preserved in their lifetime appearance, and march to the
reconstruction project sites, the great leaders will be very pleased.
Your
major task at the reconstruction sites is to be the point men and sparks in
implementing the Party's policy in the vanguard of the working youth and
soldiers who have turned out to restore the damaged areas.
As
befitting core Party members from the capital city, you should be a model for
others by displaying burning stamina and performing well-ordered action in all
respects of restoration struggle and living during the whole period, from going
to the reconstruction sites to withdrawing from them.
Explaining
to the people in the afflicted areas the genuine desire of the WPK Central
Committee to turn the misfortune into blessings and get them to live in better
houses and in a better environment, you should sincerely help them to carry out
the reconstruction projects with confidence and optimism.
You
should never impose a burden on the local people nor put on airs abusing your
assistance, but be modest and behave faithfully; and while learning from the
unyielding way of life and temperament of the local people who are braving the
difficulties out, you should open-heartedly teach them the good experiences and
advanced technical skills created in the capital city.
As
the elite divisions of the Party members of the capital city, who are going to
be dispatched, are to build mainly houses and public facilities, units under
the direct control of the divisions should be organized involving those who
served in the army units specializing in construction and therefore are highly
skilled in construction.
These
units should complete their projects wonderfully, raise the quality of all the
reconstruction projects and teach all the advanced construction skills they
possess to the local builders not only with advanced construction methods and
skills but also with the attitude of an educator who does all their work with a
sense of responsibility and assiduousness.
Party
members at ministries and central institutions should provide promptly and in
good time the materials, equipment and goods necessary for the reconstruction
projects with an attitude of being combatants in the restoration areas, so as
to fulfill their duties becoming Party members in the capital city.
I
am going to dispatch the divisions, formed of excellent Party members in the
capital city, to help the people in North and South Hamgyong provinces, but
what worries me most is their health.
Even
though these Party members have been trained much and tested at the production
sites and through practical struggle, they may feel difficult and tired as they
have to wage a 24-7 campaign in the autumn winds in the damaged areas.
The
commanding officers and political workers who are in charge of the divisions of
Party members should show meticulous concern on the health and life of all
their members and take care of them with a tender heart, so that they all can
finish the projects and come back to the capital city of Pyongyang and their
dear houses in good health.
I
firmly believe that the elite divisions of our Party members in the capital
city organized and dispatched to North and South Hamgyong provinces under the
direction of the WPK Central Committee, as a special detachment for staunchly
defending the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the WPK and its Eighth
Congress, would perform with credit their honourable mission and combat tasks
and achieve a great victory.
For our great people,
for our great single-hearted unity, for our great state, And for our great
October holiday, Let us launch a brave, sacred struggle! Forward, comrade Party
members in the capital city! In a typhoon-afflicted area in South Hamgyong
Province Kim Jong Un September 5, 2020.
