KIM IL SUNG WORKS WORKING PEOPLE OF THE WHOLE WORLD, UNITE! KIM IL SUNG WORKS 27 January–December 1972 FOREIGN LANGUAGES PUBLISHING HOUSE PYONGYANG, KOREA 1 9 8 6 CONTENTS NEW YEAR ADDRESS January 1, 1972 ......................................................................................................................1 ON THE PRESENT POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC POLICIES OF THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND SOME INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS Answers to Questions Raised by Newsmen of the Japanese Newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun, January 10, 1972.................................................................21 1. On the Juche Idea .............................................................................................................23 2. On Socialist Construction in Our Country and the Central Tasks of the Six-Year Plan...............................................................................................30 3. On the Problem of the Reunification of Our Country......................................................37 4. On Some International Problems .....................................................................................42 5. On the Problem of Relations between Korea and Japan..................................................47 ON THE MAIN TASKS OF THE UNION OF AGRICULTURAL WORKERS Speech Delivered at the Second Congress of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea, February 16, 1972........................................................53 1. On Speeding Up the Technical Revolution in the Country Areas...................................55 2. On Strengthening the Ideological Revolution amongst Agricultural Working People ............................................................................61 3. On Accelerating the Cultural Revolution in the Rural Areas ..........................................68 1 4. On Improving the Management of the Cooperative Farms .............................................73 5. On Raising the Role of the UAW Organizations.............................................................75 CONCLUDING SPEECH AT AN ENLARGED PLENARY MEETING OF THE KANGWON PROVINCIAL COMMITTEE OF THE WORKERS’ PARTY OF KOREA March 23, 1972.....................................................................................................................77 REVOLUTIONARY UNITY IS A GUARANTEE FOR ALL VICTORIES April 15, 1972 .....................................................................................................................121 KOREAN RESIDENTS IN JAPAN MUST CHERISH THE HONOUR OF BEING CITIZENS OF THEIR SOCIALIST MOTHERLAND Talk to Members of the Sixth Group of Korean Residents in Japan Visiting the Homeland, April 29, 1972................................................................129 ON THE THREE PRINCIPLES OF NATIONAL REUNIFICATION Conversations with the South Korean Delegates to the High-Level Political Talks between North and South Korea, May 3 and November 3, 1972 ...............................................................138 1. On the Three Principles of National Reunification........................................................138 2. On Achieving North-South Cooperation........................................................................154 TALK TO THE DELEGATION OF THE JAPAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIALIST MAYORS May 14, 1972 ......................................................................................................................164 TALK TO JOURNALISTS OF THE US NEWSPAPER NEW YORK TIMES May 26, 1972 ......................................................................................................................182 2 TALK TO A DELEGATION OF THE JAPAN CLEAN GOVERNMENT PARTY June 1, 1972........................................................................................................................198 ON FURTHER STRENGTHENING THE CHONGRYON ORGANIZATION Talk to a Congratulatory Group of Korean Residents in Japan, June 14, 1972......................................................................................211 ON SOME ECONOMIC TASKS OF THE PARTY ORGANIZATIONS IN NORTH HAMGYONG PROVINCE Speech Delivered to the Officials of the Party, Government and Administrative Bodies and Economic Establishments in North Hamgyong Province, June 16, 1972....................................................................236 TALK TO A JOURNALIST OF THE US NEWSPAPER WASHINGTON POST June 21, 1972......................................................................................................................268 LET US INTRODUCE INNOVATIONS IN HEATING Speech Delivered at the National Meeting of Heating Workers, June 30, 1972....................................................................................277 TASKS IN INTRODUCING UNIVERSAL TEN-YEAR COMPULSORY EDUCATION WHICH INCLUDES SENIOR MIDDLE-SCHOOL TRAINING Concluding Speech at the Fourth Plenary Meeting of the Fifth Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, July 6, 1972...............................................................................................290 KOREAN YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN JAPAN MUST LOVE THEIR SOCIALIST HOMELAND ARDENTLY 3 Talk to the Members of a Football Team from the Tokyo Korean Junior and Senior High School and to the Members of a Music and Dance Group from the Yokohama Korean Primary School, on a Visit to Their Homeland, August 18, 1972 .....................................309 ON DEVELOPING PHYSICAL CULTURE Speech at the Political Committee of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, September 6, 1972..........................................................317 ON SOME PROBLEMS OF OUR PARTY’S JUCHE IDEA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC’S INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL POLICIES Answers to Questions Raised by Journalists of the Japanese Newspaper Mainichi Shimbun, September 17, 1972 .........................................................324 1. Some Problems Involved in the Idea of Juche...............................................................324 2. On the Foreign Policy of the Government of the Republic ...........................................334 3. On the Question of the Peaceful Reunification of Korea...............................................340 4. On Relations between Korea and Japan.........................................................................347 TALK WITH THE MANAGING EDITOR OF THE JAPANESE POLITICO-THEORETICAL MAGAZINE SEKAI October 6, 1972 ..................................................................................................................352 A LETTER OF CONGRATULATION TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL YOUTH SHOCK BRIGADE AND OTHER RAILWAY BUILDERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE PROJECT FOR A NEW YOUTH RAILWAY BETWEEN ICHON AND SEPHO October 10, 1972 ................................................................................................................377 TALK TO A DELEGATION OF THE SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC YOUTH LEAGUE OF SWEDEN October 19, 1972 ................................................................................................................381 4 CONCLUDING SPEECH DELIVERED TO THE FIFTH PLENARY MEETING OF THE FIFTH CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE WORKERS’ PARTY OF KOREA October 23 to 26, 1972.......................................................................................................388 1. On the Draft Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea...........................................................................................388 2. On the National Economic Development Plan for 1973................................................394 3. On Changing the Membership Cards of the Workers’ Party of Korea..........................421 AN OPEN LETTER TO THE VOTERS IN ALL CONSTITUENCIES December 1, 1972...............................................................................................................427 SOME TASKS IN DEVELOPING OUR COUNTRY’S SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Speech Delivered at a Consultative Meeting of Natural Scientists, December 5, 1972............................................................................429 SPEECH DELIVERED TO THE NEWLY-APPOINTED OFFICIALS OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE LEAGUE OF SOCIALIST WORKING YOUTH AND CHAIRMEN OF ITS PROVINCIAL COMMITTEES December 16, 1972.............................................................................................................456 THE KOREAN SCIENTISTS IN JAPAN MUST MAKE A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN OUR COUNTRY Talk to a Delegation of Korean Scientists from Japan, December 16, 1972.........................................................................................476 LET US FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE SOCIALIST SYSTEM OF OUR COUNTRY Speech Made at the First Session of the Fifth Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, December 25, 1972................................486 5 1. The Struggle of the Government of the Republic for the Socialist Revolution and Building of Socialism................................................487 2. The Superiority of Our Socialist System........................................................................503 3. The Main Content of the Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea .............................................................510 4. Our Tasks in the Consolidation and Development of the Socialist System ..................517 SOCIALIST CONSTITUTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA December 27, 1972.............................................................................................................529