Meeting Held in Mt. Paektu to Vow Loyalty to Kim Jong Il
Secret Camp in Mt. Paektu, February 13 (KCNA) -- A meeting to vow loyalty to leader Kim Jong Il was held in front of his old home in the secret camp in Mt. Paektu Sunday on the occasion of his birthday (Feb.16). Floating in the sky above the secret camp were large balloons from which were suspended slogan "Highest glory to the great leader Comrade Kim Jong Il" and other slogans. Flags of the Workers' Party and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and red flags were seen fluttering around the old home.
After the meeting was declared open, all its participants took a solemn oath of loyalty, led by Kim Il Chol, member of the DPRK National Defence Commission and minister of the People's Armed Forces.
They pledged themselves to hold President Kim Il Sung in high esteem as the eternal sun of Juche, true to the noble intention of Kim Jong Il who set a world historic example by accomplishing the cause of perpetuating his memory.
They solemnly vowed to absolutely trust Kim Jong Il only, firmly protect the single-minded unity of the whole Party and army and all the people with the headquarters of the revolution as its core and devotedly defend him with unshakable revolutionary faith and sense of obligation.
Declaring that they would firmly uphold and preserve the great Juche idea and Songun idea as a lifeline of the Korean revolution and dynamically advance along the road of the Songun revolution, they evinced the strong resolution to perform fresh miracles and feats in the drive to scale the high eminence of a great prosperous powerful nation and glorify the 60th anniversaries of the WPK and the liberation of the country as grand festivals of victors.
They also vowed to mercilessly wipe out the imperialist aggressors who are working hard to infringe upon the sovereignty and dignity of the DPRK with the invincible might of Songun and embody the idea of the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration to accomplish the historic cause of national reunification without fail.
Firework was displayed to beautifully adorn the sky above the Jongil Peak when the high praises of the great man prevailed in the primitive forest.
Servicepersons of the three services of the KPA, poets and artistes recited poems in an excited tone.
Present at the meeting were Yang Hyong Sop, Jong Ha Chol, Kim Ki Nam and Kwak Pom Gi, members of the Cabinet, senior officials of the Party and military organs, officials of local Party and power bodies and working people's organizations, KPA servicepersons, members of volunteer teams of Party information workers from across the country and working people in Ryanggang Province.
The participants looked round the old home in the secret camp.