September 1972
Letter from Kim Il Sung to Nicolae Ceausescu
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To Comrade Nicolae Ceausescu
General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party
President of the State Council of the Socialist Republic of Romania
Dear Comrade Ceausescu:
Noting with much satisfaction that the friendship and cooperation between our countries is developing in the right direction in all fields of activity, allow me please, Comrade Ceausescu, to convey to you my comradely greetings.
Currently, the construction of socialism is developing in a sustainable way and we are achieving important successes in our fight for the reunification of the motherland, which is the desire of our entire nation. On July 4th, we published a joint statement.
Concerning the joint declaration of the North and the South, Comrade Jeong Juntaek, deputy member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of our party and vice-president of the Ministers' Cabinet, will tell you and our Romanian comrades, on our mandate, the reason of his visit to Romania.
On the occasion of your visit to our country, as well as on the occasion of the visit of Comrade Emil Bodnaras, in April of this year, you invited me to visit your country. I accepted the invitation happily and I wanted to visit your country, but I could not do it for reasons that deal with our internal affairs. I would like to apologize and I am sure that you and our Romanian comrades will understand. Moreover, I would like to let you know that I will do my best to visit your country when the right moment arises.
Convinced of the development and strengthening of the friendship and cooperation between our people, on the basis of the principles of Marxism-Leninism, and the international proletariat in its struggle against imperialism, I wish you even greater luck in your fight against imperialism, for the defense of the country and in your struggle for building a multilaterally developed socialist society.
Comradely greetings,
Kim Il Sung
Secretary General of the Korean Workers' Party
President of the Ministers' Cabinet in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
September 1972,
Pyongyang
부카레스트
니콜라에 차우셰스쿠 동지에게
루마니아공산당 총서기, 루마니아사회주의공화국 주위원회 의장
친애하는 차우셰스쿠 동지
양국의 우의와 협력이 모든 분야에서 활발히 이루어지고 있음을 언급드리며, 사회주의 동지적 안부를 전합니다.
현재 사회주의 건설은 지속 가능한 방식으로 이루어지고 있으며, 우리는 전 인민의 열망인 조국통일을 위한 투쟁에 중대한 성취를 이룩하고 있습니다. 7월 4일 우리는 공동성명을 발표했습니다.
남북공동성명 관련, 정치부 중앙위원회 교체위원이자 각료회의 부의장인 정준택 동지가 당신과 루마니아 동지들에게 자신이 루마니아를 방문한 이유를 따로 이야기 할 것입니다.
당신의 방문 당시뿐만 아니라, 금년 4월의 에밀 보드나란스 동지의 방문 시에도 저를 귀국에 초청해 주셨습니다. 즐거운 마음으로 이 초청을 받아들여 루마니아를 방문하고 싶지만, 국내사정으로 인해 갈 수가 없습니다. 진심으로 사과를 전하며, 당신과 루마니아 동지들이 이해해 주리라 믿습니다. 가장 적당한 때에 방문할 수 있도록 노력하고 있다는 점을 말씀 드립니다.
제국주의에 투쟁하는 국제 프롤레타리아 원칙과 마르크스-레닌주의의 원칙하에 우리 인민간의 우애와 협력이 강화되고 발전되기를 믿으며, 국가를 수호하기 위해 제국주의에 대항하는 당신의 투쟁에, 다각적인 사회주의사회를 건설코자 하는 당신의 노력에, 행운이 깃들기를 기원합니다.
동지적 인사를 보내며,
김일성
조선노동당 사무총장
조선민주주의인민공화국 각료의장
Kim Il Sung summarizes the achievements towards national reunification through the July 4th Joint Statement and iinforms Ceausescu that he will be unable to visit Romania due to matters concerning internal affairs.
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