The message said:

Esteemed Your Excellency Kim Jong Il,

Please accept my sincerest felicitations to you on the day of Korea's liberation, the national holiday of the Korean people.

The Korean people achieved freedom and independence through a heroic struggle against colonialism.

We appreciate the fact that the DPRK sets store by the memory of the soldiers of the Soviet Army who laid down their lives in the battles for crushing Japanese militarism in the Far East.

Esteemed Your Excellency Kim Jong Il,

Please accept my best wishes for your good health and happiness and the Korean people's peace and prosperity.

Respectfully Yours.