Seen standing before his bust was a wreath from General Secretary Kim Jong Il.

Present at the wreath-laying ceremony were Kim Yong Nam, Kim Yong Chun, Ri Yong Mu, O Kuk Ryol, Kim Il Chol, Kim Ki Nam and Yang Hyong Sop and officials of party and armed forces organs, ministries and national institutions, officers and men of the KPA, officials of organs in the city of Pyongyang and members of the bereaved family.

Placed before the bust were wreaths in the name of the WPK Central Committee, the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, the DPRK Cabinet, the Ministry of the People's Armed Forces, ministries and national institutions and party and power organs and educational institutions in the city.

The participants in the ceremony paid silent tribute to Kim Il.