Present at the meeting were Kim Yong Nam, Choe Yong Rim and other senior officials of the party, state and army.

A report was made by Vice Marshal of the Korean People's Army Ri Yong Ho, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the C.C., the Workers' Party of Korea and chief of the General Staff of the KPA.

The reporter said that the election of Kim Jong Il to the top post of the NDC helped steadfastly carry forward the Songun tradition of the Korean revolution, which was started and has advanced with arms and provided a sure guarantee for the ever-victorious future of Kim Il Sung's Korea.

Kim Jong Il formulated the Songun politics as the basic socialist political mode and comprehensively applied it to all fields of the revolution and construction, ushering in a new era of the Juche-oriented revolution, the era of Songun, he said, and went on:

Kim Jong Il perfectly solved the issue of political mode and structural system of the state on the principle of putting main emphasis on national defence reflecting the situation prevailing in the country and the requirements of the Korean revolution. This constitutes a great exploit performed by him as he provided an all-powerful treasured sword for winning a shining victory in the defence of the socialist country and the anti-imperialist, anti-U.S. struggle and strengthening and developing the DPRK and accomplishing the socialist cause.

The sacred chronicle of the DPRK adorned with victory and glory goes to clearly prove that the Songun political mode and the state structural system on the principle of putting main emphasis on national defence provide a sure guarantee for protecting the socialist system and the destiny of the people, eternally glorifying the country as the state of Kim Il Sung and completing the Korean revolution with arms to the last.

The whole country is closely united as a community linked with the common destiny of the whole party, army and all people with the spirit of devotedly defending the leader as the core. This single-minded unity serves as the source of inexhaustible strength of Songun Korea demonstrating as an invincible politico-ideological power and a powerful driving force for building a thriving nation.

The reporter called on all the service persons and people to confidently advance along the road of victory indicated by him, bearing deep in mind the honor and happiness of carving out the new chronicle of building a thriving nation and winning the victory of revolutionary cause of Juche under the leadership of Kim Jong Il, the center of unity for the Songun revolution and the center of idea and leadership.

National defence is the most important affair in building a thriving nation. It is the invariable principled stand of the WPK and the DPRK to give top priority to boosting the defence capability.

Referring to the provocative and aggressive nuclear war exercises being staged by the U.S. imperialists and the south Korean puppet group against the DPRK, the reporter declared: The army and people of the DPRK will never remain a passive onlooker to them but resolutely frustrate them with the might of Songun which has been built up in every way.