It said:

The holding of Kim Jong Il in high esteem as eternal chairman of the NDC reflects the unshakable conviction and will of the service personnel and people in the north to preserve and glorify the exploits performed by him in the nation-building in the era of Songun forever as he put the dignity and might of socialist Korea on the highest level under the banner of Songun.

The revolutionary feats Kim Jong Il performed by leading the army and people in the north as the NDC chairman will last forever along with the development of Songun Korea and the victorious advance of the cause of global independence.

Your election to the top post of the DPRK helps cement its state system with the NDC, the eternal heritage bequeathed by Kim Jong Il, as its mainstay and give fuller play to the might of the Songun politics, thus providing a sure guarantee for the rosy future of a reunified prosperous nation where all compatriots will be able to enjoy a happy life generation after generation.

You are the top leader of the nation and a great lodestar of national reunification whom all the Koreans wholeheartedly held in high esteem, the letter noted, and continued:

It is the greatest privilege and fortune for all Koreans that you were elected to the top post of the DPRK as you have made an immortal contribution to ensuring the national security and world peace and accomplishment of the human cause of independence by pursuing the Songun politics.