The message said:

We extend our sincerest warm congratulations to you on the occasion of the great holiday, the birth anniversary of the great leader of the Korean people Comrade Kim Il Sung.

The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung, the great Generalissimo of the DPRK, is the symbol of the heroic Korean people's greatness.

The Workers' Party of Korea could achieve distinguished successes in the cause of building the developed socialist state modeled on the great Juche idea under the wise leadership of Comrade Kim Il Sung.

We sincerely wish you fresh success in the socialist construction for the prosperity and well-being of the country and signal victory in the struggle against world imperialism.