The editorial charged that the gentries of the LKP were slandering the north's event, to be held in celebration of the army day, as "military provocation" and "war preparations".

Contending that the conservative parties and ultra-right forces should take a stand against the U.S. nuclear war moves, if they are interested in peace and security, the editorial said the reality clearly shows who is the patriotic force aspiring after peace and reunification and who is the treacherous force seeking a war and division.