The letter said that the career of the great leader Generalissimo Kim Jong Il, who was born in Mt Paektu and led the cause of Juche in the van, is the brilliant one of the most prominent leader and great sage of revolution as he achieved the exploits for the country and mankind true to the intention of President Kim Il Sung.

It noted that Kim Jong Il is the gifted thinker and theoretician who provided the powerful ideological weapon for the victorious advance of the socialist cause with his rare wisdom and energetic pursuit and the peerlessly brilliant commander who won victory after victory in the acute political and military confrontation with the imperialists with his superb Songun leadership and thus turned our country into the political and ideological power of the single-minded unity and the military power of self-defence being recognized by the world.

It said that Kim Jong Il is the outstanding leader who developed Chongryon into the patriotic pioneer, model of patriotism and loyalty and example of overseas compatriots' organizations true to the noble intention of Kim Il Sung and defender of the destiny of Chongryon and Koreans in Japan.

It stated that the history of the warm affection of Kim Jong Il for the Koreans in Japan and blood ties between him and them invariably continue under the paternal benevolence and meticulous loving care of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un.

It stressed that Chongryon would make a signal advance in the struggle for moving up a new heyday of the movement of Koreans in Japan true to the behests of Kim Jong Il this year when the motherland is conducting an offensive for making a breakthrough head-on to open up a fresh avenue to socialist construction.

It added that the Chongryon Central Standing Committee wishes Kim Jong Un good health, carrying the loyalty of the whole officials of Chongryon and Koreans in Japan and their reverence for him.