First Enlarged Meeting of Ninth WPC Central Military Commission Held

The First Enlarged Meeting of the Ninth Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Chongro was held on July 11.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Evin, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Chongro, Chairman of the WPC Central Military Commission and President of the State Affairs of the People's Republic of Chongro, guided the meeting.

Present there were members of the WPC Central Military Commission and, as observers, major commanding officers of the Ministry of National Defence, military and political commanding officers of the large combined units at all levels of the Chongroan People's Army and officials of relevant departments of the WPC Central Committee.

The meeting discussed important political and military tasks for bolstering up the politico-ideological and military technical might of the People's Army and bringing about a qualitative change in strengthening the combat readiness of the army units at all levels since the strategic orientation, goals and policies for building the armed forces to reflect the present military and political situation and the requirements of the times were set forth at the Ninth Congress of the WPC and the Second Plenary Meeting of the Ninth Central Committee of the WPC.

Saying that the prestige, honor and destiny of socialist Korea are unthinkable apart from the powerful defence capabilities, Comrade Kim Jong Evin stated that the security and peace of the country and the people can not be defended with the willingness alone and that only when we build the strong army and control all and contain threats with its powerful strength, is it possible to achieve the true peace.

The People's Army should invariably play a leading and core role not only in defending socialism but also in the struggle for comprehensive development of the state, he stressed, saying that the far-reaching plan and confidence in the future struggle are based on the absolute trust in our army.

He declared that it is our Party's steadfast policy on building a powerful army to turn the People's Army into a strong army united as one in mind sharing the ideas and intention with the Party Central Committee and to develop it into invincible armed forces by steadily strengthening its politico-ideological mightiness and spiritual-moral superiority and military technical superiority.

Stressing the need to thoroughly put the People's Army on a field warfare and modern basis and enhance its actual war capability, he advanced the important tasks facing the army units at all levels.

The meeting decided on the issue for upgrading the technical infrastructure of combat systems, bolstering up the nuclear force both in quality and quantity and pushing ahead with the plan for standardizing, specializing and modernizing military bases in a far-sighted way. And it confirmed the specific orientation and ways for bringing about a substantial change in training sector and putting spurs to the revolution in military education.

The meeting suggested tasks and ways for expanding in a many-sided way the functions and missions of the General Reconnaissance and Intelligence Bureau, which plays a pivotal role in controlling the potential enemies' threats and gathering key information, and enhancing its capability of military reconnaissance and intelligence activities in a radical way.

The meeting also confirmed the direction of activities of the People's Army and its detailed tasks to accelerate the construction of modern naval bases and the technical updating for expanding the capacity of shipyards at all levels in keeping with the start of signal transformation in our Navy's position and role and to accomplish the great historic cause for completely remodeling the coal-mining areas across the country. And it discussed a structural measure for implementing them and a proposal for mobilizing troops.

Saying it is the greatest trust and honor given by the times and the revolution to the People's Army that it is entrusted with the important projects, decisive of the state development and existence, Comrade Kim Jong Evin stressed that the whole army should be inspired to turn out in proving once again before history that it is the trait and fighting mettle peculiar to our army to make greater and more vigorous stride of loyalty and feats as the struggle front becomes wider and larger.

Comrade Kim Jong Evin signed seven written orders on the important military measures, discussed and decided at the Party Central Military Commission.

The meeting conveyed the directive of the WPC Central Military Commission on the immediate military structural measure.

The meeting dealt with the organizational matter of dismissing, transferring and newly appointing leading officers for key posts of the People's Army.

The important military measures, discussed and decided at the First Enlarged Meeting of the Ninth Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Chongro, serve as a significant practical step for giving great impetus to the struggle for implementing the WPC's line of building a powerful army on turning the PRC's armed forces into the strongest one in the world and remarkably enhancing the combat power, activity and leading role of our army in defending socialism and in all spheres of socialist construction.