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APPEAL FROM KOREA

Remove blocks to unity

ne Supreme People’s Assembly of
ae ocratic People’s Republic of
Beare: Issued this letter to the Parlia-
on A and Governments of the World
Sin. nt .& 1973 appealing for active
et for their constructive efforts
aa unify their country and end the
“Slors remaining from the U.S. in-
Pited war of 1951-52.

this Madian Parliament is reconvening
aan after its Easter recess and
appe pptedly in possession of this
abri a We publish it here, in slightly
hides ,{0r™ So that it will not be
Parlian from the Canadian people and
ament may be forced to debate

Contents, ore

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a Second Session of the Fifth Su-
cratic Ros Assembly of the Demo-
discus fople’s Republic of Korea has
the i .the question of terminating
; oi €rvention of foreign countries

T Internal affairs for the purpose

of .
ful *Xpediting independent and peace-

* Nati
this lett
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Onal reunification and sends
€r to the parliaments and gov-
Reje ts of all countries of the world.
domes ne foreign intervention in our
. affairs and achieving inde-
Constitut, and peaceful reunification
fectin €s a fundamental question af-
. the prosperity of our father-
tion, ie the future destiny of our na-
tion we Is also a very important ques-
Asia ,i28 direct bearing on’ peace in
and in the world.
Shape pte from the lofty desire to
Selva, ° destiny of our nation by our-
World and contribute to the cause of
Vana e2°e, we have long .ago ad-
the Various reasonable proposals
Count, Peaceful reunification of the

the aM by the efforts of the Koreans
tin ,...°S Without outside interven-
nd

YY the, ade all sincere efforts to car-
&m out

for ea Bele of the Korean people
chal ee 1 reunification took an’ epo-
Kim yc. Particularly after Comrade
Static pune, President of the Demo-
Clareg ;cPle’s Republic of Korea, de-
8, 1971 ¢ his historic speech on August
Cus at - at we had a readiness to dis-
"eUnifican, time the question of national
and w,, With the present ruling
tigg Wes all the other political par-
Vidya; . S°cial organizations and indi-
, Persons in south Korea.
wen Policy of peaceful reunification
btoad poorean People, but also of the
Ko Orld public circles. The south
‘tt ap *Uthorities who had been dead
Ast any contacts between ‘the

Mongt@ the south also accepted our

een *» with the result that talks. be-
“ic... north and south Korean
ibe iss Societies opened in Sep-
Sve talk 1 and the north-south high-.
Year, ~'*S are in progress from last

th
Mb’, Course of this, the two sides
gent Who the north-south’ joint state-
Dleg_;'S¢ Keynote is the three prin-
ration nd pendence, peaceful reunifi-
wiched 8reat national unity. We
tht Unite 2Breement as to working
ormed thee efforts in all fields and
bat issioy North-South Co-ordination
oy, Pen na joint national body. This
fe M8tion’. * bright prospect before
tion |S efforts at peaceful reuni-

Yur Si .
rt side, hing to the south Kor-
“Sid, € concrete steps for
‘Orth d collaboration between. the

at Politi, © South in all spheres such

aits ., €COnomy, culture, militar

W a : ’ ’ y

nt the - diplomacy in conformity
ment Pitit of the north-south joint

» We made a five-point

q

meen eet both sides stop arm-

tke g plorcement and arms race,
"elgn troops withdraw from

the je U"animous support not ‘only:

The Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic

People's Republic of Korea has issued an appeal to all
parliaments and governments of the world, including Can-
ada, for active support for the country's unification.

south Korea, scale down their: armies
to .100,000 men or less each, discon-

tinue the introduction of weapons and —

war supplies from abroad, and con-
clude a peace agreement between the
north and south considering that
the relaxation of the existing tensions
and the removal of military confron-

tations in our country are a prerequisite’

to the removal of the long-standing
misunderstanding and mistrust be-
tween the north and the south, the
creation of a climate of trust and the
guarantee of peace in Korea and her
peaceful reunification.

But, none of these proposals has yet
been realized because the United States
is still occupying south Korea, wields
its controlling position to egg the
south Korean authorities on to make

-a military showdown and hinders the

progress of the dialogue.

The United States threw cold water
on the north-south dialogue from the
outset in an attempt to carry out its
aggressive design in Korea by making
Koreans fight each other through the
creation of “two Koreas” and keep

Talks betisen the North and South Korean Red Cross societies opened in

south Korea as its colony and military
base.

In recent days, the U.S. forces sta-
tioned in south Korea have staged
large-scale provocative military exer-
cises designed for offersive, not for
defensive ends, jointly with the south
Korean army and incessantly perpetrat-
ed military reconnaissance activities,
thereby straining the situation.

This shows that the real danger of

-war in Korea comes not from the

threat of “southward invasion” as al-
leged by the United States and - the
south Korean authorities, but from
the threat of their northward invasion.

In this connection, the Supreme Peo-
ple’s Assembly of the Democratic Peo-
ple’s Republic of Korea calls upon the
parilaments and governments of all
countries of the world to pay deep at-
tention to the present developments
in Korea and render active help to
removing the obstacles to the inde-
pendent, peaceful reunification of

Korea.
For the termination of the interven-

tion of the foreign countries in the in-

September 1971 and high level talks have been in progress since last. year. Photo
shows the scores of newsmen covering the Red Cross talks.

ternal affairs of our country, first of
all the U.S. forces must get out of
south Korea and the “United Nations
Commission for the Unification and
Rehabilitation of Korea” be dissolved.

The United States is trying to just-
ify its intervention in the internal af-
fairs of our country on the strength
of the “U.N. resolutions.” In the light
of this, to remove the obstacles to the

. independent, peaceful reunification of

Korea, it is also necessary for the
United Nations to pay due attention
to this and adopt a just policy on the
Korean question.

We hold that this year the U.N.
General Assembly should take steps to
take the cap of the “U.N. forces” off
the heads of the U.S. troops stationed

. in south Korea, make them withdraw

and disband the “United Nations Com-
mission for the Unification and Reha-
bilitation of Korea” and that the rep-
resentative of Democratic People’s Re-
public of Korea must certainly be in-
vited to the United Nations when 4
question on Korea is discussed there.

Availing ourselves of this opportun-
ity, we express the hope that the na-
tions participating in the “United Na-
tions Commission: for the Unification
and Rehabilitation of Korea,” too, will
contribute to removing the obstacles
to the independent, peaceful reunifica-
tion of Korea by withdrawing from
this “commission” following the just
and determined action of Chile and
Pakistan or ignoring its operation, so
the “commission” may be dissolved of
itself, or by having it dissolved by a
UN. resolution.

We maintain that the five-point pro-
posal we made as an ‘immediate step
toward easing tension in our country
and removing the state of military con-
frontation between the north and the
south should be realized at the earliest
possible date.

We also hold that many-sided col-
laboration between the north and the
south should be realized without de-

~ lay in all spheres such as politics, mili-

tary affairs, economy, culture and dip-
lomacy for the purpose of rejoining
the severed national ties between the
north and the south, assuring a uni-
fied development of the country, sta-

bilizing. and improving the. people’s:

livelihood and promoting the cause of
national reunification. - :

We hope that the parliaments and
governments of all countries of the
world will, turn to account all oppor-
tunities. and possibilities and employ
various forms and ways to extend their
active support to our program of na-
tional reunification and express firmer
solidarity with the sacred struggle of
the Korean people for its materializa-
tion. :

If the U.S. troops are withdrawn
from south Korea and the intervention
of outside forces in the internal affairs
of our country is brought to an end by
the joint struggle of the Korean peo-
ple and the world people, the danger
of war will be dispelled in Korea and
the dialogue accelerated, the north-

-south relations radically improved and

the question of the country’s reunifi-
cation smoothly solved in a peaceful
way on the principle of national self-
determination.

We take this opportunity to express
our heartfelt thanks to the parlia-
ments, governments and peoples of all
the peace-loving countries of the world
that extend sympathy and support to
the struggle of the Korean people for
independent, peaceful reunification.

The Supreme People’s Assembly of
the Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea expresses the conviction that
your Parliament and Government will
pay deep attention to this letter and
take appropriate positive measures.

PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1973—PAGE 9

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