2 Divisions of DPRK Volunteers to Arrive (FBIS, 19 Apr 1964)

=== [PDF page 1] === 2 DIVISIONS OF DPRK VOLUNTEERS TO ARRIVE Djakarta Domestic Service in Indonesian 0000 GMT 19 April 1964--B (Text) Speaking at a rally welcoming North Korean volunteers last night, Minister and National Front Secretary General Sudibjo stressed that the consciousness of the awekening people everywhere, especially Asia, Africa, and Latin America, indicates the approaching death of imperialism. Minister Sudibjo said that imperialism has for a long time been trying to make Indonesia bow to its policies, but the Indonesian people have refused to do so. Indonesia is fed wp with imperialist subjugation, For this reason, the Indonesian people must free themselves from the oppression and poverty which have been created by imperialism, he said, The rally was held in the auditorium of the state administration institute in Djakarta and was attended by a number of cabinet ministers, leaders of the Nationel Front, members of the Gotong Rojong Parliament, the speaker of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly and his delegation, and thousands of people, === [PDF page 2] === Early in his speech, Minister Sudibjo said that despite the long distance which separates the DPRK from Indonesia this is no obstacle. ‘The Indonesian and Korean people are comrades-in-arms in the struggle against imperialisn, colonialism, and neocolonialism. The arrival of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly delegation in, Indonesia was properly timed becauge it coincided with the preparatory meeting for the Second Afro-Asian Conference and the Indonesian people's general rollcall ceremony for volunteers in reply to the challenge of Malaysian neocolonialisn, Minister Sudibjo stressed that with the joining of the nenbers of the DPRK ' Supreme People's Asserbly in the volunteer movement against Malaysia, the imperialists must know that they will have to face not only the Indonesian people, but also the Korean people and “people of all the new emerging forces, Minister and speaker of the Gotong Ro jong Parliament Arudji Kartavinata said in his speech that world imperialism is now being cornered more and more, He stressed that the joining of the volunteer movement py the members of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly has been spontaneous and that two divisions of Korean people's volunteers will arrive in Indonesia to crush the neocolonislist project of Malaysia, This is a (clear demonstration of solidarity?), he said. Minister Arudji said that he was confident that imperialism will be chased off the face of the earth, Choe Won-tack, chairman of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly delegation, in his speech said all the whole Korean people are now actively supporting the Indonesian people's struggle to crush the neocolonialist project of Malaysia, He said that the enemy of the Indonesian people is also the Korean people's enemy. Choe Won-taek also expressed his joy that an agreement had been reached with the Indonesian Government to reise the two countries’ diplomatic representations to embassies, He said that this would strengthen the friendship between the Korean and Indonesian people. In concluding his statement, he said that the Indonesian people have made a great contribution for the preservation of the unity of the countries of the new emerging forces, namely through the convocation of the first Afro-Asian conference, the staging of Ganefo, and the recent ccnvocation of the preparatory meeting for the Second Afro-Asian Conference, ‘This unity cannot be destroyed by imperialism and colonialism, and let us, therefore, continue to defend this spirit of unity, he said, Meanwhile, (name indistinct), the only female member of the delegation, said that the Korean women are behind the Indonesian women in their struggle to destroy the neocolonialist project of Malaysia, She said that as long as Korean and Indonesian women maintain their unity the imperial ists will be defeated in Asia. At the rally, Minister and National Front Secretary General Sudibjo presented souvenirs to the DPRK parliamentary delegation, The delegation will return to Korean tomorrow morning,