Throughout whole period of his life of leading the Korean revolution, President
The respected Comrade
"In order to implement our Party's foreign policy of independence it is essential that we steadfastly carry forward the Juche-based stand and the principle of independence which Comrades
The President defined the building of an independent national economy as the general orientation of socialist economic construction in his early years and energetically led to establish Juche in the foreign trade and contribute to further consolidating the foundations of the independent economy.
The history of the development of foreign trade of the DPRK is recorded with the undying feats President
In late January 1965, the President personally took part in the conference to guide the general party membership meeting of the Ministry of Trade (then).
After listening carefully to the heated discussion, the President said that trade officials should adhere to the Party's policy in external economic activities and defend the interests of our people and revolution and that those who do not know how to defend the political and economic interests of the State are disqualified for trade officials.
He went on to say that trade officials should have a good understanding of the specific conditions of their country and the Party's policies. Only then can they conduct economic diplomacy from the Juche-oriented standpoint. Anyone who wants to know only things of other countries and doesn't know their own things would lose independence in their work and practice flunkeyism and dogmatism. He said that men who have not established Juche don't believe in their own strength and can't struggle for the interests of his country.
After a while, the President said that some flunkies and dogmatists who had been involved in the munitions industry in the past were ostensibly working for our country, but in fact they served the interests of other countries. He continued, saying that they could not make gunstocks unless they had white birch trees, that they bought birch trees from other countries with lots of foreign currency and even that when they saw foreign people collected pieces of wood and made boxes so as not to waste them, they deliberately cut pieces of wood to make boxes.
After explaining in detail the harmful effects of flunkeyism and dogmatism in our revolution, President
Afterwards, the President clarified the issues arising in the course of expanding the trade activities from the standpoint of thoroughly defending the country's political and economic interests and gave valuable instructions on several occasions for thoroughly establishing Juche in foreign trade.
Thanks to the teachings of the President who stressed and stressed the need to establish Juche in trade work with unwavering pluck and courage, the trade officials of the DPRK could conduct foreign trade activities actively contributing to the building of an independent national economy by thoroughly establishing Juche in foreign trade work.
Today, the trade officials of the DPRK are still making tangible contributions to the economic development of the country and the improvement of the people's livelihood by conducting foreign trade activities while firmly maintaining to the Juche-oriented standpoint and independent backbone, always bearing in mind the immortal exploits of President
