During
the 1960s the struggle between imperialism and anti-imperialism
became very intense . The great leader President Kim Il Sung did all
he could to promote the struggle of the newly independent countries
against imperialism for independence.
In
April 1965 the great leader President Kim Il Sung ,accompanied by
comrade Kim Jong Il (who acted as his bodyguard) paid an official
visit to Indonesia in April 1965 in order to set up a new milestone
in strengthening friendship, unity and solidarity with the developing
countries. The visit was part of the celebrations to mark the 10th
anniversary of the historic Bandung conference which established the
Non Aligned Movement of third world countries.
It
is important to give some historical and political background as
many left wing audiences in the UK , Indonesia has negative
connotations having been associated with the Suharto fascist regime
for many years. Many will have forgotten that in fact not only did
Indonesia have one of the biggest communist parties in the world but
since its independence from the Netherlands in 1945 had been under
the leadership of President Sukarno , a progressive and
anti-imperialist figure. Sukarno is associated with Non Alignment
and anti-imperialism. Sukarno whilst not a socialist or communist
worked with the PKI and pursued a policy of NASAKOM, that is
Nationalism and Communism. Sukarno believed that the Western
parliamentary was inappropriate for the third world as it produced
internal conflict and disharmony (something that has been proved
correct as the imperialists forced a number of third world countries
to introduce multi-party systems with disastrous results such as
tribal conflicts). Sukarno even conceived an alternative to the
imperialist dominated UN which would have been called something like
the 'Confederation of the Newly Emerging Forces' . A Games of the
Newly-Emerging Forces, an alternative to the Olympics was held
several times with the DPRK coming second in medals. Sukarno admired
the DPRK and the great leader President Kim Il Sung saying that
President Kim Il Sung was 'an
outstanding leader who had created a world model of self-reliance”
Not
surprisingly Sukarno became the target of an imperialist vendetta. In
1962 US president Kennedy and British Tory premier McMillan ordered
the removal of Sukarno and later an imperialist backed coup took place in
October 1965.
During
the visit President Kim Il Sung met many leaders who had come for the
celebrations such as Zhou En Lai , premier of People's China, Pham
Von Dong premier of the Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam, Samdech
Norodom Sihanouk head of state of Cambodia ,Souphanouvong chairman of
the Central Committee of the Patriotic Front , Ajahani premier of the
North Kalimantan Revolutionary Government and many other leaders of
Asian and African countries.
During his stay in
Indonesia President Kim Il Sung gave a historic lecture at the Ali
Archam Academy of Social Sciences making a profound analysis of the
successes and experiences the WPK and the Korean people had achieved
in their revolution and construction. He attended the tenth
anniversary celebrations of the Bandung Conference, at which he met
the heads of developing countries and encouraged them in their
struggle for the building of a new society.
President Sukarno of
Indonesia expressed his deep respect and reverence for Kim Il Sung.
When he accompanied Kim Il Sung to the famous Bogor Botanical arden,
Sukarno showed Kim Il Sung a flower on display. It was a new orchid
variety bred by a leading Indonesian horticulturist after making
great efforts. Kim Il Sung looked at the flower for a while before
saying that it was beautiful indeed. Sukarno said to President Kim Il
Sung “Respected
Your Excellency Kim Il Sung, please allow me to name this newly-born
flower of the orchid family Kimilsungia, after your august name. It
is the unanimous desire of myself and Indonesian people.”
Today
the relations of friendship between the DPRK and the peoples of
Indonesia are still strong .
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