The Korean Central News Agency reports that Comrade Kim Il Sung, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and President of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, sent a message to Comrade Pol Pot, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kampuchea and Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea, on December 27.

In his message Comrade Kim Il Sung said: "The Korean people attach great importance to their friendship and solidarity with the people of Kampuchea, their brothers and comrades-in-arms, and are happy to note that the friendly and cooperative relations between our two countries and two peoples are developing favorably day by day through their common struggle against imperialism and colonialism and for the victory of the cause of socialism." Kim Il Sung wished the Kampuchean people greater success in the struggle to defend the country's sovereignty and the gains of the revolution and to build a new, prosperous Kampuchea. On December 29, a new tractor factory built with the help of the DPRK was opened in Kampuchea.

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