Attending the meeting were Ri Ki Sok, vice-chairman of the Central Standing Committee and director general of the General Affairs Department of Chongryon, Ryang Ok Chul, director of the Education Department of the Central Standing Committee of Chongryon, leading officials of central organizations and enterprises, Chongryon officials in Kanto, officials in the field of education, scientists, Korean students studying at Japanese schools and Koreans in Japan.

Ku Tae Sok, chairman of the Central Standing Council of the Korean Education Association in Japan, in a report said that Chongryon officials and Koreans in Japan feel deeply thankful to Kim Jong Il for sending a huge amount of educational aid fund and stipends on the occasion of the Day of the Sun.

President Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il have sent a huge amount of educational aid fund and stipends for the children of the Korean residents in Japan and the development of democratic national education for more than half a century, he noted, and went on:

The young Koreans, who have grown under the profound loving care of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, have firmly protected the Chongryon organization and the Korean community from the vicious moves of the reactionaries inside and outside Japan against the DPRK and Chongryon and worked hard for the development of the patriotic movement and the reunification and prosperity of the homeland. This is a noble fruition of the national education and great pride.

He called on all Chongryon officials and Koreans in Japan to make a tangible contribution to the nation-wide cause of achieving the prosperity and reunification of Korea, breathing the same breath with the people in the homeland.

Speeches were made there.

A letter to Kim Jong Il was read out at the meeting.