TRENDS IN COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA SUPPLEMENT DPRK AID AGREEMENTS WITH PRC AND USSR

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• Publication Date: October 26, 1970
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S U P P L E M E N T
DPRK AID AGREEMENTS WITH PRC AND USSR
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26 October 1970
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KOREA
DPRK AID AGREEMENTS WITH PRC AND USSR
The DPRK has recently signed economic aid agreements with the PRC
and the USSR, Vice Premier Chong Chun-taek leading a DPRK Govern-
ment delegation to both countries for the purpose. Moscow has
signed a number of aid accords with Pyongyang in recent years,
but the agreement with Peking is the first to be publicized since
1960. The activities rf the delegation in the USSR received
little publicity from either side, and Pyongyang only barely
mentioned the fact that the agreement was signed. By contrast,
the government delegation was preceded in Peking by a separate
DPRK economic delegation, and the activities of both groups
were amply publicized in the media of both sides.
The Sino-Korean eccord comes against the background of the trend
of improving PRC-DPRK relations evident in the past year, but
Peking's comment on the occasion is cautious in expressing its
commitment to the North Korean cause and in discussing issues
of mutual concern to the DPRK's and the PRC's security. This
circumspection, similarly evident in other recent Chinese
comment on Korea, contrasts with North Korean statements
underscoring mutual security interests. It also contrasts with
comment on Korean anniversaries in June and July, when both
sides played up m,atual interests and portrayed a common threat
to the DPRK and the PRC posed by the United States.
On 17 October NCNA reported that an agreement on Chinese "economic
and tec},.nical aid" to Korea and an agreement on trade for 1971-1976
were signed that day. A trade protocol for 1971 was signed at the
same time. A similar KCNA report on the agreements appeared
somewhat belatedly on the 19th. That military aid, though not
specifically mentioned, may be involved is suggested by the presence
at the signing ceremony of PLA Chief of Staff Huang Yung-sheng
and his deputy Li Tso-peng, in addition to Premier Chou En-lai.
The last known similar PRC-DPRK agreements, signed in October 1960,
provided for Chinese loans for 1961-1964 and for the supply of
Chinese equipment and technical aid. The DPRK group at that time
was led by Vice Premier Yi Chu-yon. Although no aid agreements
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have been publicized since then, trade protocols have been
reported annually.
The DPRK Government delegation led by Chong Chun-taek arrived
in Peking on 14 October, and both sides reported that it was
feted at a banquet on the 15th by Li Hsien-nien and was received
by Chou En-lai on the 17th for a "very cordial and friendly
conversation." This delegation was preceded by a DPRK Government
economic delegation led by Kim Kyong-nyon, chairman of the DPRK
commission for foreign economic relations, which arrived in
Peking on 20 September. The economic delegation was similarly
entertained at a banquet hosted by Li Hsien-nien and addressed
by Fang Yi, chairman of the PRC commission for foreign economic
relations, and was also received by Chou En-lai. NCNA publicized
a generous round of hospitality for both delegations, including
visits to other cities and tours of various economic enterprises.
The economic delegation left for home on 19 October, and the
government delegation departed on the 23d.
Although Peking gave considerable publicity to the delegations,
its caution in discussing issues affecting Chinese security
interests seemed reflected in Li Hsien-nien's banquet speeches.
While the NCNA report of the signing of the agreement notes that
it is aimed at strengthening cooperation between the two
countries "in the common struggle against U.S. imperialism and
Japanese militarism," Li was vague in his banquet speed! on the
15th in portraying a U.S. threat to Chinese security and
ignored issues of common concern raised by the Korean speaker.
Chong Chun-taek recalled that the Chinese and Koreans had
fought "shoulder to shoulder" during the Korean War, and he
stated that the people of Korea and China stand together in
"still closer unity" today in the face of intensifying war
maneuvers by the United States and Japan. He scored U.S.
occupation of Taiwan and the "two Chinas" plot as well as
alleged U.S. war preparations in South Korea. He quoted Kim
Il-song as having asserted that if "U.S. imperialism and Japanese
imperialism" launch a new war the Korean and Chinese people
will fight them to the end. In contrast, Li failed to mention
these themes and quoted Kim Il-song as warning only the
"Japanese militarists" against launching a new war.
In a speech at a banquet hosted by the DPRK Ambassador on
22 October, Chong Chun-taek similarly referred to U.S.
"occupation" of both South Korea and Taiwan, repeated the
quotation from Kim, and added for good measure a quotation from
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Mao to the effect that so long as "U.S, imperialism" refiuees to
give up its aggressive schemes "the only course for the Chinese
people is to remain determined to go an fighting side by aide
with the Korean people." He also mentioned the forthcoming
20th anniversary of the participation of the Chinese People's
Volunteers (CPV) in the Korean War. Li Hsien-nien again avoided
all such references, expressing Chinese support for the Korean
people's struggle against "U.S. imperialsm" only in generalized
terms.
Li Hsien-nien had been similarly circumspect at banquets hosted
by the DPRK Ambassador on 12 October marking the Korean Workers'
Party anniversary and on 9 September marking DPRK National Day,
while the DPRK Ambassador had recited the usual litany of charges
tending to portray a common threat to both North Korean and
Chinese interests. The Chinese had been more forthcoming in
this respect in comment on the June and July anniversaries of
the outbreak of the Korean War and the signing of the armistice.
On these occasions the Chinese repeatedJjr pointed to a common
U.S. aggressive threat to the security of Korea, China, and
Indochina and to the U.S. presence on Taiwan and "provocations"
against the Chinese mainland; as was appropriate on these
anniversaries, they also recalled vividly the sacrifices of the
CPV during the Korean War. This year, for the first time,
Peking directly linked its observance of the outbreak of the
Korean War with the anniversary of U.S. "occupation" of Taiwan.
On 15 September TASS reported the signing that day of an agree-
ment on "economic cooperation" with the DPRK, which provides for
Soviet assistance "in the building and expansion of a number of
industrial enterprises." A separate agreement was signed c
cooperation in developing the DPRK's machine building industries,
a "considerable portion" of the products of which are to be
exported to the USSR. The DPRK Government delegation, which
arrived in Moscow on 27 August according to TASS, was received by
First Deputy Premier Polyanskiy for what Moscow on 15 September
characterized as a talk in "a warm and friendly atmosphere."
Pyongyang gave the agreements minimal publicity, KCN.A and the
Pyongyang domestic service ignoring them and NODONG SINMUN briefly
reporting on the 19th the signing of "an agreement on economic and
technical cooperation between the governments of the DPRK and the
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Soviet Union." The only other available Pyongyang publicity for
the delegation's visit to the USSR consisted of brief KCNA
reports--also published in NODONG SINMUN--on 27 August of the
group's departlwre for Moscow, on 17 September of its return
home, and on 23 September of a reception held for it at the
Soviet embassy in Pyongyang.
There is no mention of a trade agreement in available comment,
but on 2 October the Moscow domestic Service briefly reported
that Foreign Trade Minister Patolichev received the visiting
DPRK Foreign Trade Minister Kye Ung-tae for a discussion of
"problems of trade relations between the two countries."
Similar Soviet-DPRK aid agreements, signed in June 1966 and
reported by KCNA and Moscow media, provided for "economic and
technical cooperation," with the Soviets furnishing help in
the expansion of several North Korean industrial enterprises,
and also included a trade agreement for 1966-70 and an agree-
ment on fishing cooperation. The group--led by Vice Premier
Yi Chu-yon, who had signed the agreement with the PRC in
1960--was received by Brezhnev during its stay in Moscow.
Protocols to the trade agreement have been signed annually
since then.
In March 1967, when First Vice Premier Kim I1 visited the USSR,
an agreement was signed on economic, scientific, and technical
cooperation and on cooperation raising the DPRK's "defense
potential,"* but no details were given. In October 1967,
Yi Chu-yon again visited the USSR as the head of a DPRK
economic delegation, signing an accord on the formation of a
USSR-DPRK "consultative commission for economic, technical,
and scientific cooperation" which holds semiannual meetings
and signs protocols. At the same time, lower-ranking members
of the delegation signed a trade protocol and an agreement--
presumably a protocol to the 1966 agreement--on cooperation
on the construction of industrial enterprises.
* The last previous military aid agreement had been signed in
May 1965.
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