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KCNA Report on U.S. Cancellation of Plan to Send Congress Delegation to DPRK

KCNA

    Pyongyang, October 26 (KCNA) -- The Korean Central News Agency released the following report today: Curt Weldon, vice-chairman of the Armed Services Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, recently proposed to visit the DPRK from October 28 to 31 leading a delegation of members of the House.
    The relevant institution of our country consented to the proposal and has prepared an itinerary in such a way as to let the delegation visit the nuclear facility in Nyongbyon as desired by the delegation so that it might watch on the spot the completed reprocessing and the switchover made in the use of plutonium obtained in its course.
    Weldon, however, informed our side on Oct. 24 that the projected visit of the delegation was cancelled due to the opposition of the White House.
    How this attitude of the White House openly blocking even the visit of Congressmen should be interpreted?
    This, of course, is an internal affair of the United States which we have nothing to do with. But it is the view of our relevant field on this matter that this has happened because the Congress delegation will have an opportunity to see for itself the nuclear facility in Nyongbyon.
    We wonder if the administration is not getting nervous about the possibility of the state of our nuclear activity being confirmed by the delegation. Is there any need to do so?
    An action was taken to block even the visit of Congressmen though a formal agreement was reached with other country on its date. This is American-style democracy. This makes us view the present U.S. administration not democratic but dictatorial.