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Disorganization of S. Korea-U.S. "Combined Command" Demanded

KCNA

    Pyongyang, November 8 (KCNA) -- The dismantlement of the south Korea-U.S. "combined command" is urgently required by the times and the Korean nation, said a spokesman for the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland in a statement issued on Friday, 25 years since the U.S. set up the south Korea-U.S. "combined command" despite Korean and other people's strong opposition and rejection. When a resolution calling for the disbandment of the "UN Command" and the withdrawal of the U.S. forces abusing the UN flag from south Korea was adopted at the 30th UN General Assembly the U.S. cooked up the south Korea-U.S. "combined forces" on November 7, 1978, by changing the helmet of the "UN command" to that of combined forces, the statement said, and continued:
    The U.S. organized the command despite the unanimous desire of the Koreans and other world people for the implementation of the UN resolution. This was aimed to justify the U.S. forces' permanent presence in south Korea and their colonial rule over it and gratify their ambition for aggression of the north at any cost.
    The U.S. invested the command with the right to command operations of the U.S. and the south Korean forces including rights of drafting and completion of the joint operation plan in case of emergency on the Korean peninsula, organization of war exercises, tactical study, introduction and deployment of military hardware, organization and reorganization of units, control over the units under the command in war time and in peace time and operational command over the U.S. 7th fleet in case of emergency.
    Over the last 25 years the command has committed all sorts of crimes. It organized and carried out all forms of war exercises targeted against the north every year and drove the south Korean army to suppressing the Kwangju popular uprising and forced south Korea to buy U.S.-made arms.
    Recently it decided to keep the command in the Ryongsan base in Seoul as it is while discussing the relocation of the U.S. troops to invade the north.
    The U.S. intention to keep the command in south Korea is a wanton challenge to the unanimous wish and desire of all the Koreans for peace and reunification against war and division.
    The U.S. would be well advised to drop its ambition for permanent colonial domination over Korea and aggression of north, dismantle the command and withdraw all its troops and lethal weapons from south Korea at once.