3 September 1975

“We are ready to welcome you very warmly. Now we have fulfilled all the conditions to be 100% Communist. We can surpass even our Chinese brothers. With one giant leap forward we can reach the goal of communism and not go through stages of socialism.”

President, Kim Il-sung and several thousand North Koreans showed off Prince Sihanouk of Cambodia and Khieu Samphan, Khmer Rouge Deputy Premier at the station. Before they boarded a special train for Beijing, Khieu Samphan told Sihanouk: