Chun warns against siding with Leftist
NZPA-Reuter Seoul South Korea’s dent, Chm Doo.-Jlgljh,:, expressed deep: concern yesterday atprp-Commun-ista. They were, he said, trying tooverthrOW?/the country's political system, and he wanted citizens against siding with them. fit an address marking Armed Forces Dey, he said: "The number 0t citizens with no direct exposure to the North Korean brand of Communism, especially those of the postKorean War generation, continues to multiply. as time passes. .i '■ *• ■ "This is all the more reason we must clearly, understand, above all else, why we must fight at all cost the threat from the North. We fight to preserve freedom /and democracy, values dearest to our hearts, and not to be enslaved by Communism.” ? - Mr Chun was reviewing a march past by 20,000 troops, the biggest military parade in Seoul since the 1953 armistice ended the Korean War. The two Koreas have been locked in tense confrontation ever since. Mr Chun said: “We cannot but be deeply concerned about the fact that some young people nowadays have become so be-, gulled by Leftist ideology
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