6th April 1942, Pyongyang, Ministry of Defence, conference room no. 16, informal meeting
Hwang Lee-Moon (minister of defence): "Well, I am sorry that I had to call this little summon on a short notice, but the reports I got are pretty unsettling and I don't know how to tell...."
Jong Un (great and beloved leader): "Don't beat around the bush, Moon. I had to reschedule my visit to the Busan Tractor Factory just becsaue of this, so you better have something important to say."
Hwang Lee-Moon: "It is important but....uhm...."
Kang Mung-sik (minister of economy and industry): "What Mr. Lee-Moon trying to say is....is....that we are in serious trouble. As much as everybody is endoring the projects initiated by you, Mr. Un, it is overambitious to realize them all at such a pace. All branches of our heavy industry are overstrained. The industry is lacking machine tools and fully fledged workers. Don't get me wrong, the people are euphoric, they are eager to work but many of them have very little or no education at all. It is impossible to assemble highly sophisticated military goods just with peaseants."
Jong Un: "That's nonsense, I have have seen the designs and you have seen them too. Songsun and WAC, they make beautiful planes, you can see them already flying."
Kang Mung-sik: "Prototypes, they are just prototypes. Even the SSC-60 which is considered obsolete by some experts is not available at sufficient numbers yet.
Indeed we have some skilled engineers who did a formidable job, WAC and Songsun chief-engineers studied in Europe but nonetheless we are lacking skilled and experienced mechanics. We don't just need fancy aircraft designs, we need the knowhow to produce them in sufficient numbers."
Jong Un: "Then do something about that issue....just one time...just one single time I'd like to work with professionals."
Kang Mung-sik: "I have already taken measures to solve the problem, however it needs some time and..."
Hwang Lee-Moon: "With due respect, Mr. Un. We are unable to fullfill your requirements, at least for this year. It is impossible to bring the Army to the desired strength of 600,000 men within such a short time. There are enough young men willing to serve in the Forces , we just don't have enough capacities to train and equip them, we can't even issue an uniform to every conscript at the moment, much less a rifle. We are in great need of practically everything: rifles, ammunition, artillery pieces and heavy weapons as well as vehicles."
Jong Un: "This is unacceptable, this is totally unacceptable."
Kang Mung-sik: "I understand your desire for an idependent armament industry, though, our domestic industry is not ready for that yet. If we are lucky we can produce a sufficient number of fighter airframes untill 1944 but a capable engine has to be aquired from some foreign country. The same is true for other military goods. We should make an effort to get hands on some critical wepaons systems and tools and maybe even some licenses."
Jong Un: "Indeed, but why do you say that to me....I entrust my minsters with important tasks and I expect them doing their job. The acquisition of armament deals with foreign countries is the responsibility of the NBOA, you know that yourself.
Where is this guy, by the way, where is Chun Moo-Bak?"
Hwang Lee-Moon: "That is another thing we wanted to discuss with you Mr. Un. Mr. Moo-Bak is....well, he is not the best choice as the president of the NBOA."
Kang Mung-sik: "Seconded. He has quite some responsibility for those unpleasant circumstances we are in... he has no diplomatic skill, you heard about the chemical weapons incident? It's a shame.
Moreover he made some insinuations which have the potential to put stress on our relationship to China."
Jong Un: "It is yet too soon for messing with the chinese. I will consider to replace Moo-Bak."
Kang Mung-sik: "Maybe that is not enough, there are indications....serious indications which would require a more permanent solution. Mr. Chong Park (NBID) talked about a file concerning Moo-Bak. Mr. Park said there are indications Moo-Bak is an agent.....you should talk with him about that as soon as he is back in town. Regardless if the suspicions are true or not, we should get rid of him just to be sure. Moo-Bak hasn't proved to be of value anyway."
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