Telegram to the Minister President of the German Democratic Republic Otto Grotewohl

On the occasion of the first anniversary of the foundation of the German Democratic Republic

October 7, 1950

To the Minister President of the German Democratic Republic, Mr. Otto Grotewohl.

Please accept, Mr. Minister President, on the occasion of the national holiday, - Republic Day, - my sincere good wishes for the German people, for the government of the Republic and for you personally; and my wishes for success in the building of an united, independent, democratic, peace-loving Germany.

J. Stalin

("New Germany," Berlin Ed., No. 235, 7 October, 1950)