Telegram to the Chairman of Ministers of the Chechoslovakian Republic, Antonin Zapotocky

On the occasion of the sixth anniversary of the
signing of the Treaty of Friendship and Mutual Support between the U..S.S.R. and the Czechoslovakian Republic

December 13, 1949

To Mr. A. Zapotocky, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Chechoslovakian Republic.

On the sixth anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Friendship and Mutual Assistance between the U.S.S.R. and the Czechoslovakian Republic, please accept, Mr. Prime Minister, my friendly greetings to the people of the Czechoslovakian Republic, to your government and to you personally.

I wish the Czechoslovakian Republic well and the further strengthening of the alliance and friendship between the Soviet and Czechoslovakian
peoples.

J. Stalin

("Daily Review," No. 293, 14 December, 1949)