Greetings Letter to the Chairman of the Central People's Government of the Chinese People's Republic, Mao Tse Tung

On the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army

August 1, 1952

Comrade Chairman, please accept my sincere greetings on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China. In the interests of peace and security, I wish the further strengthening of the Chinese People's Army.

J. Stalin

("New Germany," Berlin Ed., No. 179, 1 August, 1952)