The Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party joins you in mourning the loss of the leader of the Kuomintang and organiser of the national-liberation struggle of the workers and peasants of China for the freedom and independence of the Chinese people, for the unity and independence of the Chinese state. The Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party has no doubt that Sun Yat-sen’s great cause will not die with Sun Yat-sen, that Sun Yat-sen’s cause will live in the hearts of the Chinese workers and peasants to the terror of the enemies of the Chinese people. The Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party is confident that the Kuomintang will hold high the banner of Sun Yat-sen in the great struggle for liberation from imperialism, that the Kuomintang will succeed with honour in carrying this banner to complete victory over imperialism and its agents in China. Sun Yat-sen is dead—long live the cause of Sun Yatsen! May Sun Yat-sen's behests live on and gain in power! Secretary of the Central Committee
of the Russian Communist Party

J. Stalin

March 13, 1925

Pravda, No. 60,

March 14, 1925