Answering Telegram to Kim Ir Sen

Answering Telegram to the Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Korean People's Democratic Republic Kim Ir Sen

On the occasion of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the U.S.S.R. and the Korean People’s Democratic Republic

October 14, 1949

Mr. Chairman, I thank you for your expression of friendship and good wishes on the anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Korean People’s Democratic Republic and the U.S.S.R.

I wish the Korean people further success in the building of their People’s Democratic Republic.

J. Stalin

("Daily Review," No. 234, 16 October, 1949)