Telegram to Mao Tse Tung

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

On the occasion of the third anniversary of the proclamation of the Chinese People's Republic

October 1, 1952

To the Chairman of the Central People's Government of the Chinese People's Republic, Comrade Mao Tse Tung.

Please accept, Comrade Chairman, my sincere congratulations on the occasion of the third anniversary of the proclamation of the Chinese People's Republic.

I wish the great Chinese people, the. government of the Chinese People's Republic and you personally, new success in the building of a mighty, people's democratic Chinese state.

May the great friendship between the Chinese People' Republic and the U.S.S.R., the firm bulwark of peace and security in the far East and in the whole world, thrive and grow stronger.

J. Stalin

("New Germany," Berlin Ed., No. 231, 1 October, 1952)