Mao Zedong

                                Congratulatory Telegram to the
                                British House of Commons

                                    (January 1941)

    Special report to this paper: The British House of Commons convened on January 12. We
    are told that Comrade Mao Zedong, leader of the Chinese Communist Party, has sent a
    telegram of congratulations on this occasion. The gist of the telegram is as follows:

    The Chinese Communist Party wishes to extend its warm fraternal salutations to
    the House of Commons of the British people, who are fighting valiantly for de-
    mocracy and peace in the midst of the cruel and [X] ever-expanding European
    war, [X][X] and wish them success. The great Chinese nation has been fighting a
    War of Resistance Against Japan for three and a half years now. Relying on the
    strength of even greater unity, it will carry the War of Resistance through to the
    end so as to win the nation's complete liberation. We hope to strengthen and con-
    solidate to a greater degree the international unity between the peoples of China
    and Britain.

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--- Notes

    This text first appeared in Xin Zhonghua bao, February 13, 1941. We have translated it
    from Mao Zedong ji. Bujuan, Vol. 6, p. 305, which reproduces it from this source.