Congratulatory Telegram to Stalin on
Soviet Red Army Day
(February 22, 1945)
Marshal Stalin:
The great victory of the Red Army under your leadership has encouraged the
liberation war in China. On the happy occasion of the twenty-seventh
anniversary of the Red Army, we offer our congratulations!
Mao Zedong
Zhu De
Note
Our source for this document is Mao Zedong ji. Bujuan, Vol. 7, p. 249, where it is reproduced from the
February 23, 1945, issue of Jiefang ribao.