CONGRATULATORY CABLE FROM CHAIRMAN MAO AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF CHU TO THE
KOREAN GOVERNMENT ON ITS INAUGURATION

19 September 1948

[Text] HSIN-HUA NEWS AGENCY, North Shensi, 19 Sep--Chinese Communist Party
Central Committee Chairman Mao Tse-tung and PLA Commander in Chief Chu Te
cabled congratulations on the convening of the Supreme People's Assembly
and the founding of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The text
is as follows:

Chairman Kim Tu-pong of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of
Korea and Premier Kim Il-song of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea:

The convening of a united, independent, and democratic Korean Supreme
People's Assembly and the founding of the Korean Democratic People's
Republic are great victories in the liberation cause of the Korean people
and a great encouragement to the national liberation causes of East Asia.
On behalf of the Chinese people we hereby extend our congratulations.

Mao Tse-tung, Chu Te

19 September

JEN-MIN JIH-PAO, 23 September 1948: