Dear Comrade Vittorio Vidali and all the comrades assembled at the Congress of the Communist Party of the Free Territory of Trieste: The Communist Party of China warmly congratulates you on your congress. We celebrate the victories you have already achieved and will continue to achieve in your courageous struggle against the U.S.-British imperialists and the treacherous Titoite clique. Your victories constitute an important contribution to, and a source of encouragement for, the common struggle of the international working class and the peoples of all countries against imperialism and its lackeys. Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, September 15, 1949