Reply to Comrade Larbi Bouhali’s Telegram[1]
(October 26, 1949)

Comrade Larbi Bouhali and all comrades of the Central Committee of the Algerian Communist Party:

I express my profound gratitude for Comrade Larbi Bouhali’s congratulatory letter of October 9.

The Chinese people achieved liberation through prolonged resistance against imperialist aggression and oppression. Therefore, they harbor fervent sympathy and firm confidence in the liberation struggles of oppressed nations. I am convinced that the Algerian people, under the leadership of the Algerian Communist Party and with the support of the international camp of peace and democracy, will ultimately overthrow imperialist rule. Long live the victory of the Algerian people’s liberation struggle!

Mao Zedong
Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

[1] On the occasion of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the Central Committee of the Algerian Communist Party sent a telegram of congratulations. This is Mao Zedong’s reply.