Toast at a Reception Given by Ambassador of India
(January 26, 1951)

Source: RMRB (Jan. 27, 1951), 1. Other Chinese Text: XHYB, I1l:4 (Feb, 2%
1951), 777. Available English Translation: SCMP, 57 (Jan. 26-7, 1951), 2.

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prion was held in celebration of the first anniversary of the founding of the

The rece India, whose ambassador to the PRC at this time was KM. Panikkar,

Republic of

The Indian nation is a great nation. The people of India are a very good peo-ie. For many thousands of years, the friendship between the two nations of
China and India and between the peoples of the two countries has been very
xt, Today, in celebrating the anniversary of the founding of the Republic of
India, We hope that the Chinese and Indian nations will continue to be united
and to strive for peace. People all over the world need peace. There is only a
very small minority who want war. Let India, China, the Soviet Union, and
all other peace-loving countries and peoples unite and strive for peace in the
Far East and in the entire world. We salute and celebrate the founding of the
Republic of India and congratulate the Indian people and your president,