Telegram of Condolences on the Death of Bumatsende (1)
(September 24, 1953)

Presidium of the Great People’s Khural of the Mongolian People’s Republic:

It is with deep sorrow that I learn of the passing of Comrade Gonchigiin Bumatsende. Comrade Gonchigiin Bumatsende was an outstanding fighter of the Mongolian people’s revolutionary movement and a close comrade-in-arms of Marshal Choibalsan. He dedicated his entire life to the revolutionary cause of the Mongolian people.

The passing of Comrade Gonchigiin Bumatsende is a great loss to the Mongolian people. On behalf of the Chinese people, the Chinese Government, and in my own name, I wish to extend to you, and through you to the Mongolian people, our deepest condolences.

Mao Zedong
Chairman of the Central People’s Government of the People’s Republic of China
Beijing, September 24, 1953

(1) Bumatsende, namely Gonchigiin Bumatsende, was before his death a member of the Political Bureau of the Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party and Chairman of the Presidium of the Great People’s Khural of the Mongolian People’s Republic.