Reply to Ambassador of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
(December 12, 1953)

Source: RMRB (Dec. 13, 1953), 1. Available English Translations: H
Daily News Release (Dec. 14, 1953), 12; FBIS, Daily Report (Dec
1953), AAAI2.

Choe I served as ambassador of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea:
PRC from December 1953 to June 1957.

Comrade Ambassador: :

1 am very pleased to accept this letter of credence from the Standin 4°.
mittee of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People’s Ref
lic of Korea which you have presented, and I sincerely thank you for ¥f
congratulations. Ry.

For over three years, the Chinese and Korean peoples have knit togetit
most profound friendship in the struggle to resist the United States aggres
The recent signing of the Economic and Cultural Cooperation Agreem
between our countries further consolidated and developed the already 1@
standing and unbreakable relations of friendship and mutual assist
between our two countries,’ Our increasingly strong unity undoub

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continue to contribute to our cause of safeguarding peace in the Far East
in the world.
; firmly believe that with the brotherly aid of countries in the camp for
and democracy headed by the Soviet Union and with the sympathy and
support of the peace-loving peoples of the world the heroic and industrious
Korean people are bound to be able to attain new and glorious successes in the
cause of recovering and developing their national economy and in striving for
the peace and unification of their homeland,
| warmly welcome you as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the People's Republic of
china, In your work of strengthening and developing the brotherly friendship,
J assistance, and cooperation between China and Korea, you will
receive my full support and that of the government of the People’s Republic of

china.
J sincerely wish you complete success in your work.

gont

Note
|. A ten-year agreement on economic and cultural cooperation to take effect from December

1953 was signed between the People’s Republic of China and the Democratic People’s Republic
of Korea on Nov. 23, 1953, in Beijing.