(July 20, 1954)
Comrade Aleksander Zawadzki, Chairman of the State Council of the Polish People’s Republic:
On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the founding of the Polish People’s Republic, on behalf of the Chinese people, the Government of the People’s Republic of China, and in my own name, I wish to extend our heartfelt congratulations to the Polish people, the Government of the Polish People’s Republic, and to you.
Over the past ten years, under the leadership of the Polish United Workers’ Party, the Polish people have achieved remarkable successes in consolidating the people’s democratic system and in the socialist industrialization of the country. The People’s Poland has become an important force within the world camp of peace, democracy, and socialism, with the Soviet Union at its head.
The Chinese people sincerely wish the Polish people even greater achievements as they continue their endeavors to build socialism and to safeguard world peace.
Mao Zedong
July 20, 1954, in Beijing