Telegram on the Tenth Anniversary of Liberation
(November 28, 1954)

Comrade Haxhi Lleshi, Chairman of the Presidium of the People’s Assembly of the People’s Republic of Albania;

Comrade Mehmet Shehu, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People’s Republic of Albania;

Comrade Behar Shkurtaj, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of Albania:

On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of Albania’s liberation, on behalf of the Chinese people and the Government of the People’s Republic of China, we hereby extend our heartfelt and warm congratulations to you and, through you, to the Albanian people and the Government of the People’s Republic of Albania.

Over the past ten years, under the leadership of the Party of Labour of Albania and the Government of the People’s Republic of Albania, the Albanian people have achieved tremendous successes in the political, economic, and cultural spheres. We express our best wishes to the Albanian Government and people.

We wish the Albanian people ever greater achievements in their struggle for the prosperity and development of their homeland and for the defense of world peace.

Mao Zedong, President of the People’s Republic of China

Zhou Enlai, Premier of the State Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China

Beijing, November 28, 1954