Speech at Banquet Celebrating Fifth Anniversary
of Sino-Soviet Treaty’
(February 14, 1955)

Source: RMRB (Feb. (5, 1955), 1. Other Chinese Texts: XHYB, 3 (Mar. 28,
1955), 12; KHBYK, 22 (Nov, 25, 1958), 8; Also quoted in XHBYK, 2) (Nov,
10, 1958), &. Available English Translations: NCNA, Daily News Release
(Feb. {5, 1955), t; FBIS, Daily Report (Feb. 15, 1955), AAAI; Excerpts in
PR, 1:37 (Nov, 11, 1958), 10 and in CCSD, p, 156.

I celebrate the great cooperation between China and the Soviet Union.

Such cooperation advances the cause of socialism, opposes imperialism’s
plans for aggression, and is for international peace. I believe this cooperation
will be strengthened further.

Given the cooperation between our two great countries, China and the

Soviet Union, I believe that imperialism’s plans of aggression will be
smashed.

Given the great cooperation between our two countries, we can all perceive
that there are no imperialists’ aggressive plans that cannot be destroyed, They
are bound to be thoroughly destroyed. Should the imperialists launch an
aggressive war, we, together with the people of all the world, are bound to
wipe them off the face of the earth!



Let us drink to the health of Comrade Voroshilov, © han
Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist R,

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1, See text Jan, 2, 1950, note |.