Telegram Congratulating Ho Chi Minh on His Sixty-Fifth Birthday (May 19, 1955)  Dear Comrade Ho Chi Minh: On the occasion of your sixty-fifth birthday, please accept the warmest congratulations from the Chinese people and from myself. Under the outstanding leadership of the Vietnam Workers’ Party and of yourself, the Vietnamese people have waged a heroic struggle to secure their country’s independence and freedom, and they have already achieved significant victories. Your brilliant contributions over many decades are cherished not only by the Vietnamese people but also by the Chinese people. I sincerely wish you ever greater success in the glorious cause of securing peace, independence, unity, and democracy for Vietnam, as well as in the restoration and development of its national economy.  Mao Zedong  Beijing, May 19, 1955  Printed in the People’s Daily, May 20, 1955.   Ho Chi Minh was at that time Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Workers’ Party and President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.