Telegram to the People’s Republic of Romania
(August 21, 1955)

Comrade Petru Groza, Chairman of the Presidium of the Grand National
Assembly of the People’s Republic of Romania,

Comrade Gheorghe Gheorghiu Dej, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of
the People’s Republic of Romania,

Comrade Simion Bughici, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of Romania;

On the occasion of the eleventh anniversary of Romania's liberation, on
behalf of the government and people of the People's Republic of China, we
extend to you and, through you, to the government and people of the People's
Republic of Romania our warm and heartfelt congratulations.

With feelings of boundless elation, the government and people of the People's Republic of China have watched the great successes achieved during the
past eleven years by the People's Republic of Romania under the leadership of
the Romanian Workers’ Party in the cause of socialist construction, These
Successes have added to the strength of the socialist camp for peace and
democracy headed by the Soviet Union. May our brothers, the Romanian people, achieve new victories in the cause of consolidating and winning
prosperity for their homeland and in defending peace in Europe and throughout the world. May the unbreakable friendship between China and Romania
be further consolidated and developed.
(Co-signed as Chairman of PRC with Liu Shaoqi as Chairman of Standing
Committee of NPC and Zhou Enlai as Premier of State Council and Foreign
Minister, dated in Beijing) .

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Source: RMRB (Aug. 23, 1955), 1, Other Chinese Text: XHYB, 9 (Sept. 28,
1955), 67. Available English Translation: NCNA, Daily News Release (Aug.
23, 1955). 1.