Telegram Congratulating the Preparatory Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region on Its Establishment
(April 20, 1956)

Dalai Lama, Panchen Erdeni,¹ and all members of the Preparatory Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region:
I joyfully congratulate you on the establishment of the Preparatory Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region and ardently hope that the people of all strata in Tibet will, under your guidance, become more united and progressive and achieve greater successes in developing the political, economic, and cultural undertakings of Tibet.

Mao Zedong
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Printed based on the text published in *Renmin Ribao* on April 22, 1956.

**Note**
¹ Dalai Lama, namely Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso, one of the religious leaders of Tibet, then serving as Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress and Chairman of the Preparatory Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region. Panchen Erdeni, namely Panchen Erdeni Chokyi Gyaltsen, one of the religious leaders of Tibet, then serving as Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and First Vice Chairman of the Preparatory Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region.