Telegram to India
(January 24, 1956)

Source: RMRB (Jan. 26, 1956), 1. Other Chinese Text: XHBYK, 4 (Feb. 21,
1956), 29. Available English Translation: NCNA, Daily Bulletin, 1483 (Jan. 26,
1956), 7.

President Rajendra Prasad,
The Republic of India

Your Excellency:

On the occasion of the anniversary of the founding of the Republic of India, on
behalf of the Chinese people and on my own behalf, I extend sincere congratulations to Your Excellency and to the Indian people. May the close friendship and
cooperation between China and India be increasingly consolidated and strengthened with each passing day in the noble cause of defending peace in Asia and in
the world. May Your Excellency and the Indian people attain new and even greater
successes in your work of seeking prosperity for the Republic of India.
(Signed as Chairman of PRC, dated in Beijing)

JANUARY—MARCH 1956 / 17