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Reply to Ambassador of Romania
(June 28, 1956)

Source: RMRB (June 29, 1956), 1. Available English Translation: NCNA, Daily
News Release (June 29, 1956), 18.

On this occasion Nicolai Cioroiu was installed as ambassador of the People's Republic of
Romania to the PRC. The news release in RMRB that contained the text of Mao's speech
does not provide the usual salutation. It may indeed not be the full text of the speech.

The People's Republic of Romania is the first state in Romanian history in which
the political power rests in the hands of the masses of people. The founding of the
People's Republic of Romania has enabled the Romanian people to step onto the
road of socialist construction. Since their liberation the Romanian people have
attained tremendous successes both in the cause of building socialism and in the
struggle to defend peace in Europe and the world. I am confident that the Romanian
people will attain even greater victories in the days to come.

Over the last few years, the cooperation between our two countries in the various
areas of politics, economics, and culture has brought about an increasing consoli-