Speech at Banquet Given by President Sukarno
(October 5, 1956)

Source: Kau & Leung, The Writings of Mao Zedong 1949-1976, Vol. II
Pages 145-145
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Speech at Banquet Given by President Sukarno
(October 5, 1956)

Source: RMRB (Oct. 6, 1956), 1. Other Chinese Text: XHBYK, 95 (Nov. 6, 1956),
24. Available English Translation: FBIS, Daily Report (Oct. 8, 1956), AAA11—12.

See text Oct. 2, 1956, source note.

Friends, Comrades, Mr. President,
Your Excellency:

On this important occasion of the eleventh anniversary of the founding of the
Indonesian Army, I want first to express my sincere congratulations to President Sukarno,
the supreme commander of the armed forces of the Republic of Indonesia. It is my sincere
wish that the heroic armed forces of the Republic of Indonesia will achieve even greater
successes in the struggle to realize the ideals of the Indonesian people.

What are the ideals of the Indonesian people? President Sukarno has already
clearly articulated them in the several important speeches he recently made to us.
They are the ideals of independence, peace, and a new world. These are precisely
the same ideals of the Chinese people. The Chinese people, in order to strive to
realize these ideals, stand together with the Indonesian people on the same front
and will always remain the faithful comrades-in-arms of the Indonesian people.

Your Excellency Mr. President, in the last six days you have already seen how the
Chinese people welcome and respect you. Your visit has already brought our two
peoples closer together than ever before. Tomorrow, you will leave Beijing; in a short
while you will leave China. Although we will again be several thousand kilometers
apart, our hearts and the hearts of our peoples will be closely linked together.

I propose [a toast],

To the everlasting friendship between our two peoples,

To the health of Your Excellency, President Sukarno of the Republic of
Indonesia, the supreme commander of the armed forces of the Republic of Indo-nesia. Bottoms up!