Toast to Prime Minister Suhrawardy of Pakistan
(October 23, 1956)

Source: RMRB (Oct. 24, 1956), 1. Available English Translation: FBIS, Daily
Report (Oct. 24, 1956), AAA5.

A joint communiqué was signed on Oct. 23, 1956, between the government of the PRC and
that of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Prime Minister Suhrawardy was in China from
October 18 to October 29.


I propose [a toast],
To the prosperity and happiness of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan,
To the friendship between the peoples of China and Pakistan, to the unity of all
Asian countries, and to world peace,
To the health of His Excellency President Mirza of the Islamic Republic of
Pakistan. Bottoms up!