Speech at Banquet Given for Polish Delegation
(April 8, 1957)

Source: RMRB (April 9, 1957), 1. Available English Translations: NCNA, Daily
News Release (April 9, 1957), 1; FBIS, Daily Report (April 9, 1957), AAA 1.

A reception and banquet for the delegation of the government of the People’s Republic of
Poland was held in Qinzhengdian, in Zhongnanhai, Beijing. The delegation was headed by
Josef Cyrankiewicz, chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People’s Republic of Poland.
A communiqué of agreements made between the Chinese and Polish governments resulting
from this visit can be found in RMSC (1958), pp. 408–409. Also, a Chinese delegation,
headed by Zhou Enlai, had visited Poland January 11–16, 1957. (For the communiqué of
that meeting, see RMSC [1958], pp. 407–408.) Also see text Jan. 27, 1957(1), note 30.
The remarks made by Mao at this banquet were not rendered as a direct quotation in the
RMRB source. There is no clear indication whether this was the full extent of the speech. It
is noted in the RMRB source that a toast made by Mao to the health of all members of the
Polish delegation, to the health of Gomulka, first secretary of the Polish United Workers’
Party, and to the health of Zawadzki, chairman of the Council of State of the People’s
Republic of Poland, followed these remarks.

Poland is a country with which China has a profound and solid friendship.
Poland is a member of the socialist camp. The friendship between China and Poland
is increasing with each passing day. May everything go well with Poland, may the
solidarity of the socialist states grow with each passing day, and may there be with
each day a further development in the friendship between China and Poland.