Telegram to the Confederation of Switzerland
(July 30, 1957)

Source: RMRB (Aug. 1, 1957), 1. Other Chinese Texts: XHBYK, 117 (Oct. 10,
1957), 125; URI (1976), p. 287. Available English Translations: FBIS, Daily
Report (Aug. 1, 1957), AAA 9; URI (1976), p. 289.

President Hans Stenli,
The Confederation of Switzerland

Your Excellency:
On the occasion of your country's National Day, I extend to Your Excellency
and to the Swiss people my sincere congratulations. May the friendship between
China and Switzerland grow with each passing day, and may the Swiss Confederation prosper and the Swiss people thrive.
(Signed as Chairman of PRC, dated in Beijing)