Telegram to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
(August 13, 1957)

Source: RMRB (Aug. 15, 1957), 1. Other Chinese Texts: XHBYK, 117 (Oct. 10,
1957), 121; URI (1976), p. 295. Available English Translations: NCNA, Daily News
Release (Aug. 15, 1957), 2–3; URI (1976), pp. 297–298.

Comrade Kim Du Bong, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme
People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,
Comrade Kim Il Sung, Premier of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,

Comrade Nam Il, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People's Repub-lic of Korea:

On the occasion of the twelfth anniversary of the liberation of Korea, on behalf
of the government of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese people, we
extend sincere and warm congratulations to you and, through you, to the government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and to the Korean people.

Under the leadership of the Korean Workers' Party and the government of the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Korean people have, through the victorious completion of their postwar three-year plan, attained very great successes in the
causes of national recovery and reconstruction. The Chinese people rejoice in this.

The tremendous efforts made by the government of the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea to uphold the Korean Armistice Agreement¹ and to realize the
peaceful unification of the country not only have been supported by all the Korean
people, but have also won the sympathy and support of the peace-loving peoples
throughout the world.

May the Korean people achieve even greater successes in the struggles for the
peaceful unification and the independence of their homeland, and for the realization
of the First Five-Year Plan.

May the unbreakable, brotherly friendship between China and Korea become
more consolidated and developed with each passing day.
(Cosigned as Chairman of PRC with Liu Shaoqi as Chairman of Standing Committee of NPC and Zhou Enlai as Premier of State Council, dated in Beijing)

Note
1. See text June 30, 1953, vol. I, note 2.