Telegram to the People's Republic of Bulgaria
(September 8, 1957)

Source: RMRB (Sept. 9, 1957), 1. Other Chinese Texts: XHBYK, 119 (Nov. 10,
1957), 120; URI (1976), p. 311. Available English Translations: NCNA, Daily News
Release (Sept. 9, 1957), 1; URI (1976), p. 313.

Comrade Georgi Damyanov,
Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly of the People's Republic of
Bulgaria,
Comrade Anton Yugov, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's
Republic of Bulgaria,
Comrade Karlo Lukanov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of
Bulgaria:

On the occasion of the thirteenth anniversary of the National Day of the People's
Republic of Bulgaria, on behalf of the Chinese government and the Chinese people,
we extend our sincere and warm congratulations to you and, through you, to our
brothers the government and the people of Bulgaria.
The Chinese people note with great joy the successes achieved by the Bulgarian
people, under the leadership of the Communist Party of Bulgaria and the Bulgarian
government and with the close cooperation of the great Soviet Union and of the
people's democracies,¹ in the causes of building socialism in their homeland and
in safeguarding European and world peace.

JULY – SEPTEMBER / 677

In the last year, there has been broad development in the friendship and cooperation
between China and Bulgaria in the areas of politics, the economy, and culture. We are
confident that the development of this friendship and cooperation is bound to strengthen
the force of the socialist camp headed by the Soviet Union and furthermore will make
an important contribution to the cause of human progress.
May our brothers the Bulgarian people achieve even greater successes in the
cause of building socialism and safeguarding European and world peace. May the
unbreakable friendship and cooperation between the Chinese and Bulgarian peoples be further consolidated and developed.
(Cosigned as Chairman of PRC with Liu Shaoqi as Chairman of Standing Committee of NPC and Zhou Enlai as Premier of State Council and Foreign Minister,
dated in Beijing)

Note

1. See text Sept. 21, 1949, vol. I, note 4.