Telegram to the German Democratic Republic
(October 6, 1957)

Source: RMRB (Oct. 7, 1957), 1. Other Chinese Texts: XHBYK, 119 (Nov. 10,
1957), 120; URI (1976), p. 335. Available English Translations: NCNA, Daily News
Release (Oct. 7, 1957), 11; URI (1976), p. 337.

Comrade Wilhelm Pieck, President of the German Democratic Republic,
Comrade Johannes Dieckmann, Chairman of the Presidium of the People’s Chamber of the German Democratic Republic,

Comrade Otto Grotewohl, Premier of the German Democratic Republic,
Comrade Walter Ulbricht, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Socialist
Unity Party of Germany:

On the occasion of the eighth anniversary of the founding of the German
Democratic Republic, we extend sincere and warm congratulations to you and to
all the German people.

The Chinese people have always been deeply concerned about the arduous and
tremendous struggles carried on by the German people, under the leadership of the
government of the German Democratic Republic and the Socialist Unity Party of
Germany, for the sake of building a unified, peaceful, and democratic Germany,
for the completion of all sorts of socialist construction within the country, for the
consolidation of the unity of the socialist camp, and for safeguarding European and