Telegram on the 15th Anniversary of Liberation
(August 22, 1959)

Comrade Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Romanian Workers' Party,
Comrade Ion Gheorghe Maurer, Chairman of the Presidium of the Grand National Assembly of the Romanian People's Republic,
Comrade Chivu Stoica, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Romanian People's Republic:

On the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the liberation of Romania, we wish, on behalf of the Communist Party of China, the Government of the People's Republic of China, and the Chinese people, to extend fraternal and warm congratulations to the Romanian Workers' Party, the Government of the Romanian People's Republic, and the Romanian people.

Over the past fifteen years, the industrious and courageous Romanian people, under the correct leadership of the Romanian Workers' Party and Government, have carried out large-scale socialist construction and achieved tremendous successes. Romania has completely transformed its pre-liberation state of economic backwardness and has become a socialist country with advanced industry and agriculture. At present, the Romanian people are engaged in selfless and diligent labor to successfully fulfill the 1959 economic construction plan and the tasks for developing the national economy set forth by the Second Congress of the Romanian Workers' Party.

The Romanian people have always remained faithful to the great principles of proletarian internationalism and have made outstanding contributions to safeguarding and strengthening the firm unity of the socialist camp headed by the Soviet Union. The Government of the Romanian People's Republic resolutely pursues a foreign policy of peace and international cooperation. The contributions it has made in developing friendly ties with peace-loving peoples of all countries, opposing the imperialist policies of war and aggression, and safeguarding peace in Europe and the world have won high international prestige. The Chinese people feel heartfelt joy and inspiration at the great achievements of the Romanian people.

The peoples of China and Romania have forged a fraternal friendship in the common cause of socialist revolution and socialist construction. In recent years, the relations of mutual assistance and cooperation between our two countries in the political, economic, and cultural fields have been further developing and consolidating. This will greatly contribute to the common prosperity of our two countries and the strengthening of the forces of the socialist camp.

May the Romanian People's Republic grow ever more prosperous and powerful.
May the fraternal friendship between the Chinese and Romanian peoples remain evergreen like the pine and cypress.

Mao Zedong
Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

Liu Shaoqi
Chairman of the People's Republic of China

Zhu De
Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China

Zhou Enlai
Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China

August 22, 1959