and Latin America,” Foreign Languages Press, Beijing, 1960; Long Live Mao Zedong Thought (Wansui), 1968, Vol. 4, page 270-274.
(On May 7, in Zhengzhou, Comrade Mao Zedong received public personages, workers for peace, trade union, youth and student delegations and
delegates from twelve African countries and regions who were then visiting
China…)
Comrade Mao Zedong spoke of the ever-growing national and democratic
movements in Asia, Africa and Latin America. He said that what imperialism
fears most is the awakening of the Asian, African and Latin American peoples,
the awakening of the peoples of all countries. We should unite and drive US
imperialism from Asia, Africa and Latin America back to where it came from…
Comrade Mao Zedong, on behalf of the 650 million Chinese people, expressed full sympathy and support for the heroic struggle of the African people
against imperialism and colonialism. He also expressed sympathy and support
for the patriotic and just struggles of the South Korean people and the Turkish people against US imperialism and its running dogs. He held that these
struggles of the South Korean people and the Turkish people indicated that the
storm of the struggles waged by the oppressed peoples of the various countries
in Asia against imperialism and its running dogs will witness an even greater
upsurge. These struggles will constitute a support to the just struggles of the
African people, the Latin American people and people the world over. The just
struggles of the peoples of various countries in the world support each other,
Comrade Mao Zedong said. He thanked the African friends for their profound friendship for the Chinese people, hailed the great unity of the Chinese
and African peoples and expressed firm confidence that ultimate victory will
certainly be won in the common struggle against imperialism and colonialism.
(On May 8, in Zhengzhou, Comrade Mao Zedong received friends from
eight Latin American countries then visiting China…)
Comrade Mao Zedong thanked them for their friendship for the Chinese
people. The Chinese people, he said, just like the Latin American people had

long suffered from imperialist oppression and exploitation. Relying on their
own unity and support from the peoples of various countries, the Chinese
people had carried on hard and prolonged struggles and ultimately had overthrown the rule of imperialism, feudalism and bureaucratic-capitalism in China. They are now building their own country and changing its appearance of
“poverty and blankness.” The Chinese people are fully confident that they can
build their country and therefore they need time, peace and friends. The Cuban people, the people of Latin America and the people of the whole world,
he said, are all friends of the Chinese people; and imperialism and its running
dogs are our common enemy, but they are a tiny minority. The winning of
world peace, he said, depends primarily on the struggles of the peoples of the
various countries. Comrade Mao Zedong expressed admiration for the heroic
struggle of the Cuban people against US imperialism. The struggles of the
peoples of Cuba and other Latin American countries have helped the Chinese
people, he said, and the struggle of the Chinese people has also helped the peoples of Cuba and other Latin American countries. The people are the decisive
factor. Reliance on the unity and struggle of the people is bound to bring about
the defeat of imperialism and its running dogs and achieve lasting world peace.
(On May 9, Chairman Mao Zedong received in Zhengzhou friends from
the Iraqi Cultural Delegation, the Iraqi workers Delegation, the Iranian Trade
Union Delegation, and the Delegation of the Cyprus Confederation of Workers…)
Comrade Mao Zedong said that US imperialism is the biggest imperialism
in the world today. It has its running dogs in many countries. Those backed
by imperialism are precisely those discarded by the broad masses of the people.
Chiang Kai-shek, Syngman Rhee, Kishi, Batista, Said, Menderes and their ilk
have either been overthrown or will be overthrown by the people. The risings
of the people in these countries against the running dogs of US and other imperialism are also fights against the reactionary rule of imperialism itself. The
Japanese people are rising in action, Comrade Mao Zedong said. The broad
masses of the Japanese people are now holding demonstrations on a bigger
scale than ever to fight against the aggressive military alliance treaty signed
between the Kishi Government and US imperialism. The Chinese people resolutely support this struggle waged by the Japanese people. The just struggles
of the peoples of the various countries in the world, he said, have received and
will continue to receive firm support from the 650 million people of China.
The days of imperialism are numbered, he said. The imperialists have commit-

ted all manner of evils and all the oppressed peoples of the whole world will
never forgive them. To defeat the reactionary rule of imperialism, Comrade
Mao Zedong said, it is necessary to form a broad front and unite with all forces, except the enemy, and continue to wage arduous struggles…
(On May 14, in Wuhan, Comrade Mao Zedong received friends from Japan, Cuba, Brazil and Argentina.)