Telegram Congratulating the Eighth Anniversary of the Armed Uprising of the Cuban People
(July 25, 1961)
To the Cuban newspaper *Revolución*:

On the glorious occasion of the "July 26" armed uprising of the Cuban people, I extend, on behalf of the entire Chinese people, warm congratulations to the Cuban people.

The great victory of the Cuban people’s revolution has set a brilliant example for the national and democratic movements of the peoples of all Latin American countries and has greatly inspired the struggles of all oppressed nations in the world to win liberation.

The Chinese people regard the great victory of the Cuban people’s revolution as a powerful support to themselves; in their great cause of opposing U.S. imperialist aggression, safeguarding national independence, and building their own country, the Cuban people will forever receive the full support of the 650 million Chinese people.

Mao Zedong
Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
July 25, 1961