Warsaw
Telegram from Mao Zedong and Others
Congratulating Poland on Its 18th National Day
(July 21, 1962)

Comrade Władysław Gomułka, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party,
Comrade Aleksander Zawadzki, Chairman of the Council of State of the Polish People's Republic,
Comrade Józef Cyrankiewicz, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Polish People's Republic:

On the occasion of the 18th anniversary of the National Day of the Polish People's Republic, we, on behalf of the Chinese people, the Chinese Communist Party, and the Government of the People's Republic of China, extend to you, and through you, to the Polish people, the Polish United Workers' Party, and the Government of the Polish People's Republic, warm fraternal congratulations.

Under the leadership of the Polish United Workers' Party and the Government of the Polish People's Republic, the fraternal Polish people are carrying out socialist construction and have achieved significant successes; meanwhile, they have made positive contributions in the struggle against the imperialist policies of aggression and war and in safeguarding peace in Europe and the world. The Chinese people feel great joy at all the achievements made by the Polish people.

The friendship between the peoples of China and Poland is unbreakable. We are deeply convinced that, guided by the principles of Marxism-Leninism and proletarian internationalism, and on the basis of the 1957 Moscow Declaration and the 1960 Moscow Statement, the relations of unity, friendship, mutual assistance and cooperation between the peoples of China and Poland will surely be further developed. The Chinese people will stand together with the Polish people,

Telegram from Mao Zedong and Others Congratulating Poland on Its 18th National Day

and continue to strive for the strengthening of the unity between China and Poland and the great unity of the entire socialist camp, and for the victory of the common cause of peace, national liberation, democracy and socialism.

We wish the Polish people new achievements in the noble cause of building socialism and safeguarding world peace. May the fraternal friendship between the peoples of China and Poland last forever!

Mao Zedong
Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
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
July 21, 1962