Telegram on the Fifteenth Anniversary of the Founding
(December 29, 1962)
Bucharest
Comrade G. Gheorghiu-Dej, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Romanian Workers’ Party and President of the State Council of the Romanian People’s Republic,
Comrade Ion Gheorghe Maurer, President of the Council of Ministers of the Romanian People’s Republic:

On the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of the founding of the Romanian People’s Republic, we extend warm congratulations, on behalf of the Chinese people, the Chinese Communist Party, and the Government of the People’s Republic of China, to the Romanian people, the Romanian Workers’ Party, and the Government of the Romanian People’s Republic.

Fifteen years ago today, under the leadership of the Romanian Workers’ Party, the Romanian people overthrew the monarchy, established a people’s power led by the working class, and opened a new period of socialist revolution and socialist construction in Romania.

Since the founding of the Romanian People’s Republic, the Romanian people, under the leadership of the Romanian Workers’ Party and the Government, have achieved tremendous successes in the cause of socialist transformation and socialist construction. The Chinese people feel heartfelt joy at these successes achieved by the fraternal Romanian people.

We wish the Romanian people new achievements in the cause of socialist construction and in safeguarding world peace. May the fraternal friendship between the peoples of China and Romania, founded on the principles of Marxism-Leninism and proletarian internationalism, grow ever stronger and develop further!

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

December 29, 1962