Budapest
Telegram on the Eighteenth Anniversary
(April 3, 1963)

Comrade Kádár János, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party and Premier of the Hungarian People’s Republic Workers’ and Peasants’ Revolutionary Government,
Comrade Dobi István, Chairman of the Presidential Council of the Hungarian People’s Republic:

On the occasion of the eighteenth anniversary of the liberation of Hungary, we extend, on behalf of the Chinese people, the Chinese Communist Party, and the Chinese Government, warm congratulations to the Hungarian people, the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party, and the Hungarian Workers’ and Peasants’ Revolutionary Government.

Over the past year, the Hungarian people, under the leadership of the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party and the Workers’ and Peasants’ Revolutionary Government, have achieved successes in socialist construction and have made unremitting efforts to safeguard peace in Europe and the world. We wish the Hungarian people continued successes in all fields in the future.

There exists a profound friendship between the peoples of China and Hungary. Our two peoples support each other in the struggle against imperialism and in the cause of building socialism. The Chinese people will, as always, steadfastly strive, on the basis of Marxism-Leninism and proletarian internationalism and on the basis of the Moscow Declaration and the Moscow Statement, to strengthen the friendship and unity between the peoples of China and Hungary and to strengthen the friendship and unity among the peoples of all countries in the socialist camp. The Chinese people will work together with the Hungarian people and the peoples of all countries in the world for new victories in the cause of peace, national independence, democracy, and socialism.

May the fraternal friendship between the peoples of China and Hungary endure 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

April 3, 1963

On April 4, 1963, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, and others received representatives attending the National Women’s Work Conference.