Warsaw
Telegram on the 20th Anniversary [I]
(July 21, 1964)

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 20th anniversary of Poland’s Rebirth Festival, we extend warm congratulations to you and to the fraternal Polish people. We congratulate the Polish people on the achievements they have made in the cause of socialist construction.

The peoples of China and Poland have forged a profound friendship in the long common struggle of revolution. Safeguarding and strengthening this friendship not only fully conforms to the fundamental interests of our two peoples but also benefits the unity of the socialist camp. The Chinese people will, as always, continue to strive on the basis of Marxism-Leninism and proletarian internationalism, and on the revolutionary principles of the 1957 Declaration and the 1960 Statement, to strengthen the friendship and unity of our two peoples, to strengthen the unity of the socialist camp, to oppose the imperialist policies of aggression and war, and to defend world peace. The Chinese Government and the Chinese people have consistently and resolutely supported the Polish people in their struggle against the aggressive and revanchist policies of West German militarism fostered by U.S. imperialism.

May the friendship between the peoples of China and Poland grow and consolidate with each passing day.

Mao Zedong
Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

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, 1964

[I]
This is a telegram jointly sent by Mao Zedong, in his capacity as Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, together with Liu Shaoqi, Chairman of the People’s Republic of China, Zhu De, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, and Zhou Enlai, Premier of the State Council, to 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, and Comrade Józef Cyrankiewicz, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Polish People’s Republic, congratulating them on the 20th anniversary of Poland’s Rebirth Festival.