Telegram of Mao Zedong et al. Mourning the Death of Zawadzki (August 8, 1964)

To Comrade Władysław Gomułka, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party, Warsaw,
To Comrade Edward Ochab, Vice-Chairman of the Council of State of the Polish People's Republic,
To Comrade Józef Cyrankiewicz, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Polish People's Republic:

We are shocked to learn of the unfortunate death of Comrade Aleksander Zawadzki, Chairman of the Council of State of the Polish People's Republic, Member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party, prominent Polish political activist, and friend of the Chinese people. We express our deep condolences to you with heavy hearts.

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

August 8, 1964

Printed according to the *People's Daily* of August 9, 1964.