Telegram from Mao Zedong and Others Greeting the Fifteenth Anniversary of the Signing of the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance, and Mutual Assistance

(February 13, 1965)

Moscow
Comrade L. I. Brezhnev, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union,
Comrade A. I. Mikoyan, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR,
Comrade A. N. Kosygin, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR:

On the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of the signing of the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance, and Mutual Assistance, we extend warm congratulations to the Soviet people, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and the Soviet government on behalf of the Chinese people, the Communist Party of China, and the Chinese government.

The Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance, and Mutual Assistance was signed on the basis of the traditional revolutionary friendship between the peoples of China and the Soviet Union and their common desire to unite against the enemy. This treaty conforms to the fundamental interests of the peoples of China and the Soviet Union, the peoples of the socialist camp, and the people of the whole world. The consolidation and strengthening of the great Sino-Soviet alliance are beneficial to opposing our common enemy—U.S. imperialism—to ensuring the common security of our two countries, and to safeguarding world peace and promoting the common cause of human progress.

U.S. imperialism is pursuing its policies of aggression and war throughout the world, particularly by intensifying the arming of Japan and West Germany and fostering militarism, striving to turn Japan and West Germany into springboards and nuclear bases for launching a new world war in Asia and Europe. Now U.S. imperialism is recklessly embarking on the adventurous path of armed aggression against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and further expanding the war in Indochina. The U.S. bandit chieftains bombing the Vietnamese people are clamoring for an expanded war. This is not only an encroachment upon the Democratic Republic of Vietnam but also an encroachment upon the entire socialist camp. This is not only a challenge to peace in Indochina but also a challenge to world peace. Current facts increasingly and clearly demonstrate that U.S. imperialism is the chief architect of policies of aggression and war and the most ferocious enemy of the people of the whole world.

Faced with a formidable enemy, our peoples of China and the Soviet Union and the peoples of the socialist camp must, under the revolutionary banner of Marxism-Leninism, the banner of unity of proletarian internationalism, and the fighting banner of opposing U.S. imperialism, closely unite, resolutely support the Vietnamese people and the people of Indochina in their armed struggle against the United States, resolutely support the Japanese people and the German people in their struggle against U.S. arming of Japan and West German militarism, resolutely support the Cuban people and the people of Congo (Leopoldville) in their struggle against U.S. armed intervention, and resolutely support the people of the whole world in their struggle against the policies of aggression and war of imperialism headed by the United States, and for world peace, national liberation, people’s democracy, and socialism, until final victory is won. This is an inescapable internationalist duty of every socialist country.

The Chinese people have consistently upheld Sino-Soviet friendship and unity and faithfully observed the obligations of the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance, and Mutual Assistance. No matter what happens in the world, the 650 million Chinese people will firmly stand together with the great Soviet people and with the peoples of the socialist camp. The eternal and unbreakable fraternal friendship between the peoples of China and the Soviet Union will endure forever.

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

Beijing, February 13, 1965

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Comment on the Draft of the Observer’s Commentary
“Where Is the United Nations Heading?” [1]
(February 14, 1965)

Very well written. Publish as is.

Mao Zedong
February 14

This comment was written on the draft of the Observer’s commentary “Where Is the United Nations Heading?—On de Gaulle’s Speech,” submitted by Zhou Enlai for review on February 14, 1965, for publication in *Renmin Ribao*. The commentary stated that most countries in the world are dissatisfied with the current state of the United Nations. French President de Gaulle’s speech criticizing the United Nations at a press conference on February 4 showed that even within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, some believe that the United Nations’ role as a world under U.S. domination should end. Now, from East to West, calls for a thorough reorganization of the United Nations are growing louder, and various proposals have been put forward. Regardless of the proposal, a common point is the demand to end the situation where the United States controls and manipulates the United Nations. The United Nations must correct its mistakes and undergo a thorough reorganization, which has become the prevailing aspiration and trend of the times. This article was published in *Renmin Ribao* on February 15, 1965.

On February 19, 1965, Mao Zedong met with Tanzanian President Nyerere.
On February 19, 1965, Mao Zedong met with President Nyerere of the Republic of Tanzania and viewed the gifts he presented.