Telegram on the Successful Flight of the Spaceship
(March 21, 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:

The Chinese people are extremely delighted by the successful flight and smooth landing of the Soviet spaceship "Voskhod-2," piloted by Colonel Belyayev and Lieutenant Colonel Leonov. This is a great achievement of the Soviet working people. On behalf of the Chinese people, we extend to you, and through you to the fraternal Soviet people, the Soviet scientific workers, spaceship commander Comrade Belyayev, and cosmonaut Comrade Leonov, our warm congratulations. We wholeheartedly wish the fraternal Soviet people continued new successes in the cause of conquering outer space.

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

March 21, 1965