Hanoi Comrade Ho Chi Minh, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of
Vietnam and President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, Comrade Truong Chinh,
Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic
of Vietnam, and Comrade Pham Van Dong, Prime Minister of the Government of the
Democratic Republic of Vietnam:
On the 23rd anniversary of the declaration of independence of the Democratic Republic of
Vietnam, on behalf of the Chinese people, the Communist Party of China, and the
Government of the People's Republic of China, we extend our warmest congratulations to
the Vietnamese people, the Workers' Party of Vietnam, and the Government of the
Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
The heroic Vietnamese people, under the leadership of the Workers' Party of Vietnam
headed by President Ho Chi Minh, achieved a great victory in the War of Resistance Against
U.S. Aggression and National Salvation. This was the result of the Vietnamese people's
fearless sacrifice, arduous struggle, and persistence in the people's war, waging a tit-for-tat
struggle against the aggressive U.S. imperialism. The victory of the Vietnamese people in the
War of Resistance Against U.S. Aggression and National Salvation has contributed to the
struggle of peoples around the world against U.S. imperialism.
U.S. imperialism's ambition to occupy South Vietnam and divide the Vietnamese nation
remains unwavering. To achieve this goal, it is simultaneously expanding its aggression
against Vietnam and engaging in a massive peace negotiation scheme. The Soviet modern
revisionist leadership is collaborating in this effort, striving to abort the Vietnamese people's
war of resistance against the U.S. and national salvation. The Soviet modern revisionist
leadership has long been the number one accomplice of U.S. imperialism in its aggression
against Vietnam.
However, even the combined might of US imperialism and Soviet revisionism cannot save
the American invaders from inevitable defeat in Vietnam. Their arrogant attempt to collude
with each other to redivide the world is meeting with increasingly fierce resistance from the
people of all countries. The more US imperialism and Soviet revisionism collude, the more
clearly the people of the world see that they are of the same ilk.
The situation in the Vietnamese people's war against the US and for national salvation is
excellent. Although we will encounter various difficulties and twists and turns on the road
ahead, we firmly believe that the 31 million Vietnamese people, long-tested by war, will



achieve final victory in the war against the US and for national salvation as long as they carry
forward their thoroughgoing revolutionary spirit and persevere in the protracted struggle.
The 700 million Chinese people will, as always, firmly support the Vietnamese people in
their war to resist the United States and save their nation.
Long live the fighting friendship between the Chinese and Vietnamese peoples!
Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
Lin Biao, Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
Zhou Enlai, Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Beijing,
September 1, 1968