Chairman Nguyen Huu Tho of the Central Committee of the National Liberation Front of
South Vietnam:
On the eighth anniversary of the founding of the National Liberation Front of South 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 people of South
Vietnam and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam, who stand at the forefront of
the anti-U.S. struggle.
For eight years, the heroic people of South Vietnam have unleashed a revolutionary spirit of
courage, tenacity, and perseverance. Under extremely difficult conditions, they have
persevered in the people's war, annihilating large numbers of the effective forces of the U.S.
puppet and vassal forces, and leaving the U.S. invaders completely defeated and cornered.
The great victory achieved by the people of South Vietnam in the War to Resist U.S.
Aggression and Save the Nation has laid the foundation for the final defeat of U.S.
imperialism and the realization of the great goals of liberating the South, defending the
North, and ultimately reunifying the motherland. It has also made a contribution to the
revolutionary struggles of oppressed peoples and nations throughout the world.
The practice of the Vietnamese people's war to resist U.S. aggression and save the nation
has once again proven that U.S. imperialism is a paper tiger, strong on the outside but weak
on the inside. Its strength is limited, and it cannot withstand the blow of the people's war
and can be completely defeated.
Unwilling to resign itself to its defeat in Vietnam, U.S. imperialism is waging a desperate
struggle, resorting to the counter-revolutionary tactics of military adventures and political
deception. The traitorous Soviet revisionist clique is intensifying its dirty political dealings
with the U.S. imperialists to help them extinguish the revolutionary flames of the
Vietnamese people. However, all the machinations and schemes of the U.S. imperialists and
Soviet revisionists will not prevail against the time-tested Vietnamese people.
The Vietnamese people's war against the US and for national salvation is a just war. We
believe that the 31 million heroic Vietnamese people, under the leadership of their great
leader, President Ho Chi Minh, will persevere in the people's war and overcome the
difficulties on the road ahead, drive the US and its invaders out of Vietnamese territory, and
achieve final victory in the war against the US and for national salvation.
The 700 million Chinese people firmly support the Vietnamese people in carrying the war
against the US and for national salvation to the end!



Final victory will surely belong to the heroic Vietnamese people!
Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Mao Zedong
Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Lin Biao
Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Zhou Enlai
December 19, 1968