Pyongyang
Comrade Kim Il Sung, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of
Korea Prime Minister of the Cabinet of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Comrade Choi Yong-kun, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of
the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Comrades:
On the occasion of the 23rd anniversary of the founding of the Democratic People's Republic
of Korea, on behalf of the Communist Party of China, the Chinese government, and the
Chinese people, we extend our warmest congratulations to the Workers' Party of Korea, the
Korean government, and the brotherly Korean people.
For 23 years, under the wise leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea headed by Comrade
Kim Il Sung, the Korean people have held high the banner of anti-imperialist revolution and
trodden a glorious path. The heroic Korean people resisted the war of aggression launched
by U.S. imperialism, defeated the American invaders, and achieved great victory. In the
cause of socialist revolution and socialist construction, the Korean people, through self-reliance and arduous struggle, have achieved brilliant successes. Now, the Korean people are
forging ahead courageously to fulfill the various combat tasks set forth by the Fifth Congress
of the Workers' Party of Korea. The Chinese people are delighted and encouraged by the
tremendous achievements of the Korean people and sincerely wish the brotherly people of
Ming Dynasty new and greater victories in their future revolutionary struggles.
The current international situation is developing increasingly in favour of the people of all
countries and unfavourable to U.S. imperialism and all its running dogs. To escape its internal
and external predicament, U.S. imperialism is intensifying its collusion with Japanese
militarism and directing its spearhead of aggression against the peoples of Asia. However, in
the face of the united strength of the Korean, Chinese, and Indochinese peoples, as well as
the peoples of all Asian countries, all the aggressive plots of the U.S. and Japanese
reactionaries are bound to fail.
U.S. imperialism still occupies South Korea and, in collusion with Japanese militarism,
continually launches military provocations and war threats against the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea. The Korean people have waged a relentless struggle to oppose the
aggression of the U.S. and Japanese reactionaries and achieve the peaceful reunification of
their homeland. The Chinese people firmly support the just struggle of the Korean people



and firmly believe that the national aspiration of the 40 million Korean people to unify their
homeland will surely be realized.
The Chinese and Korean peoples share a profound fighting friendship. This friendship,
founded on the principles of Marxism-Leninism and proletarian internationalism, was forged
with blood in the protracted struggle against our common enemy and cannot be destroyed
by any force. In the common struggle against U.S. imperialism and Japanese militarism, the
Chinese people will forever stand united with the fraternal Korean people and fight shoulder
to shoulder until complete victory is achieved.
Long live the fighting friendship and great unity between the Chinese and Korean 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 8, 1971