Tirana
Comrade Enver Hoxha, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party of Labor of
Albania;
Comrade Haci Rehi, Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Assembly of the People's
Republic of Albania;
Comrade Mehmet Shehu, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of
Albania,
Dear Comrades:
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Albania's independence and the 28th anniversary
of its liberation, on behalf of the Communist Party of China, the Chinese government, and
the people, we extend our warmest congratulations to you, the Party of Labor of Albania,
the government, and the people of Albania.
After a long and valiant struggle, the heroic Albanian people have achieved independence
and liberation and entered the great socialist era.
For 28 years, under the wise leadership of the Albanian Party of Labor, headed by the great
Marxist-Leninist Comrade Enver Hoxha, the Albanian people have held high the red banner
of Marxism-Leninism, upheld the dictatorship of the proletariat, and achieved brilliant
victories in the cause of socialist revolution and socialist construction. The Albanian Party of
Labor and the Albanian people have resolutely opposed modern revisionism centred on
Soviet revisionism and imperialism headed by the United States, and have firmly supported
the revolutionary struggles of all oppressed nations and peoples in the world. Your
revolutionary spirit has earned the respect of people around the world.
The friendship between the Chinese and Albanian parties, countries, and peoples is great
and unbreakable. Let us unite closely under the banner of Marxism-Leninism, fight shoulder
to shoulder, and advance together in the cause of socialist revolution and socialist
construction, and in the struggle against imperialism, revisionism, and reactionaries.
We wish the Albanian Party of Labor and the Albanian people new and greater victories!
May the revolutionary friendship and fighting unity between the Chinese and Albanian
parties, countries, and peoples last forever.



Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
Dong Biwu, Acting President 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, November 27, 1972