Telegram on the 29th Anniversary
(November 28, 1973)

Tirana
Comrade Enver Hoxha, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Albanian Party of Labour,
Comrade Haxhi Lleshi, President 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 fraternal Albanian people’s joyous celebration of the 29th anniversary of the liberation of their motherland, we, on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party, the Chinese Government, and the Chinese people, extend to you, and through you to the Albanian Party of Labour, the Albanian Government, and the Albanian people, our warmest congratulations.

Over the past 29 years, the heroic Albanian people, under the leadership of the Albanian Party of Labour headed by the great leader Comrade Enver Hoxha, have achieved brilliant successes on all fronts of socialist revolution and socialist construction, and have made important contributions in the struggle against Soviet revisionism and U.S. imperialism and in supporting the revolutions of the peoples of various countries. At present, the Albanian people, filled with revolutionary enthusiasm, are striving hard to implement the resolutions of the Sixth Congress of the Albanian Party of Labour. We wholeheartedly wish the Albanian people new and even greater achievements.

The Chinese and Albanian Parties, Governments, and peoples have forged a profound revolutionary friendship in the long struggle against imperialism, revisionism, and reaction, and in the cause of socialist revolution and construction. This friendship is built on the foundation of Marxism-Leninism and proletarian internationalism, and no force can ever undermine it. In the common struggle ahead, we will, as always, unite closely with you, fight shoulder to shoulder, and strive for even greater victories.

Mao Zedong
Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

Dong Biwu
Acting 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

Beijing, November 28, 1973