Telegram to the Representative of the Minister President of the German Democratic Republic Walter Ulbricht

On the occasion of the sixth anniversary of the liberation of Germany from the fascist yoke

May 17, 1951

To the Representative of the Minister President of the German Democratic Republic, Comrade Walter Ulbricht.

I sincerely thank the government of the German Democratic Republic, and you personally, for the friendly letter on the occasion of the sixth anniversary of the liberation of Germany from the fascist yoke. I wish the German people and the government of the German Democratic Republic further success in uniting the democratic forces of Germany and in the securing of peace.

J. Stalin

("New Germany," Berlin Ed., No. 111, 18 May, 1951)