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October 1, 1951

[Greetings to Mao Tse-tung, Chairman of the Central People’s Government, on the anniversary of the People’s Republic of China, October 1, 1951]

I am sending to the great Chinese people, to the Government of the People’s Republic of China and to you personally hearty wishes for further successes in the building up of People’s Democratic China.

May the great friendship of the People’s Republic of China and the Soviet Union, a friendship which is the firm guarantee of peace and security in the Far East, continue to become stronger! (For Peaceful Coexistence: Post War Interviews, International Publishers, New York, 1951)