Telegram to the Minister President of the People's Republic of Poland Josef Cyrankiewicz

On the occasion of the Polish National Holiday

July 22, 1950

On the occasion of the national holiday, – the anniversary of the rebirth of the Polish Republic, – please accept, Mr. Minister, my sincere greetings to the Polish people, to the government of the Polish Republic and to you personally.

The Soviet people wish the fraternal Polish people further success in their efforts to build a democratic people's Poland. J. Stalin

("New Germany," Berlin Ed., No. 169, 23 July, 1950)