Telegram to the Minister President of the German Democratic Republic Otto Grotewohl

On the occasion of the second anniversary of the foundation of the German Democratic Republic

October 7, 1951

To the Minister President of the German Democratic Republic, Comrade Otto Grotewohl.

On the national day of celebration - the second anniversary of the foundation of the German Democratic Republic - please accept, Comrade Minister President, my congratulations. I wish the German people, the government and you personally, further success in the building of an united, independent, democratic, peace-loving German state.

J. Stalin

("Daily Review," Vol. 2, No. 234, 7 October, 1951)