Telegram to the Chairman of the Central People's Government of the Chinese People's Republic Mao Tse Tung

On the occasion of the first anniversary of the foundation of the People's Republic of China

October 1, 1950

To the Chairman of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China, Mr. Mao Tse Tung.

On the occasion of the first anniversary of the foundation of the
People's Republic of China, please accept, Mr. Chairman, my fraternal
greetings. I wish the great Chinese people, and you personally, further
success in the building of an independent people's democratic China.

J. Stalin

("Daily Review," No. 230, 1 October, 1950)