893.00B/12–1349: Airgram
The Chargé in the united Kingdom (Holmes) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 15—11:15 a. m.]
A–2347. Following is a rough translation from the French of the text of a telegram said to have been addressed by Mao Tse-tung to Ho Chi-minh in response to a congratulatory message addressed by Ho Chi-minh to Mao Tse-tung by Radio Vietminh early in December. [Page 629] The French text of this message was supplied the Embassy informally by M. Jean Le Roy, Counselor of the French Embassy in London:
Thank you sincerely for your telegram dedicated to the occasion of the installation of the democratic government of China. China and Vietnam are both at the front of the anti-imperialist struggle developing victoriously; the struggle of the two peoples for their liberty will certainly render from day to day even closer the relationship between our two nations. May I express my best wishes for the consolidation of the unity between the Chinese and Vietnamese peoples? My best wishes also for the complete success of the cause of independence and democracy of the Republic of Vietnam.