Telegram to Hungary and more
Telegram to the Minister President of the Hungarian People's Republic Istvan Dobi
On the occasion of the third anniversary of the signing of the Soviet-Hungarian Treaty of Friendship and Support
February, 1951
Please accept, Mr. Minister President, my greetings and best wishes on
the occasion of the third anniversary of the signing of the
Soviet-Hungarian Treaty of Friendship and Support.
J. Stalin
("Daily Review," No. 44, 21 February, 1951)
Greetings Telegram to the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Bulgaria Wylko Tshervenkov
March, 1951
Please accept my good wishes on the occasion of the third anniversary
of the signing of the Friendship and Support Treaty between the Soviet
Union and the People's Republic of Bulgaria.
J. Stalin
("Daily Review," Vol. 2, No. 67, 20 March, 1951)
Greetings and Good Wishes Telegram to the Kirov-Works Collective
On the occasion of the 150th Jubilee of the Kirov-Works and on its award of the Order of Lenin
"Pravda," April, 3, 1951
To the Director of the Works, Comrade Smirnov,
To the Chief Engineer of the Works, Comrade Sacharyin,
To the Party Organizer of the C.C., C.P.-S.U.(B.), Comrade Smirnov,
To the Chairman of the Management Committee, Comrade Bogdanov,
To the Comsomol Organizer of the C.C. of the Comsomol, Comrade Korssakov.
I congratulate and greet the Collective of men and women workers,
engineers, technicians and employees on the 150th Jubilee of the
Kirov-Works, formerly the Putilov-Works, and on its award of the Order
of Lenin.
As one of the oldest factories in the country, the Kirov-Works has
played an historic role in the revolutionary struggle of the Russian
working class to build Soviet power and in the strengthening of the
economy and the defence of our Motherland.
After the Great Patriotic War, the Collective has achieved great
successes in the reconstruction of the Works and the resumption of
production for the economy.
I wish you, Comrades Kirov-workers, further success in your work and in
the fulfilment of the task entrusted to you by the Party and the
government.
J. Stalin
("Pravda," 3 April, 1951)
Greetings Telegram to the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Hungarian People's Republic Istvan Dobi
On the occasion of the sixth anniversary of the liberation of Hungary by the Soviet army
April, 1951
On the occasion of the national day of celebration of the Hungarian
People's Republic, please accept my greetings and best wishes for the
further success of the Hungarian people.
J. Stalin
("New Germany," No. 80, 7 April, 1951)
Greetings to the Minister President of the People's Republic of Poland, Josef Cyrankiewicz
On the occasion of the sixth anniversary of the signing of the Soviet-Polish Treaty of friendship and Support
April, 1951
Please accept my sincere congratulations and best wishes on the sixth
anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Friendship and Support
between the Soviet Union and the Republic of Poland.
J. Stalin
("Daily Review," Vol. 2, No. 95, 24 April, 1951)
Greetings Telegram to the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Czechoslovakian Republic Antonin Zapotocky
On the occasion of the sixth anniversary of the liberation of Czechoslovakia from the fascist occupation
May, 1951
Please accept my congratulations to the Czechoslovakian government and
to you personally on the occasion of the sixth anniversary of the
liberation of Czechoslovakia from the fascist occupation, and also my
wishes for the further success in the political, economic and cultural
building of the Czechoslovakian Republic.
J. Stalin
("New Germany," Berlin Ed., No. 105, 10 May, 1951)
Telegram to the Representative of the Minister President of the German Democratc Republic Walter Ulbricht
On the occasion of the sixth anniversary of the liberation of Germany from the fascist yoke
May 17, 1951
To the Representative of the Minister President of the German Democratic Republic, Comrade Walter Ulbricht.
1 sincerely thank the government of the German Democratic Republic, and
you personally, for the friendly letter on the occasion of the sixth
anniversary of the liberation of Germany from the fascist yoke. I wish
the German people and the government of the German Democratic Republic
further success in uniting the democratic forces of Germany and in the
securing of peace.
J. Stalin
("New Germany," Berlin Ed., No. 111, 18 May, 1951)
Telegram to the State President of the People's Republic of Poland Boleslaw Bierut
On the occasion of the seventh anniversary of the liberation of Poland
July, 1951
Please accept, Comrade President, the sincere greetings and best wishes
of the Praesid-ium of the U.S.S.R., and myself, on the occasion of the
seventh anniversary of the liberation of Poland.
J. Stalin
("Daily Review," Vol. 2, No. 169, 24 July, 1951)
Telegram to the Minister President of the People's Republic of Poland Josef Cyrankiewicz
On the occasion of the seventh anniversary of the liberation of Poland
July, 1951
Please accept, Comrade Minister President, on the occasion of the
national day of celebration of the Polish Republic, my friendly
greetings to the Polish people, to the government of the Republic of
Poland and to you personally, and also my wishes for new success in the
further development of the democratic people's Poland.
J. Stalin
("Daily Review," Vol. 2, No. 169, 24 July, 1951)
Telegram to the Minister President of the Rumanian People's Republic Petru Groza
On the occasion of the seventh anniversary of the liberation of Rumania
August, 1951
On the occasion of the seventh anniversary of the liberation of
Rumania, the government of the U.S.S.R. and I myself, congratulate the
government of the Rumanian People's Republic and wish further success
to the Rumanian people.
J. Stalin
("New-Germany," Berlin Ed., No. 195, 24 August, 1951)
Answering Telegram to the Chairman of the Central People's Government of the Chinese People's Republic Mao Tse Tung
On the occasion of the sixth anniversary of victory oven. the Japanese imperialists
September 2, 1951
To the Chairman of the Central People's Government of the Chinese People's Republic, Comrade Mao Tse Tung.
I thank you, Comrade Chairman, for the high estimation of the role
which the Soviet Union and its fighting power played in the smashing of
Japanese aggression.
The Chinese people, and their liberation army have played a great role,
despite the machinations of the Kuomintang, in the liquidation of
Japanese imperialism. The struggle of the Chinese people and their
liberation army has helped the smashing of the Japanese aggression
profoundly.
It cannot be doubted that the unbreakable friendship of the Soviet
Union and the Chinese People's Republic serves and will serve to
guarantee peace in the far East against all and every aggressor and
arsonist of war.
Please accept, Comrade Chairman, the good wishes of the Soviet Union
and its fighting forces on the sixth anniversary of the liberation of
East Asia from the yoke of Japanese imperialism.
Long live the great friendship of the Chinese People's Republic and the Soviet Union!
Long live the Chinese People's Liberation Army!
J. Stalin
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the U.S.S.R,
("New Times," No. 36, 5 September, 1951, p. 1)
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)
Prohibition of Atomic Weapons *
October 6, 1951
[Interview with correspondent of Pravda, October 6, 1951]
Question: What is your opinion of the hubbub raised recently in the
foreign press in connection with the test of an atom bomb in the Soviet
Union?
Answer: Indeed, one of the types of atom bombs was recently tested in
our country. Tests of atom bombs of different calibers will be
conducted in the future as well, in accordance with the plan for the
defense of our country from attack by the Anglo-American aggressive
bloc.
Question: In connection with the test of the atom bomb, various
personages in the United States are raising alarm and shouting about
the threat to the security of the United States. Are there any grounds
for such alarm?
Answer: There are no grounds whatever for such alarm. Personages in the
United States cannot but know that the Soviet Union is not only opposed
to the employment of the atomic weapon, but that it also stands for its
prohibition and for the termination of its production. It is known that
the Soviet Union has several times demanded the prohibition of the
atomic weapon, but each time this has been refused by the Atlantic bloc
powers. This means that, in the event of an attack by the United States
on our country, the ruling circles of the United States will use the
atom bomb. It is this circumstance that has compelled the Soviet Union
to have the atomic weapon in order to meet the aggressors fully
prepared. Of course the aggressors want the Soviet Union to be unarmed
in the event of their attack upon it. The Soviet Union, however, does
not agree to this, and it thinks that it should be fully prepared to
meet the aggressor. Consequently, if the United States has no intention
of attacking the Soviet Union, the alarm of the personages in the
United States should be considered as pointless and false, because the
Soviet Union does not contemplate ever attacking the United States or
any other country.
Personages in the United States are vexed because the secret of the
atom bomb is possessed not only by the United States but also by other
countries, the Soviet Union primarily. They would like the United
States to be the monopolist of the production of the atom bomb. They
would like the United States to have unlimited power to intimidate and
blackmail other countries. But on what grounds do they think so? By
what right do the interests of preserving peace require such monopoly?
Would it not be more correct to say that matters are directly the
opposite, that it is the interests of preserving peace that require
first of all the liquidation of such a monopoly and then the
unconditional prohibition of the atomic weapon too? I think that the
proponents of the atom bomb may agree to the prohibition of the atomic
weapon only if they see that they are no longer monopolists.
Question: What is your opinion regarding international control of the atomic weapon?
Answer: The Soviet Union stands for prohibiting the atomic weapon and
terminating the production of the atomic weapon. The Soviet Union
stands for the establishment of international control over the fully
exact and conscientious implementation of the decision to prohibit the
atomic weapon, to terminate the production of the atomic weapon and
utilize the already produced atom bombs solely for civilian purposes.
The Soviet Union stands for precisely this kind of international
control. American personages also speak of control, but their control
presupposes not the termination of the production of the atomic weapon,
but the continuation of such production in quantities conforming to the
amounts of raw material at the disposal of different countries.
Consequently, the American control presupposes not prohibiting the
atomic weapon, but making it legal and lawful. Thereby the right of the
warmongers to annihilate tens and hundreds of thousands of peaceful
inhabitants with the help of the atomic weapon is made lawful. It is
not difficult to understand that this is not control but a mockery of
control and a deception of the peaceful aspirations of the peoples. It
is clear that such control cannot satisfy the peace-loving peoples who
demand the prohibition of the atomic weapon and the termination of its
production.
(For Peaceful Coexistence: Post War Interviews, International Publishers, New York, 1951)
Telegram to the Minister President of the German Democratc 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. 1 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)
Answering Telegram to the Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Korean Democratc Republic Kim Ir Sen
On the occasion of the third anniversary of the establishment of
diplomatic and economic relations between the U..S.S.R. and the Korean
People’s Democratic Republic
October 20, 1951
Comrade Chairman, in the name of the government of the Soviet Union and
myself, please accept our thanks for your greetings and good wishes on
the occasion of the third anniversary of the establishment of
diplomatic relations between our countries.
I wish the brave Korean people success in their heroic struggle for the freedom and independence of their homeland.
J. Stalin
("Daily Review," Vol. 2, No. 246, 21 October, 1951)
Telegram to the Minister President of the German Democratc Republic Otto Grotewohl
On the occasion of the thirty-fourth anniversary of the Great Socialist October Revolution
November, 1951
To the Minister President of the German Democratic Republic, Comrade Otto Grotewohl.
Please accept, Comrade Minister President, the thanks of the Soviet
government and myself for your congratulations and good wishes on the
thirtyrfourth anniversary of the Great Socialist October Revolution.
J. Stalin
("New Germany," Berlin Ed., No. 270, 20 November, 1951)
Greetings Telegram to the President of the Czechoslovakian Republic Klement Gottwald
On the occasion of his 55th Birthday
November 23, 1951
Dear Comrade Gottwald,
I send you sincere congratulations on your birthday and wish you
success in your work for the well-being of the fraternal
Czechoslovakian people.
J. Stalin
("Daily Review," vol. 2, No. 275, 25 November, 1951)
New Year Message to the Japanese People
December 31, 1951
To the Chief Editor of the Kyodo Agency, Mr. Kiishi Iwamoto
Dear Mr. Iwamoto! I have received your request to send the Japanese people a message for New Year.
It is not a tradition of Soviet statesmen to send greetings to the
people of another state. But the great sympathy that the people of the
Soviet Union have for the Japanese people, who have suffered misery
through foreign occupation, leads me to make an exception to the rule
and to accede to your request.
I ask you to convey to the Japanese people my wishes for their freedom
and happiness, as well as success in their courageous struggle for the
independence of their homeland.
The people of the Soviet Union have in the past, learnt to know
themselves, the terror of foreign occupation, in which the Japanese
imperialists took part. Therefore, they fully understand the sorrow of
the Japanese people, have great sympathy for them and believe that the
rebirth and independence of their homeland will be achieved, even as it
was by the people of the Soviet Union.
I wish the Japanese workers liberation from unemployment, from poor
wages, the abolition of high prices for consumer goods and success in
the struggle for keeping peace.
I wish the Japanese peasants liberation from landlessness and
poverty, the abolition of high taxes and success in the struggle for
keeping peace.
I wish the entire Japanese people and their intelligentsia, complete
victory of the democratic forces of Japan, the revival and prosperity
of the economic life of the country, a blossoming of national culture,
knowledge and art as well as success in the struggle for keeping peace.
J. Stalin
("New Germany," Berlin Ed., No. 2, 3 January, 1952)
Telegram of Thanks to the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany
January 3, 1952
To the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, Wilhelm Pieck, Otto Grotewohl, Walter Ulbricht.
I thank you and, through you, the Central Committee of the Socialist
Unity Party of Germany, for your congratulations and good wishes.
J. Stalin
("New Germany," Berlin Ed., No. 2, 3 January, 1952)
Telegram of Thanks to the Representative of the Minister President of the German Democratic Republic Walter Ulbricht
January 3, 1952
To the Representative of the Minister President of the German Democratic Republic, Comrade Walter Ulbricht.
I thank you, Comrade Deputy of the Minister President, for your congratulations on my birthday.
J. Stalin
("New Germany," Berlin Ed., No. 2, 3 January, 1952)
Telegram of Thanks to the Party Director of the Communist Party of Germany
January, 1952
To the Party Director of the Communist Party of Germany, Max Reimann.
I sincerely thank you and, through you, the Party Directorate of the
Communist Party of Germany, for your congratulations and good wishes.
J. Stalin
("Socialist People's Newspaper," 7 January, 1952)
Telegram to the Workers of the Magnitogorsk Steel Works Combine
On the occcasion of the twentieth anniversary of the opening of the Combine
January 31, 1952
To the Magnitogorsk Steelworks Combine. To the Director of the Combine, Comrade Borissov.
To the Chief Engineer of the Combine, Comrade Voronov.
To the Party Organizer of the C.C., C.P.S.U.(B.), Comrade Svetiov.
To the Chairman of the Trade Union, Comrade Pliskanos.
To the Comsomol Organizer of the C.C. of the Comsomol, Comrade Pankov.
I greet and congratulate the men and women workers, engineers,
technicians and employees of the Magnitogorsk Steelworks Combine and
the "Magnitostroj" Trust on the twentieth anniversary of the opening of
the Combine, the mighty metallurgic basis of the country.
The steel workers of Magnitogorsk have, as upright sons and daughters
of our Motherland, throughout the years, honestly and devotedly worked
for the development of the production capacity of the Combine,
successfully applied the new technology, continued the unbroken
production of metal and honourably fulfilled the task set by the Party
and the government to supply our country with metal.
I wholeheartedly wish you, Comrades, new success in your work.
J. Stalin
("Pravda," 31 January, 1952)
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