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Comrades!

Let us hold our heads high for 1950. In a little more than three years, the people of the whole country have closed their ranks, rallied to support the People's Liberation Army, and won an astounding victory against the reactionary forces of the Kuomintang government! The war upon the mainland has basically been won, and only Taiwan and Tibet remain to be liberated, but this task still involves serious struggle. In certain areas on the mainland the Kuomintang reactionaries have resorted to bandit guerilla warfare and incited some backward elements against the People's Republic. They have organized many secret agents and spies to oppose our government and spread rumours among the people in an attempt to undermine the prestige of the Communist Party and the People's Republic, and to disrupt our unity and peace. These secret agents and spies are also engaged in sabotaging the people's economic undertakings, assassinating the personnel of the Party and government organizations and collecting intelligence for the imperialists and the Kuomintang reactionaries. It is a well known fact that the Kuomintang are merely the running dogs of the imperialists! All these bandits, secret agents and spies are merely imperialist lackeys. Despite their stubborn resistance, let it be known that the running dogs shall be crushed! Never again shall the forces of China be swept by the Kuomintang counter-revolutionaries. The people made their choice between the bright future that the Communist Party will deliver, and the world of darkness that the Kuomintang would have delivered - and they made their choice.

Has the dictatorial Chiang Kai-Shek government forgotten the decisive victories in the three great campaigns of Liaohsi-Shenyang, Huai-Hai and Peiping-Tientsin in the winter of 1948? It was during such revolutionary campaigns that the People's Liberation Army wiped out 1,830,000 troops of the reactionary Kuomintang and 980,000 of its bandit guerilla forces. Large numbers of reactionary secret service groups and agents have been located by our own forces - and for the counter-revolutionary acts of oppressing the peasants and undermining the People's Government, they have been dealt with appropriately. In the new liberated areas, the present task of the People's Liberation Army is to continue to wipe out the remnant bandits and that of the People's Public Security Organs is to continue to strike at the enemy's secret service groups. The great majority of the people throughout the country warmly support the Communist Party, the People's Government and the People's Liberation Army. Our nation-wide front against imperialism, feudalism, and bureaucratic-capitalism shall achieve final victory against the reactionary Kuomintang!

Comrades, let us not forget our friends across the world. I am genuinely pleased to hear of Comrade Stalin's warm support of our People's Republic. Not only is he a teacher and a friend to the people of China, but he is a teacher and a friend to the people of all the world! His extremely outstanding and extensive contributions to the cause of communism has been vital contributions to Marxist-Leninist theory. In the arduous struggle to resist their oppressors, the Chinese people have become deeply appreciative of the importance of Comrade Stalin's friendship. Under the leadership of Comrade Stalin, the working class of the world may achieve great unprecedented solidarity. Long live the great Stalin, leader of the world's working class and of the international Communist movement!

The world front of peace and democracy headed by the Soviet Union is stronger than it was last year. The people's movement for peace and against war has made headway in all countries. Despite such calls for peace on earth, it is unfortunate that, in particular, the colonialist schemes of the French Republic work against the wishes of the people. But the growing people's liberation struggles of the oppressed nations can not be crushed so easily, unlike the paper tigers of the French imperialists. The Chinese people stand by the people of Indochina who under the great leadership of Comrade Ho Chi Minh are sure to attain a glorious victory for an independent and flourishing country!

The Chinese people must stand united. Let us safeguard fruits of victory of the people's revolution, and let us persist in the people's democratic dictatorship and unite with our foreign friends. By our own indomitable efforts we the Chinese people shall overcome all difficulties in achieving a prosperous country standing equal amongst our socialist brothers.

[centre]Mao Zedong
[i]Chairman of the Communist Party of China[/i][/centre]