Speech Delivered at the Reception Celebrating the Signing of the Agreement on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet

#PUBLICATION NOTE

This edition of Speech Delivered at the Reception Celebrating the Signing of the Agreement on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet has been prepared and revised for digital publication by the Institute of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism under the Central Committee of the Communist Party in Switzerland on the basis of the edition published in People's China, Volume 3, Number 12, Supplement, Beijing, 16th of June, 1951.

#INTRODUCTION NOTE

This is a speech delivered by Comrade Mao Zedong at the reception given by the Central People's Government to celebrate the signing of the Agreement on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet in Beijing, China on the evening of the 24th of May, 1951. The guests of honour were Panchen Ngoerhtehni and his leading officials as well as the members of the Delegation of the Local Tibetan Government, headed by Kaloon Ngabou Ngawang Jigme. Present also at the reception were Deputy Chairpersons Zhu De, Liu Shaoqi, and Li Jishen of the Central People's Government and other leading officials and leaders of democratic political parties and people's organizations.

#Workers and oppressed people of the world, unite!

#SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE RECEPTION CELEBRATING THE SIGNING OF THE AGREEMENT ON MEASURES FOR THE PEACEFUL LIBERATION OF TIBET

#Mao Zedong

#24th of May, 1951

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For several hundred years, the various nationalities in China were not united. In particular, there was disunity between the Han people and the Tibetan people. There was also disunity among the Tibetan people. This was the result of the rule of the reactionary Manchu government and the Jiang Jieshi government, as well as the result of imperialist provocation and sowing of dissension.

Now the forces led by the Dalai Lama and the forces led by Panchen Ngoerhtehni have united together with the Central People's Government. This has been achieved only after the Chinese people overthrew imperialism and domestic reactionary rule. This unity is a fraternal unity, and not that of one party oppressing another. This unity is the outcome of concerted efforts by all quarters. From now on, based on this unity, all our nationalities will grow and progress in all spheres, in every political, economic, and cultural sphere.