Translation:Gazette of the State Council of the People's Republic of China/1963/Issue 14/Telegram from Premier Zhou Enlai of the State Council to the Ninth World Conference against A and H Bombs

= Telegram from Premier Zhou Enlai of the State Council to the Ninth World Conference against A and H Bombs =

Hiroshima,

Ninth World Conference against A and H Bombs:

On behalf of the Chinese government and the Chinese people, I extend my warmest congratulations to the people of Japan and friends from various countries attending the Ninth World Conference against A and H Bombs in Hiroshima.

I would like to express my sincere respect for the thousands upon thousands of individuals who participated in Japan's Sixth National Peace March, held throughout the country in support of the Conference.

The people of Japan, who have experienced the calamity of nuclear weapons, have consistently stood at the forefront of the brave struggle against nuclear weapons of the world's people. The annual World Conference against A and H Bombs, initiated by the Japanese people and held in Japan, effectively reflects the hopes and demands for peace from people of various countries. The struggle of the Japanese people, as well as the people of all countries, exerts strong pressure against imperialist policies involving nuclear threats pursued by the United States. Despite already possessing a significant number of nuclear weapons, U.S. imperialism has resorted to various deceptive tactics in response to global public pressure. These tactics are used to conceal its ongoing development and production of nuclear weapons, as well as its activities involving nuclear threats and blackmail. The danger of nuclear war has not decreased but has increased. Therefore, this year's conference is of special significance.

The Chinese government and people firmly believe that nuclear weapons must be comprehensively, thoroughly, clearly and unequivocally prohibited and destroyed. Effective measures that can be agreed upon by all parties must be taken to eliminate the threat of nuclear war.

The threat of nuclear war does exist. However, we firmly believe that, as long as the correct path is followed and the struggle is persisted in, this threat can be eliminated, atomic and hydrogen bombs can be prohibited, and peace in the Far East and the world can be upheld. Nuclear weapons threaten both you and us. Our two nations' peoples are siblings. Regardless of how complex the situation may be, the Chinese people will always stand firmly with the Japanese people in demanding the prohibition of nuclear weapons.

Wish the conference great success.

Zhou Enlai Premier of the State Council People's Republic of China July 31, 1963