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"After Eisenhower's speech, Voice of America, Radio Free Europe and other countries will strengthen propaganda in East Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and other countries, emphasizing the weakness of the Soviet regime after Stalin's death, and the implication is to encourage these countries to break away from the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact. "
"The United States and the President of the United States have stated that they know nothing about the incitement and infiltration of these broadcasts, and have nothing to do with them. If internal turmoil occurs in these Eastern European countries and develops to a certain extent, the United States will take action.
This wave of operations in the United States has caused some things, mainly the Pilsen riots in Czechoslovakia on June 1953, 6, and the 1 in East Germany.The East German People's Police "clacked" to suppress this wave of riots. If Beria hadn't been tinkering with his idea of the unification and demilitarization of the two Germanys at that time, the resolution of this matter could have been more straightforward.Under the background that the United States is unwilling to directly confront the Soviet Union, the means that the United States can use should be these at most.This kind of operation of hiding underground all the time has very limited effects, at most it will cause some troubles to Eastern European countries, and there will be no major changes.
Chapter 28, Transaction in Progress
Geoje Island, a UN POW camp.
As the second largest island in South Korea after Jeju Island, Geoje Island covers an area of more than 400 square kilometers. In addition to the independent prisoner-of-war camps for volunteer prisoners of war, there are also 7 Korean People’s Army prisoner-of-war camps built on the island. The total area of the seven prisoner-of-war camps is almost as large as the prisoner-of-war town near Fengcheng.
Francis Dodd, who was demoted from brigadier general to colonel by Clark last time, miraculously stayed on Geoje Island and continued to serve as the director of the prisoner-of-war camp.Compared with half a year ago, some changes have quietly taken place in the prisoner-of-war camp on Geoje Island.
First of all, the number of military doctors and doctors sent to Geoje Island has increased. Most of the medical resources are concentrated in the camp where the volunteer prisoners of war are held. These more than 2000 volunteer prisoners—no, at the Huachuan negotiation venue, the United Nations negotiators reported The number was 3050, and Clark demanded that no more people die from illness or other causes.Under the joint surveillance of medical personnel and Colonel Dude, from September 1952 to March 9, the number of captured volunteers changed from 1953 to 3, and only 2316 died of illness.
In addition to a large number of doctors on standby, Colonel Dude also stopped allowing volunteer prisoners of war to do hard labor. Anyway, there are only 2000 people, which is not short of this manpower.The number of prisoners of war held in the seven Korean People's Army prisoner-of-war camps next door is 7.
More than half of them were captured in the early days of the Korean War. After reaching Busan, they were unable to fight again and the whole army collapsed and were captured. Another third were the people's army troops that were dispersed in the early days and went up to the mountains to serve as guerrillas. Over the past two years Food and ammunition can't help the defeated and captured.
There were 11 Korean People’s Army prisoners of war captured by the United Nations Army at its peak, and some of them were identified as members of the Workers’ Party and shot dead when they were in the hands of the South Korean Army. Let’s go, there are still deaths on Geoje Island. This number is recorded by Colonel Dude in a small book: over the past two years, more than 1 prisoners of the Korean People’s Army in the prisoner-of-war camp died of illness and were injured.
However, the remaining 81000 prisoners of war still greatly exceed the number of South Korean prisoners of war in the hands of the Korean People's Army.There are 34000 South Korean prisoners of war in the hands of the Korean People's Army.
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"The captive policy of North Korean comrades is really...unspeakable."
Li Kenong reported to the Prime Minister.As a member of the Hwacheon Veteran Support Group who participated in the armistice negotiations for more than a year, he has a detailed understanding of the internal situation of the Korean People's Army.
"From our entry into North Korea to participate in the war to the beginning of 1953, there were almost 5000 South Korean prisoners captured by the Volunteer Army and handed over to the Korean People's Army. There are definitely not a few South Korean soldiers captured by the Korean People's Army in previous battles. But they are now Only 2100 South Koreans with names and surnames can be reported. Including the more than [-] US troops they captured on the battlefield and managed by themselves, that’s all.”
After listening to Li Kenong's report, the Prime Minister could only purse his lips and shake his head.
"At the Hwacheon negotiations, the Americans and South Koreans should make some demands that will allow them to make up for it."
"The South Korean side feels that it is at a disadvantage by exchanging prisoners of war. It is proposed that the personnel captured by each other in South Korea and North Korea will decide where to go by voluntary repatriation."
Prime Minister:……
Since the Korean War, the population loss of young and middle-aged people on both sides has been extremely serious. When the North and the South were planning how to rebuild and develop after the war, they found that the number of young and middle-aged men in their own territory had dropped below the warning line—whether in the city or in the countryside, walk into the village Or in the neighborhood, what you see is mostly old, weak, sick, and young women, and young men are as rare as rare animals.
Both the North and the South are in such a difficult situation, so the 8 to [-]/[-] prisoners of war on hand have become important assets that both sides want to secretly fight for.The ownership of these tens of thousands of young and middle-aged people may even affect the smooth reconstruction of the country after the war.
North Korea has always regarded the Korean War as a war of national reunification and liberation. In 1950, the captured South Korean officers and soldiers first went through a grievance meeting and political mobilization, and then many soldiers became liberation fighters and voluntarily joined the Korean People’s Army. To be fair, no manpower wasted.But apart from those mobilized to join the Korean People's Army, what happened to the "reactionary officers, spies, and traitors" piled up layer by layer in the valleys in northern North Korea.It's cool to shoot for a while, let's negotiate the crematorium.
"The only breakthrough now lies in the United States," the Prime Minister said. "The North-South issue of captives is not just an issue between the North and the South. The United States also has more than 2000 prisoners of war to be resolved together. The United States now cares about their prisoners and has sincerity." The armistice agreement was signed. The voluntary repatriation of captured persons from both sides obviously violates international conventions, and North Korea will never agree. If the United States wants to push the negotiation forward, then they should negotiate with South Korea and use another way to achieve both Let the South Korean side be satisfied, and North Korea can accept it."
Li Kenong: "Fortunately, we still have a secret contact channel in Hong Kong, so let Comrade Chen Fengsu make a suggestion when negotiating with the US side."
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Another 12000-ton Greek freighter docked in Guangzhou, the third in the past week.Not only are the tonnages similar, but the cargo is also exactly the same, full of wheat.
When China and the United States were spying, both Mr. Chen and Mr. Morris were a bit embarrassing. Mr. Morris dared not say that the ransom was paid for prisoners of war, and Mr. Chen also avoided using the term "ransom". The things that the big boss explained must always be negotiated.Since the United States has really prepared 4 tons of wheat, the Chinese side issued a large list of materials they want, and there are always two or three items that the United States cannot provide in the near future. During the negotiation, these materials will be replaced by other materials. And there is still some price difference, which is filled with the 4 tons of wheat.
The [-] U.S. prisoners of war lived in China for two years, and if the meat is converted into food, the [-] tons of wheat are really food expenses.
In Shanghai, two [-]-ton freighters sailed into the Huangpu River, and the mechanical equipment in the belly of the ship was hoisted to the dock one by one.The freighter was flying the Danish flag. The crew was colorful and came from different countries. The handover officer was a Malaysian. He took the list and didn’t ask too many questions. He was only responsible for confirming with the port personnel that the goods were complete and intact.
A cargo ship also flying the Danish flag docked at the pier in Qingdao, unloading in the same mysterious way.
Tang Hua and Zhang Su, director of the Bureau of Chemical Industry, were in the port area when the equipment on the cargo ship was unloaded at the pier repaired half a year ago in Tianjin Port. The small building they stayed in was less than 400 meters away from the pier where the cargo was being unloaded.
"It's unexpected that a lot of good things suddenly fell from the sky," Zhang Su said. "It's all fine chemical equipment from the West in the past two years. It may take at least half a year for the Chemical Industry Bureau to digest them all."
"Fortunately, I urged you to build the Beijing Institute of Chemical Technology last year." Tang Hua said with a smile,
"The school started last year, and it took three years to go out to students. Maybe Beihua will temporarily act as a fast-track engineer training seminar. Select technicians with a cultural foundation, and use half-year to one-year intensive training methods to let them understand the new technology. How to use the equipment, so that these equipment can be put into use earlier."
Last year, Tang Hua thought about 6 American captives, 6 each, which could be exchanged for [-] million U.S. dollars.But now the two sides are discussing the final agreement in secret in Hong Kong. The "compensation" paid by the United States is not [-] million US dollars, but [-] million US dollars...
This is not counting the unfreezing of more than 3 million US dollars of foreign exchange and more than three tons of gold that we originally had overseas.
The method of payment of compensation in the United States is not a transfer, but a time window agreed by the two parties, and the import channel is temporarily opened. All these hundreds of millions will be turned into mechanical equipment, medicines, industrial machines, scarce metal alloys, etc. to be shipped to China.
This list was drawn up by Tang Hua in Shanghai during the Spring Festival. The main import focus is on equipment that cannot be purchased from the Soviet Union or similar products in the Soviet Union are far behind the West.
In Tianjin, Tang Hua looked at unloading high-purity inorganic salts, chemical fibers, polymer organic chemical equipment, and so on.
If the Chemical Industry Bureau does not lose the chain, this batch of equipment can solve ultra-high-quality photoresists/masks, rubber tires, high-energy solid propellants, plastics, and can also build a chemical fiber production line, but there is currently a shortage of oil.
In Dalian, although Tang Hua did not go to the scene, he knew that a batch of hard alloy steel processing equipment and several sets of petrochemical drilling tools were unloaded there.
As part of the exchange, the activities of students studying in the United States were finally lifted.
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Los Angeles, USA.
"Mr. Qian, you are free. The travel ban prohibiting you from leaving Los Angeles has been revoked. In addition, the ban on Chinese students studying abroad from leaving the United States has also been revoked."
In his not-so-spacious residence, Qian Xuesen put down the pen in his hand, heaved a long sigh, and then simply said: "Thank you."
Qian Xuesen's good friend Frank Mapo from Caltech came to tell him the good news.Seeing that Qian Xuesen was still not very interested, he asked again: "Qian, although you are now prohibited from engaging in research and development of cutting-edge US defense technologies, Caltech intends to hire you as a professor, and it does not restrict you from engaging in general technology and science research. Research, what do you think?"
In 1950, Qian Xuesen was temporarily detained by the U.S. Department of Justice in the Termino Island Prison for 15 days. Caltech came forward to release Qian Xuesen on bail pending trial, but he was not allowed to leave Los Angeles County.During the bail pending trial, Tang Hua asked the liaison officer of China Resources to find Qian Xuesen and let him take advantage of the loophole to leave the United States. Qian Xuesen said no, I must win this lawsuit.Qian Xuesen hired Grant Cooper, a well-known defense lawyer in New York City, to fight the lawsuit with the US Immigration Service for more than two years, and finally won. The court proved that Qian Xuesen did not steal US defense secrets.But the Department of Justice's travel ban on him was not lifted immediately, and by March 1953, all bans disappeared.
Hearing what Frank Marble said, Qian Xuesen replied: "I am very grateful to you and Caltech for helping me in the past three years. But I have just regained my freedom. I want to go to Caltech to visit Mr. von Karmen first, and then Go to the East Coast, travel and meet Mr. Einstein at Princeton, then go to Europe."
Frank Marble: "It looks like you started the process of returning to China."
Qian Xuesen neither denied nor affirmed, but just smiled: "The Federal Bureau of Investigation also made a written report, saying that the confidential information I know will become obsolete and useless after five years. Now three years have passed If you count from when I was called by McCarthy to do a loyalty survey, it is almost four years. I went back to China, um, and planted apple trees at home."
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Hong Kong.
"Mr. John, I got you the TV you mentioned last time, and it's there. The latest model, the infrared remote control version."
Mr. Chen pointed to a corner of the small meeting hall, where there was a big box with the words "HUAWEI" written on the outside of the box.
Seeing the TV set in hand, Mr. John narrowed his eyes with a smile, "Great, great, I would like to express my sincere thanks for your work efficiency."
"Your frozen account at HSBC was unfrozen two days ago, and I also saw you transfer the funds away, then the job is done." After getting a small bribe, Mr. John was in a good mood, "But I will Personally, I would like to remind you that Swiss banks are not fully insured. If you need a long-term stable account as an international trade account, then using a third-country registered company as a cover is the best way. Where did I say that? By the way, Luo Charles Royce."
Mr. Chen nodded with a smile.
Mr. John put away his smile, "This time I also have good news to tell you, the technical data of Rolls-Royce-Viper, um, and the technical data of Olympus, we are ready. God Well, the British government paid Rolls-Royce 1000 million pounds for this, which is not counting several hush money..."