In the next two days, Director Chen, who was supervising in Beijing, kept in close contact with the Air Force Command, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Civil Aviation Administration, inquiring about and supervising the opening of this international route. The impatient Director Chen almost had to
He cursed on the phone, but he still held it back.
On the night of April 9, around ten o'clock, Premier Zhou, who was waiting in Kunming, received a secret message from Director Chen from Beijing. The content of the secret message is briefly as follows:
"Prime Minister, we have just received the latest information. Chiang Kai-shek's secret service in Taiwan has known that our delegation will not pass through Hong Kong, but they still decided to implement Operation No. 1. According to investigations, they have paid a high price for a ground staff named Zheng from Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport.
, prepared to use the "Kashmir Princess" aircraft to stop for refueling and maintenance in Hong Kong, put a time bomb into the "Kashmir Princess" aircraft's fuel tank, and planned to blow up the special plane. After verification by Hong Kong insiders, this information is accurate."
After reading the sealed message, Premier Zhou concentrated for a moment and immediately called his office in Beijing, asking the staff on duty in the office to record his emergency notification and notify the Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately.
The main contents of Premier Zhou’s emergency notice are as follows:
"Immediately notify the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and inform the British Embassy of the People's Republic of China that our intelligence department has learned that the Kuomintang agents were preparing to place explosives on the aircraft before the Chinese delegation chartered the Air India aircraft 'Kashmir Princess' and arrived at Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong.
The China Agency, Xinhua News Agency Hong Kong Branch and some staff of the Chinese delegation waiting for the flight to Hong Kong.”
Please pay special attention to the content of the above notice. This notice is extremely important! It is the key to the "Star" plan.
That evening, the person on duty at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was Director of the General Office Dong Yueqian. He immediately conveyed the above instructions of Premier Zhou to the Xinhua News Agency Hong Kong Branch and the advance team of the Chinese delegation.
However, he did not inform the Executive Deputy Minister who is currently in charge of the daily work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs!
During this period, Premier Zhou Enlai also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs. During his absence, the Executive Deputy Minister was in charge of the daily work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The reason why Dong Yueqian did not notify this executive deputy minister is extremely nonsense! This executive deputy minister has a notoriously bad living habit. After ten o'clock every night, no one is allowed to disturb his sleep! Anyone who disturbs his sleep will
It will never end well!
God! He is the Executive Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of China! For this reason alone, he is incompetent!
From an outside perspective, there are always omissions in everything in the world! This is inevitable.
Astute Director Chen, there are also omissions in such a well-designed "Star" plan! This is also inevitable. He just didn't expect that this omission actually came from the fact that the executive deputy minister must go to bed after ten o'clock every night.
Go up, and no one is allowed to disturb him! The following results will be described slowly below.
At this time, when Huang Zuozhu, who was far away in Hong Kong, received the telegram from Dong Yueqian, he was sitting in Du Ziyuan's room in Chaohai Building, discussing the recent work with him.
He was surprised when he saw the telegram and didn't quite understand it. But Du Ziyuan, who was sitting next to him, understood very well that this was a key link in the "Star" plan and the link that he was most worried about.
He immediately said: "Old Huang, this notice is very important. I suggest that you immediately notify the Air India office in Hong Kong and warn them to strengthen the security of the 'Kashmir Princess'."
Huang Zuozhu immediately picked up the phone and said, "I'll tell the people in the branch to go immediately!"
Du Ziyuan suppressed his hand and said softly: "Old Huang, this matter is too important. It is a government charter flight, and there is no room for negligence. I suggest that you go in person and inform them seriously!"
Huang Zuozhu looked at Du Ziyuan's face and seemed to realize something. He immediately said, "Okay, I'll go in person."
At a little after twelve o'clock at night, Huang Zuozhu and two branch staff finally knocked on the door of the manager of Air India's Hong Kong office.
The fat Air India manager wrapped himself in his pajamas and asked Huang Zuozhu to sit down on the sofa. He asked in surprise: "President Huang, what's the matter with coming so late?"
Huang Zuozhu said: "Mr. Wim, Guizhou Airlines' Kashmir Princess flight will fly from Bangkok to Hong Kong at noon on April 11. Some members of the Chinese delegation will take this flight to Jakarta, right?"
Mr. Wim said: "Yes, this has been arranged for a long time. Please believe that the plane will arrive on time."
"However," Huang Zuozhu said seriously: "We have received reliable information that Taiwan's Kuomintang agents may take explosive action against the plane to prevent the Chinese delegation from traveling to Jakarta."
"This is impossible!" Mr. Wim's eyes widened. "The security at the airport is very tight. It is impossible for idlers to approach the plane. Besides, the plane only stays at Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport for more than an hour. It is impossible!"
"Mr. Wim," Huang Zuozhu's face became more serious, "This matter is very important, you must not ignore it! We have indeed received reliable information that the Kuomintang agents want to explode the plane. You must arrange reliable people to strengthen the monitoring of the plane.
Monitor. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, you won’t be able to take responsibility!”
The fat Air India manager looked at Huang Zuozhu's face and became a little uneasy. He said: "I will send more manpower to strengthen the safety supervision of the aircraft. I will ensure the safety of the aircraft. Is this okay?"
That night, when Huang Zuozhu left the home of the Air India manager, he felt very uneasy. Some comrades from the Chinese delegation would fly on this plane, including himself. Now, he had a very bad premonition that this "
"Kashmir Princess" aircraft has an unpredictable future!
Huang Zuozhu could not have known that the fate of the "Kashmir Princess" aircraft, which had an unpredictable future, was hastily determined the next day.
The next day is April 10th. Beijing, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China.
Dong Yueqian, Director of the General Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, went to work on time at eight o'clock. The first thing he did was to report the telephone instructions received from Premier Zhou Enlai last night to the Executive Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I guess the Executive Deputy Minister yesterday
He must have slept well at night because no one dared to disturb him at night.
As soon as the executive deputy minister saw the time recorded on the phone call, he knew that Premier Zhou's emergency instruction had been delayed all night. He also knew that the "Kashmir Princess" plane would fly through Hong Kong at noon tomorrow. In this case, he
With almost no careful thought, he hastily summoned Zhang Yue, deputy director of the Department of Europe and Africa, and asked him to make an urgent meeting with the counselor of the British Agency in China, Attis.
Deputy Director Zhang Yue immediately took out a paper and pen and recorded the following dictation of the Executive Deputy Minister:
"You informed Counselor Etis that some members of the Chinese delegation and eleven journalists will fly from Hong Kong to Bandung to cover the Asian-African Conference at noon tomorrow. We have learned that the Kuomintang agents will obstruct and cause trouble, so please
Counselor Etis told the British government and the Hong Kong authorities to take note that their safety must be taken care of."
Officials, please turn to the front to see how Premier Zhou Enlai gave his instructions, and then how the executive deputy minister explained to Deputy Director Zhang Yue.
Premier Zhou made it clear that "Kuomintang agents are preparing to place explosives on the plane." What the executive deputy minister said was, "Kuomintang agents will obstruct and cause trouble." There is a huge difference between these two sentences. The former clearly means that
The one refers to "aircraft", while the latter refers to "transit" from Hong Kong. The former clearly refers to "explosives", while the latter vaguely refers to "obstruction and trouble".
"Takeaway Department", "Takeaway Department", let people tell you what you are good at!
At 9:30 in the morning, Zhang Yue, Deputy Director-General of the European and African Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, met with the Counselor of the British Representative Office in China, Mr. Altis, and told him what the Deputy Minister had told him according to the script. He was just
A deputy director-general will never dare to change what the deputy director-general has given him.
Next, after Counselor Aytis carefully recorded what the deputy director said, he naturally asked questions such as "Members of the Chinese delegation, time of arrival in Hong Kong, arrival and departure time of the plane, and flight route". The deputy director
The chief was speechless and couldn't answer a word.
He had no choice but to say: "I will notify you by phone after I go back to find out."
This time the summons ended like this.
The former deputy director-general made sleep his top priority, while the latter deputy director-general did not do any homework before such an important diplomatic appointment. It is really unbelievable! Such a result made the Chinese government later deal with the British.
The diplomatic confrontation between the two countries fell into a very unfavorable passive situation.
Almost at the same time, Du Ziyuan, who was far away in Hong Kong, did not know that this situation would occur in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was just full of doubts out of professional instinct. At this time, two things happened almost at the same time. Du Ziyuan could only rely on his own
Professional instinct will handle it.
At about ten o'clock that morning, he, Huang Zuozhu, and Feng Dun were sitting in his room in Chaohai Building. This was the case almost every day these days. What they wanted to check and discuss were all the personnel of Taiwan's intelligence agency in Hong Kong.
Activities and changes, as well as their affiliations.
At this time, Pan Desheng, deputy editor-in-chief of Xinhua News Agency's Hong Kong branch, came to Chaohai Building and told them a situation.
He said: "Lao Huang, two couriers from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have arrived in Hong Kong. They have just arrived. They are carrying a batch of important official letters and are preparing to go to Jakarta to attend the Asian-African Conference. They heard that there will be a charter flight of a delegation going to Jakarta at noon tomorrow. So.
, they asked if they could take this plane.”
Huang Zuozhu already had some doubts about this plane. Therefore, he was a little hesitant.
At this time, Du Ziyuan, who was sitting next to him, said simply and decisively: "No! They must go to Jakarta according to the scheduled route! Lao Huang, I suggest, I suggest that you send two comrades to accompany these two couriers by boat to Jakarta."
