You Shaoqing said: "Okay, I already know what you mean. You don't have to say anything anymore. I handle my own affairs myself. No matter what the consequences are, I will bear them myself. Let me put something here first,
I hope you won’t get involved in this matter, I don’t want to hurt my relationship with you.”
Gu Shangbin thought about this matter again and felt that this was the best outcome. Being able to maintain a special relationship with You Shaoqing would be beneficial to his future work, and it might even be a bargaining chip in his hand.
.So, although he didn't say anything at this time, he had already made up his mind to keep a distance from this dangerous matter.
So, he said calmly: "Young Master, I already know what you are thinking. As for me, I have already said what I need to say. Maybe you are tired too, so just take a good rest. When this matter is over, I will
Contact you again."
You Shaoqing smiled and said, "Mr. Gu, when I have time, I'll go eat fish balls with you."
Gu Shangbin smiled bitterly, waved to her, stood up and left the ward.
Almost at the same time, Zuo Shaoqing, You Shaoqing's sister, also met an unexpected person, Metz, in the lobby downstairs of Chaohai Building.
She separated from Feng Dun from the surveillance point and went directly back to her room in Chaohai Building. She ate a simple lunch, got a few changes of clothes for herself and her sister, and prepared to go to St. Mary's Hospital.
When she took the elevator downstairs, she saw Mace standing up from the sofa by the window and looking at her with a smile. She understood that everyone was secretly acting for the sake of their sisters.
They went to the tea room next to the hall and sat at a small round table to drink tea. Zuo Shaoqing guessed that Metz must already know what happened yesterday afternoon.
Sure enough, Metz drank tea and said bluntly: "Young Master Zuo, I have heard about the terrible thing that happened yesterday afternoon. First of all, I feel sorry for your sister's injury, and I sincerely hope she recovers as soon as possible.
Secondly, I don’t want anything unexpected to happen again, which will affect the larger matter that you and I have discussed. Do you understand what I mean?”
Zuo Shaoqing looked at him calmly and said, "Mr. Metz, your news is coming soon."
Metz said quietly: "Anything that involves our interests, we must understand as soon as possible. If possible, take appropriate measures as soon as possible. This is what I am most concerned about now. Secondly, I want to ask more,
Is there any news about the matter we discussed?"
Zuo Shaoqing shook his head, "I don't want to hide it from you, and I probably can't. I don't have any news, so you have to wait."
Metz nodded and drank tea quietly. He just said casually: "I hope there will be news as soon as possible."
Zuo Shaoqing lowered his head and picked up his tea cup to hide his eyes.
A person's eyes will always reveal his thoughts. She looked down at the tea cup, just not wanting Metz to see her eyes. She vaguely realized that there must be something wrong with Metz's request for the Chinese government to release the captured US pilots.
Particularly important. But she couldn't imagine how important it was for a captured American pilot to require Mace to pay so much attention. She just wanted to hide the doubts in her eyes.
At this time, Metz laughed and said: "Young Master Zuo, I found that I am indeed a bit pedantic, very ridiculous pedantic, isn't it? When I was in Nanjing, I always wanted to establish a relationship with your party through Mr. 'Huaishu'
A channel through which we can keep in touch, but it has not been established. I am very pedantic, and I have been riding a horse to find a horse. In fact, you are my best channel! Isn't it?" He smiled with a smile on his face.
Zuo Shaoqing looked at him calmly and said softly: "Is our pipeline useful? I heard that China and the United States have ambassadorial-level talks in Poland, and the talks are very frequent."
But Mace waved his hand to her, "Those bureaucrats are useless." When he saw Zuo Shaoqing's face, he quickly changed his words and said, "I'm referring to the U.S. government, not your Ministry of Foreign Affairs."
To put it calmly, the channel between Metz and Zuo Shaoqing did play an extraordinary role.
To put it more calmly, the ambassadorial-level talks between China and the United States in Poland were hosted by the diplomatic departments of the two countries. From August 1955 to February 1970, there were a total of 130 talks.
Six times, but as Metz said, no reasonable results were achieved. By January 1968, it had actually stopped.
In January 1969, Nixon was elected President of the United States. At that time, the relations between the three major powers China, the United States, and the Soviet Union had reached a tense stage. During this period, China and the United States had the intention of getting closer to each other, and even released each other.
has sent many signals of reconciliation. From China’s perspective, it has carried out ping-pong diplomacy, Chairman Mao met with Snow, and proactively released arrested Americans, etc., all of which have shown this intention. The United States has also expressed this intention. They have successively relaxed
The economic blockade against China, the withdrawal of U.S. warships cruising in the Taiwan Strait, the removal of nuclear weapons in Japan, etc. However, during this period, although China and the United States had wishes, they did not have a platform to talk to each other.
Nixon did not want to restart the ambassadorial-level talks between China and the United States in Poland. The talks were hosted by the diplomatic department of the U.S. government and had not produced any positive effects for more than ten years. He did not believe that the bureaucrats in the diplomatic department could handle matters between China and the United States. He
A more effective and secretive channel was urgently needed. At that time, Dr. Kissinger, assistant to the US National Security Advisor, was searching everywhere and unexpectedly discovered that the CIA also maintained a low-level communication "channel" with the Chinese Communist Party in Hong Kong.
.
In April 1969, Metz, who was about to retire, went to Hong Kong on a top-secret mission to meet with Zuo Shaoqing.
On that day, Metz met in secret with Zuo Shaoqing. Without reminiscing about old times, he said directly: "According to instructions from high-level officials of the U.S. government, I would like to find out through you whether we can establish a relationship between China and the United States at a certain high-level level."
A secret and effective communication channel. Let me emphasize, it is not the kind of ambassadorial-level talks between China and the United States in Poland."
Zuo Shaoqing knew that this matter was of great importance, so he reported the situation to the country through Long Jinyun that night.
Afterwards, Du Ziyuan verified that the report was transferred from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but it has since disappeared.
In the following months, Metz met with Zuo Shaoqing several times, but received no news. They looked at each other silently. They both understood that there was nothing they could do about this situation.
In September 1969, Nixon could not wait for the good news brought to him by Metz for a long time, so he had to instruct the U.S. Ambassador to Poland Stossel to try to resume ambassadorial-level talks between China and the United States in Poland. However, Nixon soon
It soon became apparent that this ambassadorial-level meeting was meaningless. He still needed a more effective channel.
In China, Chairman Mao I and Premier Zhou are also anxious about the current international situation.
Chairman Mao I and Premier Zhou Enlai knew that China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs was weak and incompetent and could not be relied upon. Starting from February 1969, they abandoned the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and appointed four marshals Chen Yi, Xu Xiangqian, Nie Rongzhen, and Ye Jianying to form a new team.
Conduct in-depth research on international issues, and prepare strategic changes to exploit the contradictions between the United States and the Soviet Union to change China's policy toward the United States.
In September 1969, the four marshals stated in their report "Perspectives on the Current Situation": "In the struggle between the three major forces of China, the United States, and the Soviet Union, the United States is against China, the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union is against China and the United States.
They must use them to seek their greatest strategic interests." Chen Yi proposed the idea of strategically using the contradictions between the United States and the Soviet Union to open up Sino-US relations.
However, the problem remains that there is no reliable and effective communication "channel" between China and the United States. And neither side wants to take advantage of the already-defunct ambassadorial-level talks between China and the United States in Poland.
During this period, China and the Soviet Union were on the verge of war. In March 1969, China and the Soviet Union had three large-scale armed conflicts on Zhenbao Island. Hardliners within the Soviet Union advocated launching a war against China. The West
The media contributed to this. The "Washington Star" published the news: "The Soviet Union intends to carry out a surgical nuclear strike against China." The article said: "According to reliable information, the Soviet Union intends to use medium-range ballistic missiles to attack China's important military bases -
—Surgical nuclear strikes were carried out in Jiuquan, Xichang missile launch base, Lop Nur nuclear test base, and important industrial cities such as Beijing, Changchun, and Anshan."
On September 11, 1969, Kosygin, Chairman of the Soviet Council of Ministers, held an extremely "frank" meeting with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai at the Beijing Airport. This "frankness" meant that the two sides were on the brink of war.
Premier Zhou firmly said to Kosygin: "You have mobilized so many troops to the Far East. Who wants to fight a war? You said you would use preemptive means to destroy our nuclear base. If you do this, we will declare that this is a war.
, this is aggression! We will resist resolutely and resist until the end!"
On September 16, London's "Saturday Post" published an article by Victor Lewis, who claimed to be a Soviet journalist but was actually a KGB agent, stating that "the Soviet Union may launch an air attack on China's Lop Nur base in Xinjiang."
On September 23, China successfully exploded an underground atomic weapon with a yield of 20,000 tons. On September 29, China used a bomber to air-drop a hydrogen weapon with a yield of 3 million tons, which also exploded.
Success. This is China’s most severe warning to the Soviet Union!
However, this series of diplomatic incidents that were on the verge of war scared the shit out of the weaklings in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
They finally understood with great fear that they must now borrow the power of the Americans. They remembered that in April of that year, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China received a report on the United States' proposal to establish a new communication channel. They had to transfer this report
Find the report and give it to Premier Zhou Enlai.
In December 1969, Zuo Shaoqing, who was far away in Hong Kong, finally received instructions from China, ordering her to contact Metz.
