Chapter 13 Handshake between "Dr. Mimeograph" and American Doctor——Deng Xiaoping and Kissing (1)

Kissinger's name is very familiar to Chinese people.The American Jew, who opened the door to Sino-US relations with US President Nixon, forged a deep friendship with the older generation of Chinese revolutionaries Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai.As for his communication and friendship with Deng Xiaoping, there are really many little-known stories, and it seems to be somewhat parallel to the "fall" and "rise" of Deng Xiaoping's life. When Mao Zedong and Kissinger were talking about friends, women, and dealing with Soviet aggression in the study room of the swimming pool in Zhongnanhai, the No. 46 express train bound for Beijing added a special carriage and received a "Southeast Asian" at Jiangxi Yingtan Station. Foreign guests"——"Deng Xiaoping is back! Deng Xiaoping is back!" Foreign reporters rushed to send out this headline.

At 12:15 on July 9, 1971, Kissinger set foot on Chinese soil for the first time.This highly secretive flight was planned by him and Nixon. It should be said that Kissinger was able to undertake this trip, and he should thank Nixon for his tolerance.As early as when Nixon was running for the presidency, Kissinger was the "senior participant" in the campaign of Rockefeller, the president of Nixon's rival Mobil Oil Company. "Ridiculous"!But in the first round of voting, Nixon won by 692 votes to 277. Kissinger was outraged by this.However, what surprised Kissinger and the whole of the United States was that after Nixon was elected president, he appointed Kissinger as his national security adviser.

Nixon's way of employing people is indeed admirable!This "hawk" politician who started as an "anti-communist" started his close contact with the Chinese Communist Party. In September 1970, he once said to the famous American "Time" magazine reporter: "If there is anything to do before I die, it is to go to China. If I can't go, I hope my children can go to China." Go." A few days later, a group photo of an American and the leader of the Chinese people, Mao Zedong, on the Tiananmen Rostrum was published prominently on the first page of the People's Daily.This person is Edgar Snow, an American progressive journalist familiar to the Chinese people and the author of A Journey to the West.This was directed by Premier Zhou Enlai to send a signal to the U.S. government to "thaw" Sino-U.S. relations. Unfortunately, Nixon, who was far away on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, did not understand this unique and implicit expression of the Chinese.

It was not until April 1971, after the US table tennis team visited China, that there was "ping-pong diplomacy" in which "small balls" promote "big balls".Kissinger set off on July 1, 1971, and began "a task to understand the situation in South Vietnam, and then to Paris for consultations with the US ambassador to France. On the way to Paris, he will go to Thailand, India, Pakistan..." .After arriving in Pakistan, Kissinger suddenly felt "occasional discomfort, stomachache".Pakistani President Yahya Khan invited Kissinger to his northern villa to "rest for a few days" on the pretext that Islamabad was "hot".

In this way, Kissinger "rested" to Beijing, China, and started his secret trip. He held secret talks with Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai for Nixon's visit to China-the door of Sino-US relations was thus opened. On the evening of July 15, 1971, Nixon appeared on American TV screens and read out the "July 15 Communiqué" that shocked the world. Nixon would visit China before May 1972. In February 1973, Kissinger came to Beijing for the fifth time.In a book called "Kissinger's Secret Records", we can see the confidential records of Sino-US negotiations that have been sealed in dust for nearly 30 years.

At 11:35 p.m. on February 17, 1973, Zhou Enlai led Kissinger and Lord into the study of Zhongnanhai Swimming Pool where Mao Zedong lived.Mao Zedong stood up supported by the nurse beside him, and shook hands with the guests.The photographer was busy taking pictures.Tang Wensheng and Shen Ruoyun were both present as interpreters. Mao Zedong said: I don't look bad, but God has already issued an invitation to me.He said to Lord again: You are so young, and I am the oldest here. Zhou Enlai: I am the second oldest. Mao Zedong smiled and said: You also oppose us, and we also oppose you.So we are each other's enemies.

Kissinger said: Former enemies. Mao Zedong said: Now our relationship can be regarded as FRIENDSHIP friends. Kissinger said: This is our thinking.I told Premier Zhou that we have not talked with other countries as openly and honestly as we have with you. Mao Zedong said: Let us not tell lies or play tricks.We won't steal your files, you can put them where you want, test it out.We don't engage in wiretapping either.None of these tricks worked.As I said to your reporter Snow, your CIA is of little help when it comes to major events. Kissinger said: This is indeed true.Our experience goes like this.

Mao Zedong said: They did not do well, for example, they did not understand Lin Biao.Likewise, they don't know that you want to come to China.Your president also said when he sat here that everyone has a way of doing what they need.This has also led to the cooperation between our two countries. Kissinger: Yes, we all face the same danger.Sometimes we use different methods, but the goal is the same. Mao Zedong said: This is very good.As long as everyone has the same goal, I won't hurt you and you won't hurt me.Then we can work together to take down an impostor. (Laughs at this point.) Of course, there are actually times when we want to criticize you and you want to criticize us.According to your president, this is influenced by ideology.You will say, get out of the Communist Party, but we will say, get out of the imperialists.Sometimes we say things like this, and it doesn't work if we don't.

Kissinger said: I think both of us have to be true to our principles.In fact, if our words were all the same, it might confuse the situation. Zhou Enlai said to Mao Zedong: We have decided to set up liaison offices in the capitals of both sides to maintain contact between Huang Hua (the first permanent representative to the United Nations) and the White House. Mao Zedong asked: What is the importance? Zhou Enlai: The Liaison Office will handle the exchange affairs of ordinary people.As for confidentiality and urgent affairs, it is not included, which will be handled by the management office represented by Huang Hua.

Mao Zedong said to Kissinger: Huang Hua's life is hard.He did a good job with you, and now he is rushing back to Shanghai with a sprained back. Kissinger said: When he returns to office, we will find him a good doctor. Mao Zedong said: Huang Hua seems to be safer with you. He fell down as soon as he returned to Shanghai. Zhou Enlai laughed out loud.Mao Zedong said to Kissinger again: Since your president watched the performance of the Chinese acrobatic troupe, I think the Vietnam issue will be resolved soon.And rumor has it that you're about to wrestle too.The ladies present were not very satisfied with this matter.

Everyone laughed, especially the ladies who laughed the loudest. Mao Zedong also said with a smile: Some people say that if the doctor collapses, we will also have no jobs.The volume of trade between China and the United States is pitifully small, but gradually increasing.You have to know that China is very poor, we have nothing (things), but there are a surplus of women. There was another laugh. Kissinger also jokingly said: If there is a surplus of women, let’s export them to the United States. There is no quota limit, and we are exempt from taxes. Mao Zedong said with a smile: If so, we can give you a few, or a thousand. Zhou Enlai also said: Definitely.Be voluntary. Mao Zedong continued to smile and said: This can reduce our burden.But, Mr. Doctor, I must warn you that it would be a disaster if they were to come to your place. The laughter started again. Kissinger said: We do not only consider commercial interests in our economic and trade relations with China. Mao Zedong said: If you want us Chinese women, we can give you 10 million. The ladies here laughed especially hard. After turning the topic to the issue of relations with Japan, Mao Zedong said: Today I said some nonsense, for which I must apologize to the women in China. Kissinger said: The ladies here are very competent translators.Is the chairman learning English now? Mao Zedong said: I heard rumors that I am learning English, I don't care about these rumors, they are all false.I know a few English words, but not grammar. Tang Wensheng said: Chairman invented an English word. Mao Zedong said: Yes, I invented an English vocabulary --- paper tiger. Kissinger laughed and said: Paper tiger? !By the way, that means us. Then, Mao Zedong and Kissinger talked about the ideas of both sides if the Soviet Union attacked China. Mao Zedong said: If Russia attacks China, I tell you now that we will use guerrilla warfare and protracted warfare, and we will let them go wherever they think.They think of the Yellow River Basin, that's great, very good!It wouldn't be so bad if they went further to the Yangtze River Basin! Kissinger said with a smile: But what if they use bombs and don't send troops? Mao Zedong said: What should we do?Maybe you can form a committee to look into this, and we'll let them go on a rampage, and they'll lose a lot of resources. Kissinger said: If they attack China, we will definitely oppose them on our grounds. Mao Zedong said: But your people have not awakened, and Europe and you will think that it is a good thing that the disaster is flowing to China. Kissinger said: I can't judge what Europe thinks, they will not do anything, because they basically have nothing to do with this matter.We considered that if the Soviet Union occupied China, it would affect the security of other countries and cause our isolation. The meeting lasted nearly two hours, and it was not over until 1:10 a.m. on February 18, when Zhou Enlai signaled the photographer to come into the study and take a group photo. After that, Zhou Enlai and Kissinger held six talks.The sixth meeting started at 0:25 midnight on the 18th.The venue for the talks is Building No. 3 of Diaoyutai.The two sides discussed the wording of the press communiqué for Kissinger's visit to China, and quickly reached a consensus. The talks ended at 2:10 am on February 19. At the entrance of the lobby of Building No. 4, Zhou Enlai and Kissinger hugged and shook hands, and said goodbye easily.Immediately after bidding farewell to Kissinger, Zhou Enlai returned to Zhongnanhai Xihua Hall, and asked the secretary anxiously and concernedly, "Is there any news from Nanchang?" The secretary quickly replied: "He has arrived in Yingtan safely this afternoon. If the express train is not delayed, he can start at noon tomorrow." Who was the person Zhou Enlai cared so much about the news from Nanchang? This person is none other than Deng Xiaoping. At around 11:00 am on February 20, 1973, an express train No. 46 bound for Beijing from Fuzhou with a special carriage added slowly stopped at Yingtan Railway Station.At that time, Yingtan Station was just an inconspicuous station, but on this day, the railway department had received relevant instructions from the General Office of the Central Committee that this special carriage would receive a "foreign guest from Southeast Asia" here.The "foreign guest from Southeast Asia" who took this train today was Deng Xiaoping.Followed by four generations of his family.There are wife Zhuo Lin, stepmother Xia Bogen, daughters Deng Lin and Deng Nan, son-in-law Zhang Qin, a newborn grandson, and secretary Wang Ruilin. You know, at that time, leaders of Southeast Asian countries, such as Prince Sihanouk of Cambodia, received special courtesy from Chairman Mao Zedong and Premier Zhou Enlai.How did Deng Xiaoping become a "foreign guest from Southeast Asia"?As you all know, in 1971, after Lin Biao's "September 13" incident, Deng Xiaoping's political life faced a turning point.Premier Zhou Enlai arranged for him to start from Jinggangshan in mid-November 1972 to make an investigation visit to the old base areas of the Central Soviet Area, the agricultural production in Jiangxi, and the Jingdezhen ceramics factory. matter.However, before the inspection, it is necessary to greet the local government or unit to make reception arrangements in advance, but this involves the safety of Deng Xiaoping.At that time, although the "Lin Biao Group" had collapsed, the "Gang of Four" was still in power, some local rebels or people who made their fortunes by rebellion were still very active, and extreme "left" thoughts were still rampant.In addition, Deng Xiaoping has not yet officially announced his comeback, and he still wears the hat of "the second capitalist roader in the party" on his head.Under such circumstances, Deng Xiaoping went to various places to inspect, and if some special measures were not taken, it would be difficult to guarantee that there would be no accidents.The reason why Zhou Enlai chose the old revolutionary base was that the people there had deep feelings for the revolution of the old comrades of the Red Army, and the power of the "Gang of Four" was relatively weak.Perhaps from the perspective of security and protection, Deng Xiaoping would notify the local government in advance that there would be "foreign guests from Southeast Asia" visiting a certain place.But who "invented" this mysterious and special title may not be able to be checked now.However, this title undoubtedly played a role in Deng Xiaoping's investigations in the old areas of Jiangxi and his security work when he returned to Beijing during the years of extreme "Left" turmoil. According to Mr. Shi Aiguo's introduction in the article "First Visit to Jinggang": In Fengshuping, the crowd in Sanwan looked at the visiting "foreign guests from Southeast Asia" in surprise.This "foreign guest" was wearing a gray Chinese tunic suit and a pair of old black leather shoes. He was not tall, but very energetic, and occasionally revealed a Sichuan accent.They look more and more familiar. "Deng Xiaoping has come to Sanwan!" "The 'foreign guests from Southeast Asia' who were informed yesterday that they would come to visit turned out to be Deng Xiaoping." People rushed to tell each other, spontaneously gathered near the gate of Sanwan Guest House from their homes and fields, and watched Deng Xiaoping who had disappeared for several years with curious eyes. Deng Xiaoping’s return to Beijing this time was based on the instructions of Chairman Mao Zedong, personally arranged by Premier Zhou Enlai, and under the specific command of Wang Dongxing, Director of the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee directly transported Deng Xiaoping’s family from Nanchang to Yingtan by car, and then transferred to Fuzhou. No. 46 express train to Beijing.Wang Dongxing requested that confidentiality and security must be done well to ensure the absolute safety of Deng Xiaoping and his family. Zhou Enlai's illness was discovered on May 12, 1972.A few days later, after discussions and summarization by well-known urologists and pathologists from Beijing, Tianjin, and Shanghai, Zhou Enlai was diagnosed with bladder cancer on May 18.According to "Zhou Enlai Chronicle", on November 11, health doctors Bian Zhiqiang and Zhang Zuoliang wrote a report to Ye Jianying, Li Xiannian, Li Desheng, Ji Dengkui, and Wang Dongxing, reporting in detail the development of Zhou Enlai's heart disease since May, and listed blood pressure, Pulse, electrocardiogram, blood in the stool and other inspection data, the report said: After organizing expert consultations, it was agreed that "Comrade Enlai's heart disease is relatively serious" and "serious attention must be paid in time."The report suggested that Zhou Enlai "should pay special attention to rest, increase sleep, reduce work and other feasible measures."After reading it, Ye Jianying and others agreed with the opinions in the report and emphasized that Zhou Enlai's health should be protected.After reading it, Mao Zedong commented: "You should rest and save labor, and you should not be careless." Premier Zhou Enlai, who has dedicated himself to death, is well aware of his illness, but he also knows that the responsibility lies on his shoulders, and there is a long way to go. He continues to stick to his post without any reduction in workload.Half a year later, at around 6 a.m. on January 13, 1973, after reviewing a large number of documents, Zhou Enlai went to the bathroom to wash up. While urinating, he suddenly passed out a large amount of bright red hematuria, and his condition suddenly deteriorated.The medical team immediately wrote a "condition report" to the Party Central Committee.But Zhou Enlai, who was 75 years old at this time, still persisted in his work.At the same time, he thought about the issue of successors, that is, to solve the problem of Deng Xiaoping's comeback.Because he knew that Mao Zedong was also seriously ill at this time, so it was imperative to find ways to speed up the pace of Deng Xiaoping's comeback. On February 21, 1973, Deng Xiaoping quietly returned to Beijing.Zhou Enlai presided over the Politburo meetings continuously, discussing the issue of Deng Xiaoping's comeback.Although Mao Zedong had issued instructions on the Deng Xiaoping issue several months ago, there was still considerable resistance, and the Politburo was full of struggles.For this reason, on March 9, Zhou Enlai wrote a letter to Mao Zedong on the issue of Deng Xiaoping's return, reporting several discussions by the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on the restoration of Deng Xiaoping's organizational life and the position of vice premier of the State Council, and proposed: "The Politburo believes that It is necessary for the central government to make a decision and send it to the county and regiment-level party committees, so that the party committees at all levels can explain it to the masses inside and outside the party. And tell: Comrade Xiaoping has returned to Beijing now.” After Mao Zedong issued an order to "agree", Zhou Enlai immediately instructed Wang Dongxing to send the Central Committee's document on Deng Xiaoping's reinstatement and its attachments to Deng Xiaoping himself, and to comment on the relevant content after reading it. On March 10, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the "Decision on Resuming Comrade Deng Xiaoping's Party Organization Life and the Post of Vice Premier of the State Council".After all this was done, Zhou Enlai asked Mao Zedong for a two-week leave of absence to go to Yuquan Mountain for treatment.Two weeks later, when Zhou Enlai returned to Xihua Hall in Zhongnanhai, the first thing he did was to handle Deng Xiaoping's official comeback. On March 28, accompanied by Li Xiannian, then Executive Vice Premier of the State Council, he met with Deng Xiaoping.This was the first meeting between the two after the impact of the "Cultural Revolution" turmoil. There was no time for a long talk, but they only talked about Deng Xiaoping's participation in the work of the State Council as a vice premier of the State Council. The next day, Zhou Enlai asked Deng Xiaoping to go to Mao Zedong for a meeting.Photos of the meeting between Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping were published in many newspapers and albums.After the meeting, according to Mao Zedong’s opinion, Zhou Enlai presided over a Politburo meeting, and agreed that Deng Xiaoping “formally participate in the work of the State Council’s business group, and participate in foreign activities as the vice premier of the State Council; on important policy issues, Comrade Xiaoping attends the Politburo meeting to participate in the discussion.” .So far, Deng Xiaoping's comeback has been completed.But Zhou Enlai still needed to pick an opportunity for Deng Xiaoping to make a public appearance as vice premier. On April 2, Zhou Enlai went to Yuquan Mountain for surgery. On April 9, after Zhou Enlai's operation, Deng Xiaoping and Zhuo Lin went to Yuquan Mountain to have a long talk with Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao, and they had dinner together. Two days later, at 7:30 p.m. on April 12, Zhou Enlai held a grand banquet in the banquet hall of the Great Hall of the People to welcome Prince Sihanouk and his wife who returned to Beijing after inspecting the Liberated Areas of Cambodia.Wearing a gray Chinese tunic suit, Deng Xiaoping was particularly eye-catching when he appeared in the lively banquet hall.This time Deng Xiaoping attended the banquet in his capacity as vice premier of the State Council, and it was also the first time that the "No. 2 capitalist roader in the CCP" who was defeated during the "Cultural Revolution" met with Chinese and foreign people in public.All members of the Politburo except Mao Zedong participated in this dinner.The well-known Hungarian journalist Balachi Denes who was present at the time later described people's surprise at Deng Xiaoping's comeback in his book "Deng Xiaoping": It was in April 1973, at a banquet held in Beijing, that I met him for the first time.He stood alone in the hall.He was obviously short in stature, but his body was broad and shouldered, and he looked resolute and powerful.Wearing a dark Mao-style cadre uniform, but the socks are white.At this moment, he certainly knew that from afar, from the many round tables in the Great Hall of the People, hundreds of pairs of eyes were watching him curiously, because he suddenly appeared before people from a forgotten corner after disappearing. .Among those who were overwhelmed by the political earthquake of the "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution" seven years ago, and then restored their reputation and re-emerged, he is the one with the highest status. At that unforgettable reception, the Chinese leaders who were waiting for the banquet to start were chatting in groups of three or four, while he was alone and silent.However, his two large European-like eyes were scanning all the people present. It seemed that this loneliness did not make him feel uneasy at all. struggle.The scene in front of me is: here are some heroes of the "Cultural Revolution" who have deprived him of all powers not long ago; there are political victims.But he now stands in the halls of power again, as one of the deputy prime ministers. At this moment, what can they deduce from each other?Deng Xiaoping, however, did not receive his old title and was not reinstated as party secretary - a post that had disappeared in the chaos.But as a new "starting point", his new appointment is not trivial. The scene described above did not last long, and soon, the band played a soft and pleasant welcome song.Prince Sihanouk, the guest of honor of the banquet, sat at the guest table decorated with patterns of flowers together with the Chinese leaders.This day is April 12, 1973.According to unwritten rules of etiquette, when the State Council holds a banquet in the Great Hall of the People, the invited diplomats and journalists can only leave their seats at the end of the banquet, and no matter what speeches are made at the meeting, the reporters and diplomats can only report the news afterwards or write a report.Rather, the rule only really applies to journalists.Because one of the consequences of the tense Sino-Soviet relations at that time was that diplomats from socialist countries rarely attended a banquet from beginning to end.Generally, when the banquet was near the end (probably when the seventh or eighth course was served), the host stepped onto the podium in the banquet hall, and there was almost always a sentence that criticized the Soviet Union more or less sharply in the toast.When the speech begins, distribute the text of the speech.After reading it, the reporters felt that something unexpected might happen today.According to the past, when the master finished reading this sensitive sentence, the envoys of the relevant countries would walk through the wide hall to the exit.However, on this night in April, it was not the diplomats of the countries concerned who hurried down the stairs before the banquet was over, but journalists from various countries.They went straight to the nearby General Post and Telecommunications Bureau to spread a major news to the world: Deng Xiaoping is back!Even the Chinese protocol officials who pay great attention to etiquette don't mind this move of the reporters.They knew full well that this was important and urgent news, and that the journalist's mission could not be delayed. The final act of the "Cultural Revolution" began.In this thrilling political chess game, people once believed that Deng Xiaoping had failed. The Kyodo News reporter in Beijing said: "This evening, everyone is staring at Deng Xiaoping, who is short in stature and stable in expression. Thousands of pairs of eyes are focused on him like spotlights. His original opponents , and had to look at him secretly, and the original protagonist of the dinner——Prince Sihanouk, who was always carrying a beautiful wife, became a foil instead.” Agence France-Presse’s reporter in Beijing commented: “Deng Xiaoping’s sudden His appearance shows that he is powerful and cannot be defeated, and this is also a clear message that new changes will take place in the Chinese political arena after the 1970s." All major newspapers in Hong Kong, Macao and the West reported Deng Xiaoping's comeback with big headlines. information.At the same time, all the domestic newspapers in China published the Xinhua News Agency's telegram. After reporting the names of the members of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee who attended the banquet, they saw the name of Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping.The foreign news agency also commented: "Many 'capitalist roaders' at all levels who have undergone labor reform in farms and villages all over the country have seen their own future and the hope of the country. Surprised to tell: 'Deng Xiaoping came out! Deng Xiaoping came out!'”