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Chapter 28 An Old Friend of the Chinese People——Prince Sihanouk

Counting, since March 18, 1970, the United States instigated the Cambodian Lon Nol Group to launch a coup, announcing the "deposition" of the head of state, Prince Sihanouk. It has been more than 39 years since Prince Sihanouk received Beijing. For 39 years, for the respected 86-year-old Norodom Sihanouk, it not only means that he is the foreign head of state who has lived in our country for the longest time, but also has formed a deep friendship with Chinese leaders and Chinese people. old friend. For 39 years, although Sihanouk has been living in Beijing for visits, recuperation, and medical treatment in China, the most concentrated time was from coming to Beijing in the spring of 1970 until April 1975 when he worked with the Cambodian Communist Party to defeat Lon Nol, who was supported by the United States. The group only returned to Cambodia in September of that year, and lived in China for more than 5 years.During Sihanouk's most difficult period of "knowing friends and enemies in times of adversity" and receiving China's full support, Prince Sihanouk, his wife, Prince Binnu, his wife and members of the royal family first lived in the Diaoyutai Hotel for less than a year. In 1971 In January of 2010, Sihanouk, his wife and the royal family moved to Yiyi Hotel (formerly the French embassy) in Dongjiaomin Lane (then called Fandi East Road), and Prince Binnu and his wife moved to Yiyi Hotel in Dongjiaomin Lane.At that time, because I, the Cambodian domestic special envoy Ying Sali of a certain row of guards, and Prince Sihanouk and Prince Binnu lived in the Yiyi Hotel on the same road, so I was very concerned about Prince Sihanouk and other Cambodian distinguished guests. There are many people who have seen and heard about the situation in Beijing.

Among the first generation of leaders in our country, Chairman Mao Zedong and Premier Zhou Enlai both gave Prince Sihanouk firm political and material support on behalf of the party and the government in their twilight years.In particular, Premier Zhou often devotes a large part of his busy schedule to paying attention to the struggle against the United States and saving the country led by Prince Sihanouk in Beijing.Not only personally go to the airport to welcome Sihanouk to foreign countries or to visit our country, but also personally participate in various banquets and receptions held by Prince Sihanouk, even the "May 1" and "Eleventh" of our country. "On these two major festivals, Premier Zhou also accompanied Sihanouk to watch the programs.

On the National Day of 1973, Premier Zhou accompanied Sihanouk and other Cambodian distinguished guests to the National Day Garden Gala in Zhongshan Park, and was surrounded by enthusiastic crowds.The crowded crowd trampled down the pine tree wall. The leaders of our battalion and company who were in charge of guarding the garden came to rescue the siege nearby with sentries on duty. Only then did Premier Zhou, Prince Sihanouk and other Cambodian distinguished guests escape from the flow of enthusiastic cheering people. pass safely. Premier Zhou not only met with Prince Sihanouk and other Cambodian dignitaries in the Great Hall of the People many times, and gave strong political and moral support, but also went to Sihanouk's residence for talks in person.Because Premier Zhou had to pass through our company's security area from his residence in Zhongnanhai to Sihanouk's residence, so every time Premier Zhou went to Sihanouk's residence, my company had to send a route post.According to incomplete statistics, in the three years from 1971 to 1973 alone, Premier Zhou went to Sihanouk's residence nearly 20 times to hold talks with Prince Sihanouk.From this point of view alone, Sihanouk is the foreign head of state who received the most high-level courtesy from the founding prime minister of our country.Sihanouk was also the last foreign head of state that Premier Zhou met in the hospital when he was seriously ill.

Prince Sihanouk is the most admired patriot of the Cambodian people.In the struggle to resist the U.S. and save the nation, he not only visited many friendly countries from his second hometown, Beijing, attended the United Nations General Assembly, and issued a solemn "five-point statement"; Khmer form a united front.According to the comrade-in-arms of the guard In Sally told me, in addition to the constant talks with Sihanouk and Prime Minister Binnu, Prince Sihanouk also sometimes met with In Sally, the special envoy sent by the National Unity Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia. The meeting is enough to show that the Khmer Rouge who participated in the National United Front headed by Sihanouk at that time and Prince Sihanouk were united in opposing US aggression and crusade against the Lon Nol traitorous group.However, in addition to being a special envoy, Ying Sally was also the diplomatic spokesperson of the Khmer Rouge in Beijing. Therefore, when Prince Sihanouk and other members of the royal family came, he asked the sentries and hotel staff to inform him in advance, so as to be more beneficial to Khmer Rouge. The work of the unity government.However, from April 17, 1975, when the Khmer Rouge liberated Phnom Penh to January 7, 1979, when the puppet government supported by the Vietnamese army occupied Phnom Penh, the Khmer Rouge was in power for more than three years and eight months. The displacement or death of a large number of Cambodians has become a deplorable and unbelievable historical tragedy.Among the two main leaders of the Khmer Rouge who were pardoned by Prince Sihanouk in 1996 was In Sally, who served as the deputy prime minister and foreign minister of the Khmer Rouge government.This is something.

During his residence in China, Prince Sihanouk visited all over China.From the frontier of the northern country to the coconut forest in Hainan, from the coast of the East China Sea to the foot of Tianshan Mountain, from the noisy city to the remote countryside, he left his footprints everywhere.Wherever he went, he impressed the Chinese people with his amiable smile and handsome Asiatic face. He was warmly welcomed by the Chinese people and became the most familiar foreign head of state and the closest old friend of the Chinese people.Time sees people's hearts, and old friendships are heavy.Whenever our country encounters a natural disaster, Prince Sihanouk will not hesitate to give the Chinese people assistance within his ability.Even in the summer of 2005, Prince Sihanouk, who suffered floods in southern my country and was seriously ill, gave out his own money to support the Chinese people in rebuilding their homes.

Prince Sihanouk is not only a brilliant international activist, but also a devout Buddhist. On September 9, 1975, the capital Beijing, the autumn sun was shining, and tens of thousands of people gathered in Tiananmen Square to solemnly send off Prince Sihanouk and Prime Minister Binnu who had won the struggle against the United States and save the country to return to the motherland. The crowd moved Prince Sihanouk deeply.At that time, I was on duty on the east side of Tiananmen Square for the task of seeing off guests.I remember that it was Deng Xiaoping, Li Xiannian, and Zhang Chunqiao who accompanied Sihanouk, Bin Nu, and Qiao Samphan respectively to meet the crowd in an open red flag car around the square.When the Chinese and Cambodian leaders got off the open-top red-flag car parked at the north gate of the Chinese Revolutionary History Museum and changed to the red-flag car heading for the airport, I saw the excited Prince Sihanouk with deep feelings for the Chinese people. , in the way of Buddhists, he nodded and bowed repeatedly to us security staff, fully expressing the friendship and sincere gratitude of the Cambodian king who has lived in China for many years to the Chinese people when he parted.

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