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Chapter 32 soviet espionage news

In January 1974, a Soviet espionage incident that shocked China and the world occurred in Beijing, the capital of freezing weather, which further deteriorated Sino-Soviet relations during the Cold War. Our public security agency learned in advance that on January 15, 1974, a Chinese Soviet agent named Li Hongshu was going to secretly meet with the personnel of the Soviet embassy under a bridge in the northern suburbs of Beijing to transmit important confidential information of our country.Against the background of opposing the Soviet revisionists and overthrowing the imperialists, revisionists, and counter-revolutionaries at that time, knowing that the Soviet embassy was engaged in espionage activities was no less than knowing in advance that terrorist organizations were planning to carry out major sabotage activities today.Our side promptly organized a spies arresting team composed of relevant personnel from the Ministry of Public Security, the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, the capital militia, and the Beijing Garrison.Everyone held back their energy and must catch these "wolves" in the "sheep's clothing" of legal diplomacy, and use ironclad evidence to counter the Soviet Union's hostile behavior.After careful reconnaissance of the terrain under the bridge in advance, my combatants lurked under the bridge in advance.On the 15th of January, Li Hongshu, who didn't know that he was already a turtle in the urn, came under the bridge agreed with the Soviet embassy ahead of time in a panic, wearing a big mask under the cover of night.Not long after, two Volga sedans with red license plates drove slowly past the bridge, stopping and going.When the people in the car confirmed that there was nothing abnormal around the bridge, the car turned back and stopped on the bridge together, and turned off the front and rear lights, hiding in the night.After a while, several foreigners who also wore big masks got out of the car. When they came to the bridge in a panic, they connected with Li Hongshu who was also in a panic and wanted to get information from Li. The lights that the militiamen turned on at the same time were brightly lit, and when they were caught, they not only got all the stolen goods, but also were photographed, so that the spies had no room to deny or refute, so they had to be captured without a fight.Apart from Li Hongshu, the spies arrested by our public security department this time included the first secretary of the Soviet embassy Marchenko and his wife, the third secretary Semyonov and his wife, and the translator of the military attache's office Kolosov.The intelligence and espionage activities carefully planned by the Soviet embassy were successfully detected by our public security organs and militia, which became the successful anti-espionage news that shocked the world at that time.Four days later, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China sent a note to the Soviet embassy in China, lodged a strong protest to the Soviet Union over the espionage activities conducted by the personnel of the Soviet embassy in my country, and declared Marchenko and other five people as persona non grata and would be expelled immediately.

As we all know, the Zhenbao Island incident in 1969 deteriorated Sino-Soviet relations to the extreme. Although the prime ministers of the two countries met at the Beijing airport, the two sides reached an agreement to upgrade the relationship from the charge d’affaires level to the ambassadorial level.However, there seems to be a glimmer of hope in Sino-Soviet relations despite the cold and warm weather.This Soviet espionage incident brought the tit-for-tat Sino-Soviet relations back to the frozen years.Because the facts are solid, and the ideological debate between China and the Soviet Union was at a boiling point at that time, the political atmosphere was extremely tense. Therefore, the Soviet side, which had been wronged and suffered dumb losses, was not willing to let it go. They were also looking for opportunities to retaliate.As expected, on January 19, when the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of my country sent a note to the Soviet embassy on the espionage activities of the personnel of the Soviet embassy, ​​the Soviet secret agents suddenly kidnapped Guan Hengguang, the attache of our embassy in the Soviet Union on the way back to China by train, on trumped-up charges. He is persona non grata and is leaving Moscow for a limited time.My ambassador to the Soviet Union strongly protested the political persecution of Comrade Guan Hengguang by the Soviet secret agents, and put a big red flower on Guan Hengguang's chest at the airport to send him back to China.

Recalling these past events today, I feel a little dramatic.
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