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1979 on the first day of the lunar new year, there was an emergency at Beijing airport.

A plane ready to take off suddenly turned back from the runway and stopped next to the terminal. Airport personnel and the relevant departments of the capital are nervous waiting beside the plane.

The reason why I am so nervous is that the person on the plane is none other than Deng Xiaoping, who will visit the United States.

Visiting America is a great event. Why did the plane go and come back?

First, I almost didn't make it on New Year's Day.

This is the thirtieth year since the founding of New China. This is the first visit to the United States by a China leader in 30 years. All aspects of the preparation work should naturally be very rigorous, meticulous and thorough.

Then why did Deng Xiaoping's plane turn back?

The New Year's Day of 1979 is 65438+1October 28th, which is similar to the date of this year's Spring Festival. It's 65438+1the end of 0, which is the moment when the cold has not retreated. The relevant departments have done a lot of calculations on their visit to the United States, and the only thing that has not been included is the interference of the weather.

At that time, Beijing had not established direct flights to the United States, and the only airport that could fly to the United States was Shanghai Hongqiao Airport. Deng Xiaoping must fly in Beijing, first refuel in Shanghai, and ask the American navigator to board the plane, and then fly directly to Washington. ..

Just as Beijing was preparing to take off, it suddenly received news from Shanghai Hongqiao that there was dense fog near the Shanghai airport and the landing conditions were poor. Please ask Beijing to fully consider whether to fly.

Beijing quickly boarded the plane and asked Deng Xiaoping for instructions.

Of course, the state-level organs do not simply ask whether to fly, but prepare two sets of plans:

First, Shanghai is foggy. For safety reasons, take-off will be suspended until the weather improves.

Second, now that the dense fog is still generating, landing is not completely impossible, and you need to take certain risks.

Although the first plan is safe and sound, after the plane is rescheduled, the trip to the United States will be completely disrupted and will be coordinated with the United States again. Diplomacy is no small matter, and rescheduling may affect the friendly relations that have been cultivated between the two countries.

The second option has certain risks, but it is not completely impossible.

The 75-year-old Deng Xiaoping's reaction was still very quick. He immediately made a decision: to put the overall diplomatic situation first and take off immediately.

The crew immediately carried out the order, slid into the runway at the fastest speed, and quickly flew to Shanghai. Fortunately, everything went well. The plane landed before the fog in Shanghai and successfully completed refueling and take-off.

65438+1On the afternoon of October 28th (local time), Deng Xiaoping's plane arrived at Andrews Air Force Base in Washington, USA on time and accurately. Since then, a trip to the United States called "whirlwind nine days" has been launched.

Second, President Carter almost got caught alive by private prosecution.

The short twists and turns at Beijing airport seem to indicate that this unprecedented visit will not be smooth sailing. Deng Xiaoping encountered all kinds of situations in the United States.

After meeting with President Carter, President Carter told his experience in China half jokingly. According to him, it was actually related to Deng Xiaoping.

Deng Xiaoping has never had a casual acquaintance with President Carter before. How can he get in touch with him?

It turned out that Carter graduated from the Naval School in his early years and became a naval officer after graduation. 1in April, 949, Carter said that he went to the military port in Qingdao, China with the army, where he heard the news that the China People's Liberation Army conquered Nanjing on the radio.

At that time, the US Seventh Fleet moved from Shanghai to Qingdao Port, where more than 20 warships, marines and aviation units were stationed, with a total of 1 10,000 people. Carter was one of them.

At the same time, there are more than 50 thousand defeated soldiers of the Kuomintang army stationed there, trying to fight the trapped animals. However, at that time, most of the Kuomintang military and political personnel in Qingdao were at the end of the road, and more than half of the party and government officials resigned and had no intention of fighting.

Carter said that when he was only 24 years old, he also had a premonition that there would be no future for American troops in China. Soon after, the army led by Deng Xiaoping attacked Qingdao and surrounded it. The us navy is almost surrounded by the people's liberation army. If American troops don't leave quickly, they may be taken alive by Mr Deng Xiaoping.

Deng Xiaoping didn't understand at first. When did he play in Qingdao?

I remember. It was Carter.

1April, 949, the Central Military Commission did order the liberation of Shandong, but it was the troops of Sanye who attacked Qingdao, while Deng Xiaoping and Liu Bocheng led the Second Field Army to the south, without commanding Sanye.

Why is there such a misunderstanding? Probably Carter also did some homework before, thinking that Deng Xiaoping was the secretary of the General Front Committee of Huaihai Campaign, and later the General Front Committee was established in the Battle of Crossing the River. Deng Xiaoping is still the secretary of the General Front Committee. He is the commander-in-chief of Nakano, Hua Ye and later the Second Field Army and the Third Field Army. So Carter used this lesbian to bring them closer.

In fact, the general front committee is responsible for the river-crossing operation, and the troops fighting Qingdao are Sanye and Shandong Military Region. Deng Xiaoping and the General Front Committee no longer care about this matter. Carter didn't understand the cause and effect, and he didn't know the difference between the general front committee secretary and the front-line commander, so he suddenly said that Deng Xiaoping was confused.

However, Deng Xiaoping didn't explain it too much. At first, the leaders of the two countries met to establish friendly relations. It's humiliating to say that people are wrong to their faces. Deng Xiaoping just laughed it off and said nothing.

Third, meet Nixon.

Under Carter's special arrangement, Deng Xiaoping also met with former US President Nixon. Like Carter, the former president told Deng Xiaoping something that shocked him.

Nixon was the first president to start an ice-breaking trip to China. 1972 in February, he personally visited China and met with Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and others.

Unfortunately, Nixon's icebreaking trip was unexpectedly interrupted by Watergate. Watergate incident refers to Nixon's assignment of five agents to sneak into the office of the Democratic National Committee in the Watergate Building in Washington, D.C., install bugs and sneak shots of relevant documents in an attempt to steal information about the Democratic presidential campaign, and was caught red-handed. 1974, Nixon, who already had strong political capital, had to resign because of this accident.

The establishment of normal diplomatic relations with China was once interrupted. However, Nixon left a very good impression on the people of China. President Carter specially arranged for Deng Xiaoping to meet the outgoing Nixon to show his sincerity.

Nixon's political life was almost over because of Watergate Incident, and he was very eager to improve his enthusiasm by meeting with China leaders.

When they met at the banquet, Deng Xiaoping and Nixon shook hands and said, "This is the first time I have seen you. When you visited China, I was still working in a factory on the outskirts of Nanchang. "

Nixon said excitedly, "I saw you from 1974."

Deng Xiaoping was shocked when he heard this sentence. He didn't see Nixon at 1974. Is it that Nixon returned to the White House for the first time after leaving office, and he was too excited and said the wrong thing?

It's really weird. Both American presidents played guessing games with Deng Xiaoping. But this time, Deng Xiaoping couldn't remember where he met Nixon anyway.

Seeing that Deng Xiaoping was suspicious, Nixon smiled and told the translator the reason.

It turned out that Nixon's meeting meant that Deng Xiaoping went to new york to attend the UN General Assembly 1974 in April. That year, the sixth special session of the United Nations General Assembly was held in new york, and the government of China decided to send a delegation to attend. This is the first time that China has sent a high-level delegation to attend such an important meeting since it resumed its legitimate seat in the United Nations.

At that time, Chairman Mao personally ordered Deng Xiaoping to attend this important meeting. At this conference, Deng Xiaoping calmly expounded China's political definition of "three worlds", that is, the United States and the Soviet Union are the first world. Developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America are the third world. The developed countries in between are the second world.

Deng Xiaoping smiled again after hearing this.

4. Easy-going President Carter

President Carter's visit to Deng Xiaoping can be said to be extremely courteous. In terms of protocol specifications, Carter decided to adopt very high standards. Washington time1on the morning of October 29th, at the ceremony site on the South Lawn of the White House, under the gaze of the US Secretary of State, important cabinet members, chiefs of staff of the three armed forces, speakers of the Senate and the House of Representatives (the vice president is also the speaker of the Senate) and diplomatic envoys from various countries, the US side fired a salute for Vice Premier Deng. This grand ceremony is usually held only for visiting important heads of state and government.

Americans are very excited about being able to get close to and report on this mysterious little oriental man.

On October 29th, 65438/kloc-0, there was a report in The New York Times, which specifically reported the interesting story of Deng Xiaoping smoking in the White House.

The following is the original report:

During the first round of talks between Vice Premier China and the President of the United States shortly after their arrival in Washington, Carter took out a special "Panda" cigarette to entertain China guests.

Deng Xiaoping said, "If you don't smoke, I won't."

Carter said: "No, I don't smoke, but I don't object to smoking, because there are more than 1 100 million smokers in the United States, and I can't do without their support."

Deng Xiaoping asked, "Did the U.S. Congress pass a law banning smoking during the talks?"

Carter replied, "no, as long as I am the president, they will not pass such a law." You know my father is a tobacco farmer. "

Deng Xiaoping smiled and said, "Well, I support your father." He lit a cigarette and exhaled.

I have to say that President Carter has been criticized by American right-wing forces since he changed his attitude towards China, saying that he was too close to China and simply lost the dignity that the United States should have. Some people say that this is one of the main reasons for his failure in the second presidential election.

However, this is just the usual way for Americans to talk about China. Many things Carter did during his presidency were regarded by Americans as "destroying his prestige and increasing the ambitions of others". For example, Carter visited Cuba for the first time as the president of the United States and met with the stubborn anti-American Castro; Even met with Soviet leader Brezhnev and signed a bilateral strategic arms limitation treaty. As a result, less than a year later, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, and the treaty pushed by President Carter was taken back by the US Congress. Americans were regarded as cheated by the Soviet Union.

Americans criticized Carter as a patient president and too timid.

But Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize for these things and lived a long life. Born in 1924, still alive, 98 years old.

The verb (the abbreviation of verb) is under threat.

After talking about the Americans, let's talk about the risks that Deng Xiaoping encountered during his trip.

1979 The world situation is not as peaceful as it is now. Anti-China forces are rampant in the United States, and Deng Xiaoping encountered many security threats during his visit to the United States.

At the ceremony when Carter welcomed Deng Xiaoping, there was an assassination.

Fortunately, not all American agents are vegetarians. The head of the FBI agent in charge of security stood motionless beside the podium, his eyes coldly patrolling the front. Only responsible for protecting the leaders of the two countries on the rostrum. After seeing the tall man rushing over, the agent leader suddenly went through the oblique thorn, and the tall man was severely knocked to the ground. Then three agents rushed over and carried him away. Carter, who was speaking, only paused for a moment, and then continued to read his welcome speech. Deng Xiaoping, who stood by, silently looked at the crowd in front of him and kept smiling.

But we dare not be careless. After this incident, our security team stepped up their vigilance, and Deng Xiaoping's personal safety could not be ignored.

Zhang Baozhong, who was in charge of protecting Deng Xiaoping, recalled that he slept on the sofa in the living room of Deng Xiaoping's room every day, with his pistol beside him.

The most thrilling thing happened in Houston.

1February 2, 979, Deng Xiaoping checked into the Hyatt Hotel in downtown Houston. As soon as the motorcade arrived, there were about 20 unknown demonstrators nearby, shouting slogans, and the police surrounded them to drive away. Demonstrators clashed with police.

At 6 o'clock in the afternoon, Deng Xiaoping was invited to go to Simon Town for dinner. As soon as he arrived at the hotel lobby, a man suddenly appeared next to him, and quickly took out a bag of things from his pocket and threw it at Deng Xiaoping. At the same time, he waved his arms and scattered a bunch of leaflets in the lobby.

I have to say that the US government's security measures for Deng Xiaoping are so sloppy that strangers can approach Deng Xiaoping at will.

Our guard Sun Yong shouted "Protect Chief" and immediately went out with the guard Zhang Baozhong and others to protect Deng Xiaoping. At the same time, American security personnel rushed to the attacker, who was pushed to the ground in leaflets flying all over the sky. The security guard opened the bag and breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out to be a leaflet.

But everyone dare not imagine: "What if that package is a bomb?" Sun Yong later recalled: "This was the most exciting time in my whole guard career."

It's not over yet. When Deng Xiaoping walked out of the hotel, a big man with a height of more than 1.8 meters suddenly rushed out of the crowd, and at least 180 kilograms was visually observed, and he stormed at Deng Xiaoping. He rushed forward and put his right hand in his coat pocket.

Paul Kelly, the united states secret service security agent in charge of security, realized that this man probably had a gun! So he shouted "There's a threat behind him", and then stood firm, standing between the man and Deng Xiaoping. At this time, the man has come to the front. Before he can shoot, Kelly has taken the lead in knocking the man to the ground with his left hand. Sun Yong, Zhang Baozhong and others quickly helped Deng Xiaoping to move on. Behind him, American security personnel have crushed this man like a pyramid. After investigation, the man named Louis Beam is a member of the Ku Klan, the oldest and largest terrorist organization in the United States, and ranks in the top 100 of the blacklist of the FBI.

Paul Kay used this punch to make a great contribution. In the chaotic crowd, Deng Xiaoping is still keenly aware of all this. A few years later, Paul Kelly visited Beijing with the diplomatic team and met Deng Xiaoping again in the Great Hall of the People. Deng Xiaoping recognized him, shook hands with him excitedly, and thanked him again for his punch in Houston.

I have to say that Deng Xiaoping's decades of military career, fighting from the sea of dead mountains and blood, has created the concentration of Mount Tai's collapse in color without changing, which is really admirable.

I accidentally received a letter written by Mao Zedong to myself 42 years ago.

Deng Xiaoping's fruitful visit to the United States has not only taken an important step to promote friendly exchanges between China and the United States, but also achieved an unexpected personal gain, a letter 42 years ago.

This letter was written to him and Ren by Mao Zedong at 1937.

This letter has been kept in the hands of edgar snow's first wife, helen snow.

After Helen arrived in Yan 'an, she interviewed more than 40 China leaders and famous Red Army generals, including Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and Zhu De. Unfortunately, she didn't interview He Ren. So she found Mao Zedong and asked Mao Zedong to do something for her.

Unable to bear her "hot pursuit", I had to promise to write her a letter of introduction, introduce Ms. Helen's wishes to Ren He, and invite them to accept her interview.

However, at that time, the war was urgent, and Ren was working in the field. Helen never found them after she left Yan 'an.

At that time, I thought there was a great chance, but I never saw Ren and Deng again until she left China.

After the founding of New China, Si Nuo was invited to visit China many times. However, Helen and Si Nuo divorced on 1949, and they never saw each other again. Helen didn't let him take the letter.

After Ren died in 1950, Helen was very sad. The more she hopes to see Deng Xiaoping as soon as possible, the more she hopes that she has missed the interview for more than ten years this time.

Who knows that the opportunity is hard to get again. For nearly thirty years, Helen has been looking forward to the normalization of diplomatic relations with China.

Helen is three years younger than Deng Xiaoping. When we met again in 79, Deng Xiaoping was 75 years old and Helen was 72 years old, with white hair and wrinkled face.

Helen handed this letter, which was written all the time, to Deng Xiaoping face to face. Deng Xiaoping felt puzzled, stroking this letter spanning 42 years, and his inner surge was beyond words.

After this meeting, Helen missed something for most of her life and finally put it down. Coincidentally, this lady Helen also died in 1997.