At noon on Sunday, April 18, 1976, after lunch, the three of us watched TV at home and rested and chatted.

While we were chatting, Ah Fu's father, Chen Guozhong, and Uncle Zhong called me and asked Xiaoda and me to go to his house immediately to discuss things, and we felt that something must have happened in their house!

So, Xiaoda and I took our papers, weapons, and cash and drove to Uncle Zhong's house in a jeep.

At about 1 o'clock in the afternoon, Xiao and I arrived at Uncle Zhong's house, and Uncle Zhong was worrying in the living room with a few old friends such as General Chen and Ambassador Ruan!

Uncle Zhong took my hand and said, "Ah Cai! Ah Fu: Something may have happened to them! Go and save them! ”

I said, "Uncle Zhong! Don't worry, tell me what's going on? ”

Uncle Chung said: "Nine people, including Tan Ka Phuc, Tan Ka Wang, Tan Ka Hing, Tan Kar Keung, Nguyen Kwok Van Vong , Nguyen Kwok Hung , Nguyen Kwok Truong , Nguyen Kwok Truong and Nguyen Quoc Hung were assigned to work at the CIA workstation here after returning to Hong Kong City from San Francisco in early January this year. Simon only gave them $200,000 in cash! Yesterday afternoon, we received a blank letter from Ah Fu! There's no content in there, and there's no reply address, so we know they're definitely in trouble! However, we don't know how to deal with it, because this matter is related to their lives, so we don't dare to find anyone else! So, we're calling you! ”

Then, Uncle Zhong took out the letter from the drawer and showed it to me, I took out the letter, and when I watched in the light, I felt that there were traces of the starch liquid of the rice soup on the letterhead.

So, I asked Uncle Zhong to find iodine wine and cotton swabs!

Soon, Uncle Zhong hurriedly brought us iodine wine and cotton swabs!

I started to smear iodine on the letterhead, and the handwriting was evident on the letter!

The Chinese character on it is: Let Ah Cai quickly notify General Jefferson to come to our rescue! We have now retreated to the mountain village XXX on the Cambodian-Thai border, where we are trapped!

After I read the rice soup letter, I memorized the address above, I wrote the contents of the letter to Uncle Zhong, and then, I burned the letter!

Uncle Zhong said, "Ah Cai! Ah Fu: How are they? ”

I said, "Something happened to them!" They are trapped in an unnamed village on the Cambodian-Thai border! They should have been stuck there for a while! ”

Uncle Zhong said with tears in his eyes: "Ah Cai! Stationmaster Simon said that they should go to Saigon to lurk and engage in intelligence! How could they end up in the middle of nowhere! Ahh What should we do? ”

I said, "Uncle Zhong! You'd better report this matter to Stationmaster Simon! Let Stationmaster Simon send someone to rescue them! Otherwise, they won't be able to support it for long! ”

Uncle Zhong wiped away his tears and said, "Alas! This Simon is not a good thing! Since they went to Saigon at the beginning of this year, they haven't been in contact with their families! We're worried about the children! So, we went to Simon to find out, and when we got to their workstation, they beat us up and kicked us out! Simon said that Ah Fu and they signed a life and death contract with the CIA, and if they can't get the information, they will fend for themselves in Saigon! Let's not look for them again in the future, or they will punish us and Ah Fu them! Ahh You see, in this case, how dare we go to Stationmaster Simon?! ”

I said, "Oh! I see! Webmaster Simon probably already knows about this! They definitely don't want to bother with them! Uncle Zhong, you can wait for my news at home! You should immediately burn the letter I just copied to you, this matter must not leak out, otherwise, Ah Fu and they will die! I'll go back to my office at once, and ask General Jefferson! I think Jefferson should agree that we should go to the rescue of Ah Fu! If so, we'll rush to the rescue today! Now, we can only hope that they are still alive! ”

So, Uncle Zhong burned the letter I had copied to his Ah Fu!

After that, Xiaoda and I hurriedly left Uncle Zhong's house, and we drove back to the Demon Star Villa in the courtyard of his house.

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At around 2 o'clock in the afternoon, after we returned to the Magic Star Villa, Xiaoda and I immediately went directly to the conference room in the office building.

In the conference room of the office building, we got in touch with General Jefferson via satellite video phone!

After getting in touch, we reported to Jefferson about their situation and request for help.

General Jefferson instructed us: Ah Fu should have secret intelligence from the Vietnamese military on them! He asked me and Xiao Da to immediately leave for the CIA workstation in Bangkok, Thailand, and there to rescue Ah Cai and them in the mountains on the border between Cambodia and Thailand!

Regarding the CIA workstation in Port City, the CIA headquarters will communicate and contact them!

Finally, Jefferson also told us the address, contact person and other information of the CIA liaison station in Bangkok.

Jefferson said, "Colonel Jack! Do it now! I will inform the Bangkok workstation to cooperate with your actions! ”

I said, "Okay! We're packing and booking a flight to Bangkok! ”

After the call, we shut down the system and turn off the lights and doors in the office building!

Then, we went home to prepare our luggage for the business trip.

When we returned home, Xiaoda and I changed into civilian clothes for field work, and brought our personal belongings such as documents, passports, weapons, tools such as miniature cameras and film, and cash.

Then, I asked Dr. Wei to drive me and Xiaoda to Gangcheng International Airport to get ready to fly to Bangkok.

In the car, Dr. Wei said, "Ah Cai! Where are you going? ”

I said, "Thailand is coming to the rescue of a few CIA brothers!" Doctor Wei! If, during this time, someone calls us, you tell the other party that we are on a business trip! In a few days, we should be back! ”

When we arrived at the airport, we went directly to the airport ticket office.

At the airport ticket office, we bought a flight to Bangkok at 5pm that day.

After we bought the ticket, Dr. Wei drove back to the Demon Star Villa to be on duty.

So, Xiaoda and I took our luggage and entered the waiting hall through the special passage for military personnel.

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At 5 p.m., we boarded our flight to Bangkok.

On the plane, I talked to Xiaoda.

Xiaoda said: "Ah Cai! I feel that Ah Fu fled to the Cambodian-Thai border! But once they get there, why not go through the border to Thailand? Thailand belongs to the free world?! ”

I said, "Yes! They must be having a hard time moving on! Perhaps, they have gunshot wounds and diseases and other drags! In short, their situation is not optimistic! ”

Xiaoda said: "Alas! The CIA has never treated us Chinese as human beings! This time, we will definitely save Ah Fu and them! Ah Fu: They once saved our lives! ”

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At 8 p.m., our flight landed at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport.

We got out of the airport and took a taxi to the CIA workstation in Bangkok at the address given by Jefferson.

Soon there we got there, and the CIA station was in one of the U.S. military bases.

After getting out of the car and paying for the taxi, the doorman checked our CIA special pass and internal documents such as work permits.

Then, we told the doorman to go to Daimler Station for an errand, and one of the guards immediately led us into the reception room of the base.

Xiaoda and I waited in the reception room for a while, and a major officer in a CIA uniform came to meet us in the reception room.

He was the Daimler stationmaster of the CIA station we were looking for, a white man in his thirties who looked very arrogant.

He asked us to show him his CIA work card, and Xiaoda and I showed him the ID!

After Daimler carefully read our papers, he immediately stood up and saluted me and shouted, "Colonel Jack!" Welcome! I'm Daimler! I have just received instructions from General Jefferson to cooperate with your rescue operation! ”

I feel that in the CIA, everyone does not recognize each other, but everyone respects military ranks and ranks!

So, Daimler took us on foot to the office building of the CIA workstation.

We were in an operations command room in the office building to discuss how to rescue the people.

After we stored our luggage there, Daimler served us coffee and snacks etc.

Then, we started talking.

Daimler spread out a military map and said, "Colonel! Now, our trapped people should be in an unnamed mountain village in the mountains of Dewang City on the Cambodian side near the Thai-Cambodian border. The mountains are high and forested, and there is no direct road from Thailand. Therefore, we can only send you to the Thai-Cambodian border, the closest place to the rescue site! Then, you need to walk to your destination to save people! After you complete the rescue, inform us of your answering location through the intercom communication radio, and we will send a helicopter to the answering point to pick you up and return to Bangkok! We have prepared three guides and members of the operation team for you, you need to carry intercom radio, satellite positioning and other equipment, and we have also prepared weapons and ammunition for your operation! ”

I said, "Yes! For the sake of concealment, you have prepared a set of Cambodian military uniforms for each of us, and tonight, we will sneak into the Battambang area at night to find the trapped people and rescue them! ”

Daimler smiled and said, "Okay! Cambodian military uniforms should still be available in our warehouse! Let's go to the warehouse to get your equipment and meet the three operatives who will lead you around! ”

In the warehouse workshop, we received a 120W digital shortwave individual backpack radio. This kind of radio is capable of maintaining 1,000 kilometers of voice intercom communication; A small satellite latitude and longitude locator, as well as luminous flashlights, compasses, maps, dry food, drinking water, and other items.

Daimler then took the three operatives to the warehouse workshop and let us get to know each other!

All three of them were young men in their twenties, one named Bhamo, one named Samma, and the other named Le Mans, all of whom were Cambodian Allied soldiers, who spoke English, Thai, and Cambodian, and were very familiar with the terrain, customs, and language of the operation.

After we got to know each other, we changed into Cambodian army clothes in the workshop.

When I was changing clothes, I took my photographs and film out of my luggage and took them with me.

Then, Xiaoda and I changed out of our clothes and belongings and put them in our luggage bags, and we handed over the luggage and the items we brought from the port city to the warehouse for us to keep them.

Then, the five of us took our Cambodian military ID, as well as radio stations, weapons and ammunition, and action kits, and we followed Daimler out of the warehouse.

Outside the storeroom door, Daimler prepared a military jeep for five of our rescue crews.

We loaded all the equipment, ammunition and items we received into the car.

Daimler asked a CIA staff member who knew the road to help us drive.

Daimler shook my hand and said, "Colonel Jack! You're ready to go! The situation there is very complicated, let us know if you are in trouble, and we will send a helicopter to meet you! ”

After the five of us got into the car, the jeep drove the barracks and set off for the Thai-Cambodian border area!

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At one o'clock in the morning on April 19, we reached the end of a Thai-Cambodian border road!

The driver who sent us said, "Sir! I can only send you here, you follow the mountain road ahead! From there you should be able to get to the action! I wish you all success! ”

Then, the five of us got out of the car and took our guns, ammunition, mines, food, water, and emergency medicines.

Xiaoda followed me with the radio station and supplies toolbox on his back!

In this way, we took advantage of the moonlight and set off along a mountain road with no end in sight.

After we reached a fork in the road, Bhamo said to me in English, "Sir! The main roads here are guarded by soldiers! Now, we have to take a mountain road in no man's land! If it goes well, in three or four hours, we'll be able to reach the rescuers. ”

I said, "Okay! You lead the way! I'm following you! ”

On the way, we also encountered many forks in the road, and Xiaoda and I could only consult with Bamo by looking at the map and compass, how should we avoid those border posts?! Choose a safe and correct mountain trail to walk!

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