After listening to US Secretary of State Lasker's approval of Li Dawei's proposal, he said that the United States is willing to discuss and resolve the current problems between China and the United States with the attitude of China and the United States as responsible for the whole world. Marshal Chen Yi put down his tense face, a smile appeared on his face, and said, "That's right! That's the way to solve problems. ”

Mr. Chen then put forward a very frank principled position on China's resolution of the current tension between China and the United States: "China and the United States are both major powers with decisive influence in the world, and both China and the United States should respect each other's core interests. China does not want to dominate the world. China merely demands that China's core interests be respected as well as those of the United States, and that China's strategic security be guaranteed in the same way as that of the United States, which is a prerequisite for improving the current tensions between China.

China demands that the United States must dismantle all nuclear weapons and related facilities deployed in South Korea that threaten China's core interests and China's national security, and that all US troops stationed in South Korea must withdraw from South Korea unconditionally. At the same time, the military advisory group in South Vietnam was withdrawn. In short, withdraw all US military personnel and equipment stationed in Asia in various forms and under various names, and stop meddling in Asian affairs, because Asian affairs should be handled by the Asians themselves, and there is no need for you, the United States, to go all the way to participate in Asian affairs. This is our most basic requirement. ”

"No, no, no," said U.S. Secretary of State Lasker three times in a row without waiting for Foreign Minister Chen Yi's words to land. The United States has never concealed its hegemonic ambitions and the role of the international policeman; although Lasker does not approve of the deployment of nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula and takes the initiative to provoke China, he is also very unwilling for the United States to withdraw from the stage on the Asian continent like this, and at least it should reap some benefits, so he immediately bargained and said: "Mr. Foreign Minister, the price you are offering is too high." We can consider withdrawing from South Korea what you consider to be nuclear weapons and related facilities, but our troops must remain on the Korean Peninsula in order to ensure peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and to do our part as the United States to our friends in Asia. ”

"Mr. Secretary of State, contrary to what you said, the presence of your US team on the Korean Peninsula is the most unstable factor affecting peace and security on the Korean Peninsula," Foreign Minister Chen Yi said impassionedly and uncompromisingly: "What I just said is only our most basic demand, and if we fail to meet even this most basic demand, the world will not achieve a strategic balance in the true sense, and there will be no equal state-to-state relations and reciprocal diplomacy between China and the United States." China's core interests will not be respected as much as the United States, and China's strategic security will not be guaranteed as it should be as the United States. China also has the right to fulfill our proletarian internationalist obligations to our comrades in the Americas and Europe. ”

"Mr. Foreign Minister, do you know what that means?" Nation. Kennedy hurriedly took over the words of Foreign Minister Chen Yi: "If this is the case, then the world will be in chaos, and a new world war will break out on this planet that can destroy the entire human race." This would do neither the United States nor China any good. ”

Chen Yi said confidently: "Of course I know what it means!" Let me repeat that China is only demanding that China's core interests and China's national strategic security be guaranteed at the very least, if we Chinese people cannot even do this. That is the rotten Manchu political axe, that is, the incompetent Kuomintang political axe. The Chinese people do not want war, let alone nuclear war. But the Chinese people are by no means afraid of war. The Chinese people, who have been humiliated by imperialism for a century and have stood up, now know how to protect their due interests in the face of the imperialist powers. Gone are the days when the Western imperialist powers could bring China to its knees by placing a few cannons on its shores. ”

Mr. Chen continued: "The people of all countries and regions in the world have the right to freely choose their own social form and way of life, and there is no need for other countries to interfere arbitrarily, let alone others to do anything for them. State-to-State relations must be based on the Five Basic Principles of Peaceful Coexistence. If the United States political axe cannot abandon this practice of interfering in the internal affairs of other countries everywhere and fails to abide by the five cardinal principles of peaceful coexistence, the danger of a new world war will indeed exist. If US hegemonism must impose war on the people of China and the world and launch a new world war, then the result will be that 'either war causes revolution or revolution stops war,' and it can only be US hegemonism that will eventually perish. ”

The self-confidence of the Chinese marshal made US Secretary of State Lasker and his entourage feel that China is neither easy to bully nor fool, and that China is indeed ready for war, and this is not an international joke. But the U.S. President's National Security Advisor Bon. Kennedy still wanted to finally fight for the right of the United States to station troops on the Korean Peninsula.

He picked up the mineral water on the table to moisten the thirst caused by nervousness, and then said: "Mr. Foreign Minister, these responsibilities and obligations that we owe to our Asian friends are historically formed and have a legal basis. Just as you cannot give up your support for the Kim Thanh regime, we cannot give up our support for the South Korean regime. ”

"This is a question of two surnames, the Korean Peninsula is connected to China's mountains and rivers, closely related, and the lips and teeth are cold, and it is you who threaten us 108,000 miles away from the United States, and this is why China has the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea in 1950. According to the 1951 agreement signed by China and the United States to achieve a comprehensive cease-fire on the Korean Peninsula, the last batch of Chinese volunteers all withdrew from the Korean Peninsula in 1958. Instead, it deployed nuclear missiles aimed at China in south Korea, directly threatening China's national security. Mr. Chen said indignantly and restrainedly: "If the premise I said cannot be satisfied, and the United States cannot understand China's feelings, we will lose the basis for a political solution to the problems facing China and the United States." There is no need to talk about other specific issues. If we were able to tolerate the United States stationing a certain number of US armed forces in Asia in various forms, the current attitude of China is that the United States must withdraw all its armed forces in Asia through the current US nuclear missile deployment in South Korea. We are only discussing with you when and in what form the US troops should be withdrawn. Leave the rest of the matter aside. ”

China's attitude has been very clear: There is no question of whether or not all US armed forces in Asia cannot be withdrawn, and whether the withdrawal must be made, whether it is an active withdrawal or a passive withdrawal. The question of whether to withdraw by yourself or be driven by China. China's tough stance has led U.S. Secretary of State Lasker and Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs to U.S. Secretary of State Lasker to the President of the People's Republic of China. Kennedy was dumbfounded, and the door to China's quarrel was slammed shut by China.

They are preoccupied, what is the next step? They are a little hesitant, they know that the current situation in the DPRK is very serious, the more than 40,000 elite divisions of the Chinese [***] team and the million-strong army of the Korean People's Army are in the 38th parallel, and the reason why China has been delaying the move is probably to wait for the results of this Sino-US negotiation. If there is no progress in the negotiations within a certain period of time, will China be patient enough to wait? There seems to be an unwritten rule that when the negotiating table cannot be discussed, the battlefield will be lively. Once the war breaks out, the nearly 30,000 US officers and soldiers in south Korea will probably not be able to withdraw even if they want to, and it is difficult to say what their fate will be

In the spacious and bright Four Seasons Hall of Diaoyutai Building 12, except for the sound of gurgling streams, the audience was silent for about 10 minutes. Looking at U.S. Secretary of State Lasker and Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Bang. Kennedy looked thoughtful and noncommittal, and Mr. Chen stood up and said, "Secretary of State and Mr. Assistant Security Officer, you have just arrived today, take a good rest, I propose that today's informal meeting end here, do you think about it?" If it is convenient for you, at 19:30 in the evening, in Building 18, I will invite you to the banquet that welcomes you. ”

"Thank you, Foreign Minister Chen, and we are very honored to accept your invitation. We will definitely participate then," U.S. Secretary of State Lasker hurriedly shook Mr. Chen's hand and said.

After watching the Chinese delegation from Chinese Foreign Minister Chen Yi and Vice Foreign Minister Li Dawei leave, U.S. Secretary of State Lasker and Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Bang. Kennedy and others, in order to prevent China from installing eavesdropping devices in Building 12, where they were staying, walked out of Building 12 one after another, pretending to be walking on the lawn between the pines and cypresses, and the pavilions, to discuss how to deal with the current negotiations with China.

In late March, Yanjing returned to the earth in spring, the grass and trees germinated, and the lawn under his feet began to spit green, but the spring cold is expected to be steep, and the outside of the building is still full of cold. After exiting Building 12, Secretary of State Lasker asked U.S. Ambassador to China Holyfield to return to the embassy immediately to report to the White House on the afternoon's talks. Himself and Bang. Kennedy paced in the spring cold of "freezing to kill his youth".

"It seems that Yenching has also begun to actively pursue the Asian version of the Monroe Doctrine of 'Asian affairs are Asian affairs,'" said Secretary of State Lasker, with his hands in the pockets of his thin tweed coat, on the lawn in front of Building 12. Kennedy said.

"Yas," said U.S. Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Kennedy nodded and said: "Judging from the two diplomatic documents of the "Pyongyang Resolution" and the "Shannan Agreement of the Foreign Ministers' Meeting of South and Southeast Asian Countries on Stopping the Entry of Nuclear Weapons into the Asian Region" and the Chinese Foreign Minister's speech today, there is no doubt about this point. ”

U.S. Secretary of State Lasker and Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Bon. Kennedy invariably thought of the Monroe Doctrine, and in 1823, the fifth president of the United States, James Murphy. At a meeting of the United States Congress on the state of the nation, Monroe waved his hands and excitedly declared to the congressmen present: "In the future, no European power shall regard the countries of the American continent that are already free to read as the object of future colonization." The United States does not interfere in the internal affairs of the European powers, nor does it allow them to interfere in the affairs of the Americas. ”

The 5th President of the United States, James Brown. Monroe's address became commonly known as the "Monroe Declaration." The principles it contains are commonly referred to as the "Monroe Doctrine". The Monroe Doctrine had three main implications: (1) It required European countries not to colonize the Western Hemisphere. This principle expressed opposition not only to the expansion of Western European countries into Latin America, but also to the expansion of Russia on the west coast of North America; (2) the demand that Europe refrain from interfering in the affairs of the reading countries of the Americas; and (3) to ensure that the United States does not interfere in the affairs of Europe, including those of its existing colonies in the Americas. Because Britain's influence in Latin America was much greater than that of the United States at that time, the Monroe Doctrine did not have much impact. After the 40s of the 19th century, the Monroe Doctrine was re-introduced. The Monroe Doctrine proclaimed in peaceful language that the United States was beginning to play its role as a great power in the international arena. From a national strategic point of view, the Monroe Doctrine laid the diplomatic foundation for a rising United States.

Lasker and Bang. Kennedy stopped in front of a pavilion. Kennedy raised his head too much, silently looked at a golden dragon drawn on the beam of the pavilion with teeth and claws in the clouds, and said thoughtfully: "The rise of a great power is first and foremost to have sufficient strength, and strong strength is the basis for becoming a great power, but a great power must eventually be recognized as a great power by the international community, and this is not only a matter of its own strength." On its way to becoming a great power, it will inevitably go through some major tests in its foreign relations, and a successful major country can not only withstand the tests, but more importantly, lay a lasting diplomatic tradition for itself as a great power through these major events. The influence of these traditions is strategic, and in turn it will be a powerful catalyst for the growth of its own power. The Monroe Doctrine has carved out a long tradition of strategic importance in American diplomacy that is now the goal of a rising China. ”

"Under the banner of Mao, China has gathered a large number of national elites, who have fought hard for more than 20 years to establish [***] China, and it took another 10 years to build this China into a powerful country. Now Yanjing has clearly stated their viewpoint that all US troops must be withdrawn from Asia, that the United States should no longer meddle in Asian affairs, and that Asian affairs should be resolved by the Asians themselves. It is indeed a replica of the Monroe Doctrine in Asia. Yanjing has already made a decision, and he will not hesitate to fight for this. The only option left for us is to either accept the war or withdraw from Asia. Even though the president had already told us when we came, should we still fight for it? "Lasker wants the president to be the assistant to the state for national security affairs. Kennedy was able to take the lead in expressing his opinion.

Nation. Kennedy did not directly state his opinion to answer the secretary of state's question, he seemed to be immersed in the summary of the "Monroe Doctrine", and while slowly pacing side by side with Lasker on the lawn, he said methodically: "Objectively speaking, the Monroe Doctrine has played a role in preventing the Latin American countries that have read the ability to become colonies of the European powers again." The Monroe Doctrine is a continuation and development of the determination and confidence of the US political elite to build a strong country, and in fact it is a basic foreign policy of the United States, which began with the pursuit of hegemony in Latin America and continued to advance toward world hegemony. According to the theory of national strategy, there are five types of national grand strategy: hegemony, self-help, evasion, hitchhiking, and transcendence. From the perspective of national strategy, for a big country that is full of vitality and wants to make a difference, no major strategic choice can be left untouched. The Monroe Declaration was a positive choice, and it did not heed Britain's suggestion, but instead of the unsolicited invitation of Britain as a 'superpower' at the time, it expressed its own reading opinions, reflecting the great power spirit of an emerging country. At the same time, it transcended the disputes between the great powers, did not intervene in possible antagonism and conflicts between the great powers, and the Monroe Declaration did not target a specific country, did not set up enemies for the United States, and catered to the needs of the 'pan-Americanism' ideology that prevailed in Latin America at that time, so it was also widely welcomed by Latin American countries at that time."

"Bang, I know all of what you're talking about. I'm asking you, are we going to fight for it next? Lasker interrupted the assistant to the president for national security affairs with some impatience.

"History sometimes has many similarities" Bang. Kennedy glanced at the U.S. Secretary of State, who was frowning, but remained unmoved, and continued unhurriedly: "The Monroe Doctrine shows the world that the United States has begun to exert its influence on the world as a great power of reading. The Monroe Declaration evoked different reactions from the great powers of the time, and in the end, Britain, the 'superpower' at the time, reluctantly accepted the Monroe Doctrine, the Holy Alliance suffered a heavy blow, and the United States won a diplomatic victory. From the point of view of national interests and strategy, the Monroe Declaration was a success. In the past history, the Monroe Doctrine has shaped the long-term foreign relations of the United States in fact and in its diplomatic style, and the future development and strength of the United States are inseparable from the role played by the Monroe Doctrine. ”

How could US Secretary of State Lasker not hear the meaning of the presidential national security adviser's remarks of "borrowing from the past to talk about the present"? He stopped and looked at Bang. Kennedy said, "What do you mean we can only learn from the British who reluctantly accepted China's Asian version of the Monroe Doctrine?" ”

"What else can you do in the face of a powerful and enterprising China? If we can now get to the point where we can confine the Chinese dragon to Asia, and ask them to ensure that China does not interfere in the affairs of the Americas and Europe, that would be a very good result. This is also the idea of the president. ”

(To be continued)