Chapter 285: Khrushchev's Family Feast
When drawing up the plan for the "Bear Hunt" operation, the Far Eastern Working Committee considered a variety of options for the armed occupation of the northeastern Tyumen region of the Western Siberian Basin, but finally gave up this unrealistic idea, because after all, the distance was too far to reach it in the short term. This kind of high-intensity modern war between major powers cannot afford any country. In the end, the plan to occupy this large oil field had to be put into the long-term consideration of the two plans after the establishment of an economic cooperation zone and the provocation of a civil war in the Soviet Union to achieve national autonomy in the region. Deng Feng has dispatched a capable Flying Leopard Commando to organize the Soviet National Liberation Army to operate in this area, focusing on and attacking the Soviet geological exploration team in this area. If the Soviet Union really knew that there was such a large group of oil fields beneath this desolate barren land, it would be a problem.
After the Chinese delegation to the Sino-Soviet border negotiations stayed in Moscow for 10 days and completed its task of the talks, before returning to China, Khrushchev hosted a banquet for the Chinese delegation at a country house near the Moscow River, and held secret talks with Li Dawei, Mao Anying, and Chiang Ching-kuo for more than two hours.
October in Moscow, autumn is crisp, the sun shining on the earth is still brilliant and warm, Khrushchev's country house. The grass in the garden between the house and the river has turned yellow, and the bright flowers bloom in the lawn, apparently from the flower cellar of the greenhouse.
The banquet was entirely private, informal. The members of the Chinese delegation were more like a group of tourists, dressed in casual clothes, and arrived at the country house outside Moscow of Khrushchev's house in a 42-seater luxury air-conditioned bus of the Chinese embassy with a milky white "Blue Sky" brand. On the lawn in front of the villa, he shook hands with Khrushchev and his family one by one wearing a jacket and a smile, and Khrushchev introduced his family to his Chinese guests one by one.
On behalf of the Chinese delegation, Li Dawei gave each of the Khrushchev family a "Tang costume," and at the same time gave all the Khrushchev's female dependents a set of beautifully packaged cosmetics containing all kinds of cosmetics and a small makeup case that could be carried around. Each of Khrushchev's three children downloaded 200 Soviet folk songs and 50 Chinese revolutionary songs, and the appearance was a cartoon Miffy rabbit that could be hung around his neck.
In order to show that the Soviets were not ignorant, uninformed, and not to be looked down upon by the Chinese, the family members were told by Khrushchev not to show curiosity and surprise at many strange things of the Chinese. But they still couldn't hide this surprised expression when they received these exquisite gifts, they almost immediately put the mp3 earbuds into their ears, humming softly with the melody inside, the youngest daughter Lena who is studying in college is even more ecstatic, with the rhythm of the music in the mp3, they insist on holding Li Dawei's hand and inviting Li Dawei to dance with her.
They were even more fascinated by the DV camera, which almost every member of the Chinese delegation had and was smaller than their 135 camera. They watched on the television of the air-conditioned bus in which the Chinese delegation was traveling, and they were even more happy to dance with joy than the addiction of movie stars, as they watched the grass and trees of their homes and their every move filmed by these Chinese comrades with that small DVV camera.
Khrushchev's eldest daughter, who worked in the Soviet magazine Science and Life. Perhaps out of professional needs, Niki Jichina even privately said to Li Xiaohong, the Russian interpreter of the delegation: "Comrade Xiaohong, can you talk to Minister Li Dawei and give me a small movie camera of this kind?"
Li Xiaohong explained to her, "Comrade Rada, I want to give you one should be fine, but it is useless to give it to you, because the Soviet Union does not have the corresponding equipment to play the filmed images. ”
With some disbelief, Rada asked his younger brother Sergei, who was working on the missile control system engineer next to him: "Sergey, is this true?" If the Soviet Union couldn't make these small and delicate movie cameras, could it really not even be played? ”
Khrushchev's son Sergei nodded affirmatively and said: "Rada, do you know? The microelectronics industry in the world except for China, has just started, this is a new industry, is a very huge system engineering, not to mention our Soviet Union, even the United States, which is one step behind China, can not do it. Do you know? The United States has to pay billions of dollars every year to buy China's patented production technology in this area. ”
"So why did China do it?" Rada was still unimpressed by his brother's explanation, saying: "The Soviet Union can make an atomic bomb and an artificial satellite, can't this little thing be made?" ”
"Why can China do it?" Sergei pouted helplessly, shrugged his shoulders and said: "These are these only the Chinese themselves know that the Soviet Union can make atomic bombs and artificial satellites, but these little things just can't be made." Didn't I tell you just now, this is an emerging industry, and it is a very large system project. It's not something that can be done in a year or two. Do you know? Rada, this "Sergei put" The defeat of the Sino-Soviet war was caused by the backwardness of the USSR in this field. The latter sentence was swallowed back.
"Uncle Li, do I want to study in your China?" Khrushchev's youngest daughter, Lena, took Li Dawei's hand and asked delicately.
"Ha, ha, ha," Li Dawei smiled and pointed to Khrushchev beside him and said to Lianna, "I have to ask your father." Then he said to Khrushchev and Mikoyan: "Comrade Khrushchev, China welcomes the leading comrades of the Soviet Union and the young people of the Soviet Union to visit China more often, so that it will help the peoples of the two countries to understand and communicate with each other."
"Yes, I should go to China and have a look." Khrushchev said very seriously: "It has taken China 10 years to build the world's most populous, economically backward, and poor country into a modern space power with stable political and social stability, rapid economic development, and highly developed science and technology. ”
"Dad, can I apply to study in China?" Liana still asked unrelentingly.
"Okay, okay, we'll talk about this later," Khrushchev seemed to be in a particularly good mood today, he patted his little daughter on the shoulder and said, "Go and play, I still have something to talk about with your Uncle Li." ”
The food prepared for Khrushchev's family banquet was extremely rich, except that the table was filled with all kinds of food and drink. Red caviar, black caviar, smoked salmon, sturgeon, roast suckling pig, suckling goat, stuffed turkey, as well as piles of vegetables, fruits, and famous wines from various countries, as well as Khrushchev's favorite cherry filling, black fruit lingonberry filling, cheese filling, potato filling, onion filling, beetroot soup, thick and spicy soup, fried cakes, vegetable rolls and various porridges. There is also home-made blood sausage, which Khrushchev especially liked to eat.
Due to the arrival of these most distinguished guests in China, many hot dishes such as spicy chicken, vinegared cabbage, and egg fried rice were added to the table.
To be honest, Li Dawei has no interest in these messy Russian dishes, and the most unbearable thing for him is the oiliness of these Russian dishes, the smoked salmon is like cooking in butter, and the oil buzzes outward when pressed, and the vegetable dishes have no taste except oil. The fish and meat, which have a slightly salty taste and a slight fennel flavor, are only oily and creamy, and those so-called Chinese dishes are even more unworthy of their name. So he just symbolically ate a few bites of things like zucchini mille-feuille rolls, pies filled with carrots, black plums and dried rice, and a few bites of egg fried rice.
Khrushchev was also not particular about diet, he ate a few dumplings stuffed with cheese, onions, and a few pieces of blood sausage, and drank a plate of beetroot soup and died.
After that, Li Dawei, Mao Anying, and Chiang Ching-kuo were invited to the small restaurant connected to the big restaurant, and held a secret conversation with Khrushchev and Mikoyan.
Khrushchev frankly expressed his thoughts to Li Dawei, Mao Anying, and Chiang Ching-kuo: 1. The Soviet Union will never take the initiative to provoke a war against China, and the Soviet Union is willing to make the greatest efforts to resolve the issue of territorial division between China and the Soviet Union through negotiations. I agree in principle with China's proposal, but a transition period is needed. Some more work needs to be done within the Soviet Party. During this period, both the Soviet Union and China should create a good atmosphere for the peaceful settlement of the issue of territorial division between China and the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union was to reduce its forces to less than 250,000 in Asia. It is hoped that the Chinese side will also take corresponding measures to withdraw its troops. Negotiations between the two sides should be carried out without military pressure or threat of force, otherwise the Soviet Union will really not be able to save face, and it will be difficult to explain to the Soviet people.
2. The establishment of a special economic zone for Sino-Soviet cooperation in the area east of the Ural Mountains, west of Lake Baikal, and south of the 53rd parallel between the Soviet Union and China is a good way to resolve further conflicts between the two sides. But these regions cannot be separated from the territory of the Soviet Union, at least on the surface.
3. China was requested to support the lifting of the comprehensive sanctions imposed by the United Nations on the Soviet Union, and to request China to urgently provide 200,000 tons of grain and some non-staple food to the Soviet Union. The money used for grain was deducted from the property of the Soviet Union in the areas now controlled by China. In this way, the Soviet Union and China will be able to establish the impression among the Soviet people that the Soviet Union and China are still good comrades and brothers, so as to facilitate the smooth progress of the border demarcation issue between the two countries in the future. ”
Li Dawei expressed his understanding of Khrushchev's views, but at the same time pointed out that the issue of Sino-Soviet border demarcation really needs a transition period, but this transition period should not be too long. During this period, it is very necessary for both sides to make efforts to eliminate the negative impact of the war among the peoples of the two countries, and this is also in line with the overall situation of developing friendly relations between the peoples of China and the Soviet Union.
On the issue of the withdrawal of troops from both sides, after the two sides have stabilized, China will withdraw to the coastal areas and interior of the Far East, except for the necessary local defense forces in the areas of contact between China and the Soviet Union, which will be less than 200,000.
With regard to the area east of the Ural Mountains, west of Lake Baikal, and south of the 53rd parallel of the Soviet Union, according to Khrushchev's opinion, it is possible to jointly declare this area as a condominium without any armed forces of the two sides at the most appropriate time, in accordance with Khrushchev's opinion, without breaking away from the territory of the Soviet Union for the time being.
On the issue of China's support for the lifting of comprehensive UN sanctions against the USSR. Li Dawei said that China does not advocate such an approach. But that's not China's final say. China in the UN in no way opposes the UN proposal to lift comprehensive sanctions against the Soviet Union.
As for the fact that providing emergency assistance to the Soviet Union was not a problem, Li Dawei said in a gullif: "[***] and Premier Zhou repeatedly instructed us when we came, not to let the Soviet people go hungry because of such an unpleasantness that happened in the two countries, everyone is a family, brothers quarrel and quarrel, and when it comes to dinner, you still have to sit down and eat at the same table, and you will go and tell the Soviet comrades that where there are Chinese people, there is food for the Soviet people." So I ask Comrades Khrushchev and Mikoyan to make this clear to the broad masses of the people of the Soviet Union. ”
Li Dawei then said to Khrushchev: "On the issue of demarcating the Sino-Soviet border, the key lies in the determination of you and the Soviet leading group. Comrade Mao ZD still has a very good impression of you. Tell me that Comrade Khrushchev has a flexible surname and is not rigid. ”
After hearing Chiang Ching-kuo's translation, Khrushchev's eyes couldn't help but light up, and a smug smile bloomed on his face, which is not difficult to see that he still cares very much about Mao Zd's evaluation of him.
"Regarding the great shock that this Sino-Soviet war has had on the entire socialist camp," Li Dawei finally said that Khrushchev and the Soviet Party were most concerned about another issue: "However, China [***] still has to vigorously maintain the Soviet Union's position as the leader in this socialist camp, and the Chinese Party still insists that the socialist camp is headed by the Soviet Union." Now some countries in the socialist camp have different opinions on this, and Premier Zhou has personally done some persuasion work. This reassures the Soviet comrades. The Chinese Party will never strive to be the leader. ”
Khrushchev then asked: "Comrade Li Dawei, what do you think of the line, principles, and policies pursued by the CPSU after the 20 th National Congress?" ”
"These policies are realistic and effective." Li Dawei fastened a top hat to Khrushchev's head: "You are an outstanding reformer of the 20th century. From my point of view, you are the forerunner of the reform and opening up of the Soviet Union. "Li Dawei is so good that he didn't wander out of what kind of teacher.
(To be continued)