Chapter 71: Memorandum I on Sino-US Relations
Memorandum on Sino-US Relations: "No, my heart is too soft-hearted, and I can't bear to see those wounded suffering in pain without medical care and medicine, and continue to die slowly in pain, so I came up with such a solution." Li Dawei replied very sincerely. I'm afraid all the prisoners of war can't" "Thank you for your kindness, I will discuss your proposal with the relevant departments and reply as soon as possible. We believe that it is imperative to solve the problem of the treatment and survival of the prisoners of war first, we understand the shortage of supplies in your country, and if we can get your permission, we will immediately activate the first batch of aid and personnel for our prisoners of war. These include, 300 tons of medicines and medical equipment, and 10 field hospitals of international medical teams, two of which are for you Chinese wounded and sick. There are also 30,000 blankets, 30,000 sets of winter clothing, 600 tons of flour per month, and 3,000 tents to be shipped to the ports you have designated, but we ask that the International Red Cross personnel be sent to manage these supplies and ensure that they are used for prisoners of war at all times." Rost looked at Li Dawei with concern and said.
Wu Xiuquan took it and said: "We have always treated the issue of prisoners of war in the spirit of revolutionary humanitarianism, and we have allowed your assistance to prisoners of war. I think it is now necessary for our two countries to establish liaison stations in each other's capitals to deal with some urgent matters." Rost said.
Li Dawei suppressed the excitement in his heart and said calmly, "This is a good idea", and couldn't help laughing in his heart: Haha. The establishment of mutual liaison offices between China and the United States has been more than 20 years ahead of schedule.
Rost said: "In order to facilitate our communication, this villa is temporarily used by the Chinese delegation to facilitate our meetings. You can rest assured that it's safe here. You can use the equipment here as you like. Including the high-power radio here. If you don't have an opinion, I'll show you around the house."
Everyone accompanied Rost to see the two-story house of 1,200 meters
In the evening, Wu Xiuquan and Qiao Guanhua returned to the Astoria Hotel. Li Dawei and Chen Zhong stayed behind to continue their meetings with the U.S. side.
After the Chinese and American delegations left, Li Dawei and Chen Zhong went to the second floor, and among the six rooms on the second floor, two chose the one that they thought was the safest, and then the two of them carefully checked the room where they lived, and found no eavesdropping and surveillance devices. Li Dawei took out the mp3 and sorted out today's conversation. Two people worked until late at night.
Li Dawei was lying in bed, although he felt physically and mentally exhausted after a day of negotiations, he couldn't sleep. Li Dawei still feels a lot of pressure for the following negotiations. Although I said that I knew a little about the Sino-US negotiations in the 70s, I was only aware of some documents and materials, and I still felt uncertain about how to grasp them. Since he could not get in touch with the central government, some things could only be studied by the delegation, but Li Dawei had a principle in his heart, that is, the conditions of China in the 70s were the bottom line, and the Sino-US negotiations in the 70s were all approved by Mao ZD and presided over by Zhou Enlai himself. On this basis, do our best to fight for the greater interests of China. Don't make too many mistakes in principle.
In the next few days, Li Dawei and others discussed with US Assistant Secretary of State Rost and his entourage how to expand people-to-people exchanges between China and the United States in specific fields such as science, technology, culture, and journalism. To Rost's surprise, Li Dawei has a great interest in "intellectual property". and asked the U.S. side for a complete set of codes and cases related to U.S. patent law.
Privately, Rost asked curiously: "Mr. Li, as far as I know, you [***] do not recognize the 'intellectual property rights' you call personally."" No, that's because you don't know us Chinese [***] people yet." Li Dawei waved his hand and said: "In the field of science and technology, we advocate 'a hundred schools of thought contend, a hundred flowers bloom' encourage all people to invent, create, and boldly innovate in this field, and recognize the intellectual property rights owned by individuals or organizations."
Rost asked puzzledly, "Isn't your China [***] different from other [***]?" Hehe," Li Dawei said with a smile: everything has its universal surname and special surname, and the whole world [***] only has the same belief in the ideological field. This is the common surname of [***]. But how to achieve [***] victory, each has different opinions. This is again the special surname of [***] in various countries. We insist on public ownership of the means of production, but at the same time, we also respect everyone's inventions and creations, recognize the fruits of their inventions and creations, and help them push such inventions and creations to the market as soon as possible, so that they can better and faster promote the progress of the entire human race." But as far as I know about China, most of the people in China are illiterate, ignorant, and have nothing to be called a patent that needs to be protected." Rost said with some disdain. Again, this is where you don't know about New China, and there is indeed the kind of situation you said in China. But we Chinese people are trying to change this phenomenon, we are eradicating illiteracy throughout the country, and we are trying to improve the cultural literacy of the whole nation. We attach great importance to the research of new technologies and new processes, and began this work as early as the Yan'an period, but there were no conditions to industrialize it at that time.
Rost thought to himself, you just blow it, lack the most basic material basis in the ravine can research what new technology and new process. Li Dawei seemed to see through Rost's heart and then said: "Perhaps, in the near future, you will see that the Chinese [***] people are the most miraculous people in the world. Many enterprises in the world will adopt China's design for new products, new technologies and new processes." Li Dawei thought: "At that time, how to prevent it, Lao Mei's "copycat" products is really a sad thing, this is a problem for future generations."
In the end, both sides believe that it is desirable to expand the understanding between the peoples of the two countries. People-to-people contacts and exchanges in the fields of science, technology, culture and information would be mutually beneficial. The parties pledged to facilitate the further development of such contacts and exchanges.
On the Korean issue, the two sides agreed that with the easing of the situation on the Korean Peninsula, the two sides will eventually withdraw from the Korean Peninsula and allow the Korean people to realize the peaceful reunification of the Korean Peninsula without any interference from outside forces. In order to avoid another conflict between the Chinese and American armies, it is necessary to avoid contact between the Chinese and American armies. In addition to the South Korean Army, other joint [***] teams are bounded by the 37th parallel of the North Latitude and the Chinese People's Volunteer Army is bounded by the 39th parallel. The two sides will no longer increase their troops on the Korean Peninsula. In order to avoid complicating the situation on the Korean Peninsula, the two sides jointly oppose the intervention of third-party forces in the situation on the Korean Peninsula."
The two sides held further consultations on the issue of US prisoners of war, and the Chinese side agreed to implement the article 118 of the Neiva Convention on the Treatment of Prisoners of War, that is, to release and repatriate the joint [***] prisoners of war after the actual cessation of the actual war. By December 31, 1950, all wounded prisoners of war were to be repatriated, and the number of not less than 10,000 prisoners of war was to be repatriated.
The U.S. side said that in order to help China recover its war-damaged economy as soon as possible, the U.S. will launch an aid program to China. The first batch of 2,000 excavators with buckets of more than 0.8 cubic meters, 4,000 bulldozers and 4,000 4-ton vehicles were donated to China. It will arrive at major ports in China by December 31, 1950.
The members of the Chinese delegation could not help but laugh when they thought about Rost's sanctimonious expression and serious speech when discussing the issue of prisoners of war.
At that time, Rost said very solemnly: "We American political axes have always had great sympathy for the Chinese people, and we always want to do something for the Chinese people who are suffering deeply. From December 31 this year, we decided to assist China with 2,000 excavators with buckets above 0.8 cubic meters, 4,000 bulldozers, including 2,000 50 horsepower, 2,000 100 horsepower and 4,000 vehicles with a load of 4 tons. "Mr. Rost, have you misremembered the numbers, why are there 1,000 units of each of them?" Li Dawei immediately said: "This is not your usual generous style in the United States." Where to get so many excavators and bulldozers with a usage time of less than 200 hours in such a short time. We're going to give you an extra $3 million in spare parts."
When discussing bilateral trade, Rost half-jokingly said, "Mr. Lee sometimes looks like a businessman. Bargain you are more businessmen than merchants, there is no ambiguity at all."" Actually, if I had to choose, I would really like to choose to be a businessman. Do business with you Americans. Promote economic and trade exchanges between China and the United States. for the benefit of the people of the two countries" Li Dawei said with a smile: "How about Mr. Rost, wait for your term to expire and we will do business together. Okay?" All right! Maybe I'll be a good businessman, too." Rost took a sip of coffee and said with a smile.
After discussions, the two sides agreed that bilateral trade is another area that can bring mutual benefit, and agreed that equal and mutually beneficial economic relations are in the interests of the two peoples. Agreed to facilitate the gradual development of trade between the two countries.