May 3, 1943. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info San Francisco, USA.

San Francisco City Hall is adorned with a huge American flag and canopy. All the political and economic elites of San Francisco came, and they were here listening to a man, an Oriental, an Oriental woman, a powerful Christian who could speak English, a powerful woman, a beautiful Oriental woman who was the wife of the president.

Yes, it's Song Meiling.

Another important reason why California welcomed her was because she was there at the same time when the Japanese army attacked the West Coast of the United States. California loved her bravery, welcomed her, and cheered up the locals with her presence.

In late April, a little more than a week earlier, a Japanese fleet of two aircraft carriers and several warships attacked military targets near Seattle. Although in the next two days, the U.S. Air Force and Navy actively cooperated, won the battle, and it is said that the Japanese fleet was destroyed.

The impact of this incident on the Americans was still huge, and the American army had lost enough at sea, and everyone thought that it should have won, but unexpectedly, it failed again.

A large number of wealthy people fled the West Coast of the United States, some into the mountains, and some simply crossed the mountains to the central and eastern United States, to the interior.

And the arrival of China's first lady has brought encouragement to the people of the West Coast.

Soong Meiling's visit to the United States is a secret. In mid-November 1942, American pilot Sheldon flew a Boeing 307 fighter and landed at Chengdu Airport, where he was going to greet Soong Meiling.

At that time, Song Meiling's health was very bad. She was lying on a stretcher with a blanket on her body, and the disease had tormented her for a long time, causing her to lose her vitality. She has hives and suspected stomach cancer, bad skin, and allergies to many fabrics. Her stomach is not good, her father died of stomach cancer, and she is under a lot of psychological pressure.

In order to treat his body, Chongqing negotiated with the United States and arranged this trip.

Chiang Kai-shek personally came to see her off.

Soon, the plane took off with Song Meiling on board. The entourage included her niece Kong Lingwei, consultant Owen? Lamore, secretary Chen Zhuzhu, press secretary Dong Xianguang, and doctors, servants.

On November 27, Soong Meiling arrived in the United States and was admitted directly to the Presbyterian Hospital in northern Manhattan. Her registered name was Mrs. Lin, and the entire 12th floor of the hospital was reserved for her and her entourage.

Rumors of China's first lady being treated in the United States quickly spread.

In mid-January 1943, the U.S. government officially announced the visit of China's first lady, Soong Meiling. By this time, her illness had basically been cured.

Soong Meiling began her official visit to the United States. She gave a speech to Congress, and the words were inspiring: "I think if the Chinese people could speak to you in your language, or if you could understand our language, they would tell you that, fundamentally, we are all fighting for the same ideas; We have the same ideals; That is, the four freedoms revealed to the world by your President, the bell of freedom, the bell of freedom of the United Nations, and the death knell of the aggressor resounding throughout the vast land of our country. ”

The United States now thoroughly understands the importance of China as an ally, and it is unanimously agreed that it will provide assistance to China and let China help the United States contain Japan.

So, the two sides are very warm. One does not want to fight, but wants to get help from the other; One doesn't want to die, and wants to use the minimum price to let the other party die and contain the Japanese.

During her visit to the United States, some good news came from the Chinese battlefield. In the northeast of China, there were a series of victories, large and small. These victories gave her speech a new dimension and made the United States more convinced that China's accession was important. How did the Americans know that these Chinese victories were all won by the opposition parties that were constantly ordered by the Chongqing government. Not only do the people not know, but even the ordinary politicians don't know about it.

On November 29, 1942, the "Central Daily" published a small piece of news: "Madame Chiang was admitted to the hospital and became a guest of honor in the White House when she arrived in New York, and the New York Daily News published a big headline."

More than two months later, in mid-February 1943, Chongqing's major newspapers suddenly published a series of articles in a very dense manner.

In these reports, Madame Chiang appeared along with various preferential policies for China. On the one hand, Madame Chiang constantly raised practical needs on various formal occasions: such as "China is already training pilots, and there is an urgent need for planes and gasoline"; On the other hand, Roosevelt constantly stated that he wanted to strengthen aid to China and cut off Japan's arrogance at the source.

"Madame Chiang is a symbol of a great country" and "Madame Chiang's great success" and other editorials were published in the Central Daily.

There is a huge problem with this decoration of the hall. It's just that the person concerned, Song Meiling, was proud of her speech in the United States, but she didn't realize that since she was visiting on behalf of the Chinese president, how could she say that she was representing the country, why didn't she fly the Chinese flag?

Soong Meiling's speech was mainly to introduce the process and spirit of China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, when she said: "Based on the experience of five years and a half, our Chinese people are convinced that it is wiser to be willing to fail than to accept defeat in a light and shameful way. The audience applauded thunderously, saying that the applause was thunderous, it was the newspaper's statement, but in fact it was indeed applause, not thunder.

The vast majority of people here don't come to listen to the speeches, they come to see the Oriental beauties. If it is a pure Oriental beauty, it is just that, this is an Oriental woman with a Western education, religious and cultural background. This is more of a concern for mainstream American society.

You know, you know, his oriental clothes are all silk. Are you sure? Are you sure?

You know, she said it herself: I am Western except for this face that is Oriental. Are you sure?

I've heard that he's already given speeches in several cities, right? That's right, that's right. Several cities, all of which were sensational.

No, I think she's so beautiful, it's Filipino, right?

Let's go, look at the Oriental beauties!

Listening to her slightly Shanghainese accent, more fluent than Americans, and English in the northern dialect, everyone was very excited, it turned out that the English of oriental beauties could be understood. Applause! Oh yes!

When the speech was over, the people in the city hall and the state legislature stepped forward to shake her hand.

Several overseas Chinese representatives held bouquets of flowers and walked up to the rostrum to present flowers to Ms. Song Meiling. Ms. Song gracefully accepted the flowers, shook hands and thanked them, and then handed them to the person behind her.

Then the Speaker led her out of the hall, got into an open-top car, and walked slowly down the avenue.

Ahead of the road are nine motorcycles, arranged in the shape of geese. Then there was a road-opening open-top car, and then Ms. Soong Meiling's car. Behind the car was a parade, a parade drawn from several middle schools, with children in uniforms, some beating drums, some holding wooden rifle models, some directing, some playing, and it was lively.

The streets were almost full of people, a small half of whom were Chinese.

The Chinese were almost all in the move, and the men wore suits, hats, and combed their hair. The women wore dresses and traveled in full costumes, just to see Mrs. Jiang. Overseas Chinese organizations were also present at the speeches and the parade, and the cars of the overseas Chinese leaders were behind the motorcade of the parade.

However, although the Chinese children also put on small suits, they did not forget to continue to work, they carried newspaper bags on their backs, held a few newspapers in their hands, and sold them while collecting money, and did not forget to see Mrs. Song.

On the front page of the newspaper was a large photograph of Ms. Soong Mei Ling.

They came out of the restaurant, out of the laundry, out of the farm, dressed in dresses that were only worn for the Chinese New Year, and arrived here in cars from several cities. This is simply a big gathering of the Chinese.

Chinese people can be said to be proud, in addition to caring about the situation of China's Anti-Japanese War, they also want to see Song Meiling.

Except for a speech by an anti-Japanese heroine covered in scars a few years ago, it was Song Meiling who came here. This is a big deal for the Chinese.

There were no councillors to accompany the scarred woman, the woman did not march, and the Oriental woman did not speak English. In short, that time, except for the Chinese, the mainstream American society did not respond very enthusiastically.

This time it's different.

Almost all of San Francisco is empty, and everyone comes to see the Oriental beauty.

By the way, more people finally know that China is also fighting fascism, and like the United States, it is fighting against Japan.

It turns out that the Chinese are our allies and our gang.

The procession passed by a building, and in one of the building's windows, a man with a telescope looked at the people in the crowd. The procession was normal, and some people in trench coats and top hats in the crowd did not look at the procession, but at the spectators on both sides of the procession. No anomaly escapes their eyes.

The man in the window was satisfied, so he lowered his binoculars and rubbed his temples vigorously with his hand.

A voice behind him said, "Joe, today's parade is coming to an end, and it looks safe." ”

Joe said, "Yes, we can take a break. ”

The two men each took a cup of coffee, and although they wanted to drink it, their eyes were still looking at the procession below.

After a while, the convoy left the street and sped away. The parade is over.

Qiao said: "What's next?" ”

The man said: "There will be an intelligence gathering meeting on Madame Chiang's visit to the United States right away." It's downstairs in the conference room, and it's ten minutes away. ”

"Everything is as accurate as a clock," Joe said. ”

The meeting began, and the detectives and officers had six or seven, for the sake of sitting on either side of the long table.

Officer A said: "According to the instructions of the boss, we summarize the information for which we are responsible. ”

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1, said that when Song Meiling visited the United States, there were no intelligence officers around her, do you believe it?

2. Madame Chiang's visit to the United States caused great repercussions in the United States. In Chongqing, this repercussions have been greatly exaggerated, to what extent? Decades later, people are still talking about newspaper propaganda as history. Remember, journalism is not history. Even if the photos in the newspaper are not real history, it is necessary to distinguish whether they are real history, because for the same thing, the reporters have different points of view, and the photos selected are different, and the effect is different.