Gui Qingshan is not a mysterious person, nor is he a public figure.

As a representative of the "cultural circle" attending the annual meeting of the industrial investment company, he is unknown in the cultural circle of South Vietnam, and the only person who has anything to do with "culture" is that he serves as the editor-in-chief of an entertainment journal with a very low circulation and almost no influence.

No one would take such an inconspicuous figure to heart, who returned to Saigon overnight due to urgent matters and was unable to attend the group meeting of the cultural circles. Some well-known deputies even thought that the reason why he appeared at the plenary meeting was purely because the organizers were "pulling people's heads and making up numbers."

In fact, he is not only unknown in the cultural circle, but also in the Chinese area of the embankment.

He has no business in the commercial area, no industry in the Pingdong Industrial Village, is not a member of the "Rich Club", does not teach in various Chinese schools, has no contact with the press, looks ordinary, dresses averagely, rides a bicycle to and from work, and his neighbors have always thought that he is a clerk of a foreign company, and they cannot connect him with the head of the secret service.

He kept a low profile, and the intelligence agency he headed, despite its size, was as little known to the public as he was.

The praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch has been playing the role of the yellow finch all the time.

Saigon is home to a number of intelligence units, such as Ngo Dinh Nh's secret police system, Tran Kim Xuan's Socio-Cultural and Investigative Bureau, the Department of Defense Intelligence, the CIA Saigon Station, the Intelligence Department of the United States Military Assistance Command, the U.S. Air Force Intelligence Office in Vietnam (mainly responsible for aerial reconnaissance), the Saigon Listening Center of the National Security Agency (mainly listening to and deciphering North Vietnamese cables), and the Saigon Office of the United States Naval Intelligence...... Wait a minute.

And his "Yue Hua Literature and Art Research Association" intelligence system is the most hidden, which can be called a non-existent institution.

North Vietnamese spies lurking in the top and core departments were too harmful. It seriously endangers the interests of the "industrial investment system". In the future of ensuring that the inside line will not be affected. It is necessary to deal with a group of spies who have been under surveillance for many years, such as Ruan Yucao and Fan Chun'an, as soon as possible.

He went to Can Tho this time to ask whether to take action, and Ben Chaoren and Yang Gong, who stayed behind at the headquarters opposite the Fifth County Police Station, had already formulated several sets of plans, and they were waiting for the order of the boss of the "research group".

Can Tho is not far from Saigon, more than 170 kilometers, and Gui Thanh Son arrived at the headquarters in three hours.

Before taking off his coat and walking into the office, Ben Chaoren asked eagerly: "Lao Gui, what is Mr. Li's opinion?" ”

Gui Qingshan glanced at the time. Said lightly: "Mr. Li has no opinion and agrees to clean up a batch, but we can't expose it." ”

Yang Gong sat down across from him and said worriedly: "They are extremely vigilant, and I am worried that the gang under Wu Tingjiao and Chen Jinxuan will startle the snake." Moreover, Ngo Dinh Dieh's current stance is very problematic, and in order to ease relations with the South Liberation Army and North Vietnam, it is not impossible for them to be released at a critical moment. ”

"Tens of thousands of Vietminh elements died at his hands, and the North Vietnamese hated their brothers to the core, and the relationship between them could not be eased if they wanted to, and besides, we would not hand over the information to them."

Ben Chaoren reacted. I couldn't help laughing: "Wake up the 'Ping Group' and hand it over to the CIA." Let Richardson do it! ”

"That's what Mr. Li meant."

Gui Qingshan looked at his watch again and said lightly: "It's 10:24 now, and Washington is at work, trying to let Richardson confirm the identity of the 'Ping Group' before dawn." ”

Yang Gong got up and said, "I'll arrange it." ”

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The SA operatives were rampant in Saigon, assassinating American officers, dropping bombs at U.S. offices in Vietnam, and the CIA's Saigon station had moved into the embassy to ensure the safety of its employees, unlike outside the Lansdale era.

After watching the movie with the embassy staff, Richardson was about to go back to his room to rest, when a subordinate suddenly ran up the stairs and leaned into his ear and said: "Boss, I received a phone call five minutes ago at the No. 3 liaison station, and the other party claimed to be our employee, and the code was all-powerful, but it was four years ago. ”

"Four years ago?"

Richardson felt incredulous, and Cornaeen hurriedly added: "The other party claims to be employed by Colonel Lansdale, codenamed 'Ping'. I asked Alan to check it, and there was indeed a filing of the 'Ping Group', File No. TB-Y-1955.11.23. However, there was only background information on the team members, no action reports, no evaluation reports, and even no training files. ”

The TB in the file number stands for the classified level, Y indicates the local agents recruited, and the numbers after it represent when the operation team was formed.

An action group founded in 1955 and lost contact for more than four years suddenly appeared out of thin air, and there must be something wrong with it.

Richardson directly believed that this was the kind of dispensable organization that Lansdale had just developed in Saigon, and that it was probably sent to North Vietnam to infiltrate, otherwise it would not have been possible to go without contact for so long. At the same time, it is believed that these guys must not be well-intentioned, and they are very likely to be cracked by the North Vietnamese, and they should now be the most troublesome double agents.

The "dish" delivered to the door, how could Richardson miss it like this.

He weighed it and suddenly smiled: "Contact the colonel immediately and ask what is going on with this 'flat group'." Call a few more people and bring the guy who showed up to the safe house, and I'll be there. ”

"No problem."

The "Ping Group" is named after the leader of the group, Chen Ping, except that the group is not a subordinate of Lansdale, but an intelligence group formed in the name of the embankment regiment headquarters of the Republican Youth League at the beginning of the establishment of the "Vietnamese Chinese Literature and Art Research Association".

At that time, Ngo Dinh Diem was vigorously purging the Viet Minh elements, and the Viet Minh elements were arrested one after another, and the Viet Minh underground organization was seriously damaged. In order to prevent their own people from being caught and killed by mistake, the brothers who broke into the Viet Minh have a record in the CIA's Saigon station or in Ngo Dinh Yao's secret police system.

Inadvertently, these arrangements from years ago have finally come in handy, at least they are nominally CIA employees.

As for whether Lansdale can confirm his identity, Gui Qingshan is not worried at all.

If the information provided by the "Ping Group" is fake, neither Lansdale nor Richardson will refuse to give away the great credit that is at their fingertips.

Chen Ping had no ghost in his heart, and with such important information in hand, he would not be nervous at all in the face of a group of American colleagues. Sitting in the living room of a small French-style building. Leisurely drinking coffee. I wonder if the Yankees will give some reward.

An intelligence officer in his thirties asked in a stiff Vietnamese language: "Man, why are you alone, your subordinates?" ”

Chen Ping crossed his arms and smiled fearlessly: "I can understand English, but I'm sorry, I won't answer any of your questions until I see Colonel Lansdale." ”

It's hard to imagine a tanned tan. The whole guy of a Vietnamese peasant can actually speak fluent English.

The intelligence officer was stunned, picked up the cup and said: "The colonel has returned to the United States and now serves the Pentagon, and is no longer my boss or even a colleague, I'm afraid it will be difficult to see." My name is Fili, and I'm the only person you can talk to right now, and if I really don't want to say it, then I can only contact the police with great regret. ”

Chen Ping didn't eat his set and put down the cup. Leaning on the edge of the table, he smiled: "Fili, I can tell you very responsibly." If you do, you'll soon have to find yourself a new job. ”

"Wow, so you have very important information in your hands."

"Think so."

"I'm happy to believe you, but the point is that I have to deal with a few people like you every day, who all claim to have valuable information, only to find out that they are all liars, and the so-called information is all fabricated or outdated. Man, trust me, if you want to be trusted, if you want to get paid what you expect, you have to say something I'm interested in first. ”

This so-called "safe house" was already under the supervision of the "Vietnamese Chinese Literature and Art Research Association".

Every move here, all the calls made or dialed in and out, are all in the control of the "old ghost" (Lao Gui), Chen Ping knows that there is a side door in the small building, and Richardson wants to see someone here, usually entering and exiting through the side door. Knowing that the three-story building next door is an observation post and listening point, there are recordings of ongoing conversations next door.

He didn't want to waste any more time, so he pretended to be indignant: "Friend, do you think I helped the colonel work for money? Do you think I'm a liar? Well, send me to the police station, and President Yan and Mr. Yao will definitely thank me for everything I have done for the country. ”

No matter how he knocked on the side, he just didn't let go, and he insisted on seeing a senior official.

Hurrying in, Richardson listened next door for a while, and decided to come forward in person. What made him laugh was that Chen Ping actually said: "Mr. Stationmaster, I haven't seen you, I need to see your documents first." ”

"You don't believe me?"

"I'm sorry, sometimes I don't even believe in myself."

Only such a person can penetrate the interior of Viet G, and Richardson believes that he is an excellent agent, but he cannot confirm whether he is a double agent or not, and whether he is using this method to serve Viet G.

After reading the documents, Chen Ping breathed a sigh of relief, stared at him and said: "Mr. Stationmaster, my team and I have accepted an operation to break into the Viet Minh underground organization, and we have been operating in Saigon, Di'an, Xining, Bien Hoa and Jianhe for a long time. If it weren't for the collection of a series of evidence that a few North Vietnamese elements infiltrated the upper echelons of the government and directly endangered national security, we would never have contacted you so quickly. ”

"High-level government?"

"Yes."

"Who?"

"I put the evidence in a mailbox, I need to make a phone call, and my colleague will help me deliver the mailbag to the place you specified."

After about half an hour of waiting, an intelligence officer, under the protection of several Marines, arrived with a parcel that had just been received.

Looking at the familiar faces in the photograph and imagining their anti-government activities, Richardson gasped.

"My God, although we have long noticed that this provincial governor has been causing trouble within the government army, we have never suspected that he is a spy. Even more unbelievable, the Independence Palace even intends to make him the head of the Department of Defense Security. ”

Chen Ping took the cigarette and said in a low voice: "His Catholic background and his oath to renounce the lies of the Vietminh anti-G gave him a guarantee of safety. He was sent to Malaya to inspect the highly successful anti-G strategy of the 'Chinese New Village', and after returning to China, he further gained the trust of President Yan.

He spent some time in Chen Jinxuan's investigation bureau, where he actually monitored the loyalty of the lieutenant general to President Yan. When his core power background is real, many active-duty officers want to build a relationship with him. During this period, he opened the door to assist the Saigon Party Committee of the Workers' Party of North Vietnam and installed more than 30 ...... in the Nationalist Army."

There are photographs, time and place, upper and lower lines, and a list of North Vietnamese elements planted in the Nationalist Army, and the real evidence is conclusive.

It was impossible for the North Vietnamese to give up a high-ranking spy in order to win the CIA's trust with the man in front of them, to give up so many internal lines that had successfully infiltrated the government army, and even to expose their own underground lines of communication.

When he saw Fan Chun'an's materials, Richardson was convinced that there could be no problem with the "Ping Group" and that it was definitely the CIA's most successful covert operation.

"Ping, thank you for all you have done, Colonel Lansdale will surely be proud. The problem now is that these people are very tricky, and although the evidence is conclusive, if you want to move them, you have to have the support of a higher level. ”

The "old ghost" was accustomed to beating rabbits with grass and handing over the evidence to Richardson, which was just a stepping stone to officially enter the CIA's Saigon station, and was not the main task of the trip.

Chen Ping pretended to be exhausted, and said weakly: "Mr. Stationmaster, that's a problem for you to consider. Our mission is accomplished, we need to rest. If we could, we would like a sum of money, a new identity and a new job, because we have not done anything for our family for so many years, and we want to compensate our family a little. ”

He worked for the CIA for seven or eight years without receiving a penny of funding. Penetrated into the Viet Minh, and the conditions did not allow them to take it.

Equivalent to what they have achieved, this is really not a big requirement.

Richardson was extremely generous, and said with a smile on his eyebrows: "No problem, I will help you submit a special application." There is no place to stay, there is no me to arrange. Take a good vacation, wait for the vacation, wait for me to get rid of those bastards, and then sit down and talk about how to deal with the other bastards. (To be continued.) )