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There was a knock on the office door.

"Come in."

Pushing the door in was Ma Xiaobo, the director of the office.

"Ambassador."

"Bob, sit." Mu Yang pointed to the chair in front of his desk.

"The ministry has just sent a fax, our Ministry of Foreign Affairs has officially replied to Myanmar, Minister Yang will officially visit Myanmar on July 12, for a period of 4 days, this is a fax of documents sent by the ministry, you can take a look." Ma Xiaobo put a document on Muyang's desk.

Muyang picked it up and read it carefully, in fact, Minister Yang mentioned it when he called Muyang a few days ago that he would visit Myanmar in the near future.

Japan is quick to move and start diplomatic work on the new Burmese government, and Foreign Minister Nakasone is coaxing a visit to Burma, and China has always attached great importance to its neighbor, so how can it not have arrangements for this?

"Xiaobo, inform several counselors that military attache Ling Zhenggong will come to the conference room for a meeting, and you will be responsible for recording and studying the reception of Minister Yang's visit to Burma." Mu Yang commanded.

In the conference room of the embassy, Muyang said:

At the invitation of Myanmar Foreign Minister U Ong Na Maung Lwin, Minister Yang is scheduled to begin an official visit to Myanmar on the 12th of this month. During the visit, Minister Yang will hold talks with Foreign Minister U Ong Na Maung Lwin and meet with the state leaders of Myanmar. ”

"The ministry means that Minister Yang has several items on his itinerary, including meeting with U Ong Na Maung Lun, meeting with Tin Nai Den, general secretary of the Myanmar Gongfa Party, meeting with General Aung Hlaing, commander-in-chief of the Myanmar National Defense Forces, and meeting with Myanmar President Sai Mao Kham."

"And this time Minister Yang will go to pay homage to the cemetery of the expeditionary force, which has never been done before, the ministry asked our embassy to arrange the place of worship and the itinerary, we need to prepare in this regard, especially the safety work, now let's discuss the work arrangement."

Muyang said that everyone didn't feel anything about the previous trips, because those were normal itineraries, and when the time came, it would be okay to do a good job of the chief's security work and handle the meeting arrangements, but to worship the expeditionary force cemetery, this is still really not a little prepared.

Counselor Zhang Sheping said: "Ambassador, it is good to arrange a meeting with several leaders of Myanmar, but to pay respects to the cemetery of the expeditionary force, I don't know if you know the situation of the cemetery of the expeditionary force now, I am afraid it ......."

Hearing Zhang Sheping's words, Muyang realized that he was afraid that there was a problem here. "You tell me if there's any problem."

"Without a cemetery, the souls of the 100,000 expeditionary forces would have no place to live." Zhang Sheping said this in a low tone.

China, Britain, the United States, and Burma joined forces with Japan to fight in Burma, where the British had three cemeteries, of which the Taukkyan cemetery on the outskirts of Yangon was the largest, with 6,374 graves. The stone walls of the Taukkyan cemetery are also engraved with the names of more than 27,000 British soldiers who died in the Burma campaign, including Burmese, Indian and African British soldiers, whose remains have not been found. ”

"On April 13, 2012, British Prime Minister David Cameron visited the British military cemetery in Yangon during his visit to Myanmar."

"The U.S. also has cemeteries in Burma, but after World War II, the bodies were repatriated and buried at Arlington National Cemetery."

"Even Japan has established a cemetery in Myanmar. Since 1975, with the strong support of the government, foundations and the public, the Japanese have opened up various joints in Myanmar, and built cemeteries for Japanese fallen soldiers, large and small memorial towers and monuments in many places in Myanmar. ”

"On May 25, 2013, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuzo paid his respects at the Myanmar cemetery."

"The Chinese Expeditionary Force killed about 100,000 people in Burma, and there were at least 10 cemeteries in Yangon, Sipau, Mandalay, Bhamo and Myitkyina, but all of them were later destroyed." Zhang Sheping re-mentioned the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

Mu Yang really didn't know much about this history, and asked, "For what reason was it destroyed?" ”

Zhang Sheping sighed and said, "The reason is complicated. ”

"When Burma became independent in 1948, the Chinese no longer enjoyed political status in Burma. In 1964, the Ne Win regime carried out the "nationalization movement", and 700 Chinese enterprises were nationalized in Yangon alone, resulting in the destruction of many overseas Chinese in an instant. The diligence of the Chinese is mostly rich in Southeast Asia, and the same is true in Myanmar, but the wealth of the Chinese is the envy of many locals. This was the mid-60s Burmese anti-. One of the important backgrounds of Hua. ”

The Burmese government's so-called "nationalization" campaign has not only affected the local Chinese and overseas Chinese in Myanmar, but also the cemeteries of the Chinese Expeditionary Force in Myanmar. ”

"In addition, in the sixties and seventies, China and Myanmar had a period of unpleasant exchanges, and the two countries had bad relations, so the local people in Myanmar retaliated by destroying Chinese cemeteries."

"I've been concerned about this issue, so I'm familiar with these things, and now, those expeditionary cemeteries are long gone, and I've been to the expeditionary cemetery in Yangon, which has long since become ruins, wasteland and even pigsty, and only half of the monument is left there."

It can be seen that Zhang Sheping's expression was very lonely when he mentioned this, and even brought a little sadness, and at the end of speaking, his throat rolled a few times unconsciously.

"Ambassador, Minister Yang is going to pay respects to the cemetery of the expeditionary force, but there is no decent cemetery, so let's go there to pay respects."

Muyang also knew about this for the first time and fell into deep thought.

After a long time, Mu Yang opened his clenched fists and said solemnly: "Here, I want to do a review, we didn't pay attention to this matter before. It's not that we didn't do our job well in advance because of the chief's visit, but because of our negligence, we made it difficult for the martyrs who fought for the country. ”

"In the future, I will propose to the Burmese government to organize forces to repair the cemetery of the expeditionary force, and I will also ask for help from the country, hoping to get the support of the public."

"This time, Minister Yang came to pay his respects to the Yangon cemetery, and he didn't change his face or put on a façade, so what to see."

"Sheping, you have some understanding of this aspect, you are responsible for this matter, and you can sort out a plan for repairing the cemetery, no problem." Mu Yang looked at Zhang Sheping.

"No problem, Ambassador." Muyang could see the joy on Zhang Sheping's face.

Later, Muyang learned that Zhang Sheping's grandfather was once a soldier of the expeditionary force and died on the battlefield in Burma, and there are still no bones. When he was a child, Zhang Sheping's mother would take Zhang Sheping at the end of the mountain road in his hometown to burn paper for his dead grandfather at the end of the mountain road during the Qingming Festival. So he has a special affection for those expeditionary forces who entered Burma. (To be continued.) )