In 1970, Chairman Mao did two far-reaching things against the United States, one was to issue the "520 Statement," calling on "the people of the whole world to unite and defeat the American aggressors and all their lackeys!" "It shows the heroic indignation of the struggle against the enemy; the other is that on October 1, the Snow couple was invited to the Tiananmen Gate Tower and published a photo of him and Snow in the People's Daily, showing the world the willingness of the Chinese and American peoples to be peaceful and friendly."
520 Declaration
Chairman Mao invited Mr. and Mrs. Snow to climb the Tiananmen Tower
These two events show Chairman Mao's superb international political art, and it was his strategy of hard work and peace that finally won Nixon, which led to ping-pong diplomacy in 1971, Kissinger's secret visit to China, and Nixon's visit to China in February 1972 to sign the Shanghai Communiqué between the two countries.
In 1970, in order to cooperate with the struggle of the Indochinese people and the anti-war movement of the people of the United States and around the world, and set off a new upsurge against US aggression, around May 10, Premier Zhou deployed to hold a grand mass rally in Tiananmen Square in the middle of that month, after which a mass parade was held.
On May 20, 1970, Chairman Mao published a speech entitled "The People of the Whole World Unite to Defeat the American Aggressors and All Their Lackeys!" Statement. This is a famous statement made by Chairman Mao in his later years and an important historical document with great shocking power. It was in this "520 Statement" that Chairman Mao put forward the question of "Who in the world is afraid of whom?" "This famous question.
Chairman Mao pointed out in his statement: Who in the world is afraid of whom? It is not the Vietnamese people, the Lao people, the Cambodian people, the Palestinian people and the Arab people who are afraid of US imperialism, but the US imperialism that is afraid of the peoples of the world and panics whenever the wind blows. Many facts in the world prove that "there is much help for the righteous, and there is little help for the wrongdoers." Weak countries can defeat strong countries, and small countries can defeat large countries. As long as the people of small countries dare to rise up and struggle, dare to take up arms, and take charge of the destiny of their own countries, they will certainly be able to defeat the aggression of the big powers. This is a law of history. ”
Chairman Mao's thesis has been confirmed by the practice of the Vietnamese and Indochinese peoples in victory in the War to Resist US Aggression and Save the Country.
Chairman Mao's "520 Statement" not only inspired the people of Asia, Africa and Latin America, but also allowed the US government to further see the situation, and this struggle objectively made Nixon more rational, that is to say, although the United States is militarily strong, but you are out of the way, then the wise choice, of course, is to stop the precipice and stop the Vietnam War.
Therefore, Chairman Mao used "overthrowing" as a means to achieve the goal of changing the erroneous policy of the United States.
According to Kissinger's recollection, Chairman Mao's method did indeed make Nixon much more sober and calm.
If the "520 Declaration" was Chairman Mao's struggle against Nixon's hard hand, then on October 1, 1970, he used his hard other hand against Nixon, but this hand was not a struggle, but peace.
According to historical records, on October 1 of that year, Beijing was full of autumn and fragrant flowers. People from all walks of life who participated in the celebration of the 21st anniversary of the founding of the Republic gathered in Tiananmen Square early in the morning. The whole square, red flag like the sea, bunting flag flying, full of rich festive atmosphere. Mr. and Mrs. Snow, who had just returned to Beijing from a visit to Zhidan County in northern Shaanxi, also climbed the Tiananmen Tower at the invitation of Premier Zhou Enlai. This is a special honor for Snow.
Snow returned to China on August 14, 1970, after a gap of five years, with his wife, Lois Wheeler. Soon after arriving in Beijing, he went to Zhidan County in northern Shaanxi, where he first met Chairman Mao's security guards.
Snow revisits the old place, and his thoughts are endless. When he came to the mountain roads he had walked, the cave dwellings he had lived in, and the places where chairman Mao had a night of talks, he felt particularly cordial. The ancient city of the past, but now has "the old look for a new look". After more than 30 years of great changes, I deeply feel that "security guards, like all of China, have also stood up."
When Premier Zhou Enlai saw Mr. and Mrs. Snow ascending to the Tiananmen Tower, he greeted them, shook their hands warmly, and said, "Mr. Snow, welcome to you." Chairman Mao asked me to invite you to come. You are a sincere friend of the Chinese people. ”
"I crossed the blockade line 34 years ago to find the Red Army, and the first leader I met was you. I was surprised that you spoke to me in English. Snow said affectionately. I also drew up a 92-day trip plan for you, and found a horse for you to ride to the security guard to find Chairman Mao! Premier Zhou said wittily.
The scenes of the past have evoked many unforgettable memories. Snow said excitedly: "You arranged for me to meet Chairman Mao and interview the Red Army, which was unique to the Western press at that time. Let me go to Tiananmen Square again today! ”
"You are now visiting New China for the third time, and today you are still attending Our National Day ceremony at Tiananmen Square, which is also a unique thing for an American!" Premier Zhou said sincerely.
National Day in 1970
At this time, the "Dongfang Hong" music sounded on the radio, and Chairman Mao's tall body appeared on the tower of Tiananmen Square. Suddenly, the cheers of "Long live Chairman Mao" resounded through the clouds. Accompanied by Premier Zhou, Mr. and Mrs. Snow walked toward Chairman Mao.
"Chairman, look who's coming." Premier Zhou smiled and said to Chairman Mao. Chairman Mao saw at a glance that it was Snow. Old friends were overjoyed to see each other. Warmly shook Snow's hand and said, "Mr. Snow, God bless you, we are meeting again." "Joy is beyond words." It was a great pleasure to meet you. You look younger and in better shape than you were 5 years ago. Snow said excitedly.
"So-so. Are you in good health? Chairman Mao asked with concern. fair. I had a knife before I came, and now it's good. Snow replied. Chairman Mao looked at Snow carefully, cared and said, "You have to pay attention, don't get too tired." Snow nodded and said, "By the way, I have to listen to that." Then he happily told Chairman Mao: "I only came back from the security guard 5 days ago. Security has changed dramatically. It took 3 days to walk from Yan'an to Baoan Road, and this time it took only 2 and a half hours. "There's some change." As he spoke, Chairman Mao thoughtfully said to Snow, "By the way, you received a letter to me last December. "They said the book you wrote was not good, I didn't read it, I read the abstract, there was nothing wrong with it."
"When I came to China this time, I found that some of the ideas I wrote about the Wenhua Revolution were incorrect." Snow said guiltily.
Chairman Mao smiled and waved his hand and said, "You should write how you read it at that time." In the future, you will write as you like. Foreign friends should not be asked to have exactly the same views as we do. We're not exactly the same ourselves! ”
Chairman Mao, while talking cordially with Snow, held out his hand and led the Snows and his wife toward the railing in front of the castle tower.
Chairman Mao and Snow
Suddenly, the square boiled up, thousands of heads looked forward, red flags rolled over, and the cheers of "Long live Chairman Mao" rose and fell.
Chairman Mao also raised his right arm and waved to the cheering crowd. Snow looked at this moving scene, extremely excited, and his eyes were moist.
Chairman Mao asked Mr. and Mrs. Snow to stand on either side of themselves, pose, and let the reporters take pictures.
The photograph was later prominently published in the People's Daily at the end of that year. This is a implicit message from China to the United States to improve its relations with the United States.
Unfortunately, neither President Nixon nor His advisers to Kissinger understood the delicate approach of Chairman Mao and Zhou Enlai and ignored it. Recalling the incident afterwards, Kissinger wrote that Chairman Mao and Zhou Enlai "unfortunately overestimated our ability to observe things keenly." The message they passed on was so twisted that we careless Westerners didn't understand what it meant. ”
It can be seen that Chairman Mao's hand is also quite hard, which makes the United States a little embarrassed.
We can imagine that Chairman Mao's peaceful hand was also hard enough, and it also had a great shock in Nixon's psychology.
It was also Chairman Mao's hands that were so hard that when Nixon and Kissinger shook hands with him later, they had to be impressed by Chairman Mao's charm! Nixon and Chairman Mao had a conversation:
"People like me," Nixon said, "and the gangs, are they all among the ones to be brought down?" ”
Chairman Mao smiled and said, "You, as an individual, may not be among those who have been overthrown." Then he pointed to Kissinger and said, "He is not one of the people who have been brought down." If you're all knocked down, we'll have no friends. ”
In this way, Chairman Mao used his unique two hands, that is, through the two means of struggle and peace, to wrestle wits and courage with his opponents, and finally achieved the goal of peace, and won over the former enemy - Nixon!
Chairman Mao received Nixon
From then on, we know that although Nixon adhered to his ideas, he has always been committed to the friendly work of the two governments and peoples, and after chairman Mao's death, even if something very special happened in China, even after the end of the Cold War, he still looked at the relationship between the two countries from the perspective of a political strategist, and had a positive impact on the policies of subsequent US presidents.
From these rational deeds of Nixon, it is not difficult for us to see a kind of emotional thing, that is, his Chinese complex, his Chinese complex as Chairman Mao's personal friend, this is the masterpiece of his life!
From this, we can also infer that Chairman Mao was sincere, not hypocritical, and was by no means like those international politicians, playing with power and gaining temporary benefits.
When Nixon did something wrong, Chairman Mao thought that it would be unfavorable to the United States and not to Nixon himself.
No "hitting" doesn't work.
He even used the most ruthless "down" use, maybe this "fight" is used well, do not fight, do not know each other, do not fight, do not deal!