As a well-known university in China, Tsinghua University is no stranger to everyone. There are countless talents born here every year, which makes people yearn, but even as one of the highest temples of knowledge in our country, because of its open attitude, it has also attracted the covetousness of many spies. Today we will take a look at the Tsinghua spies who were once picked out, and they were once Tsinghua professors. And what is unexpected is that the person who caught the spy turned out to be a star.
This person is called YingRuocheng, and some people may not know him, but Yingruocheng has a son named Yingda, and his ex-wife is the famous actor Song Dandan, and hearing this name may be able to narrow the distance between everyone and this hero. So, what kind of incident can connect them? Today, I will talk about this Tsinghua espionage case that shocked China and foreign countries.
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In 1948, China was still in a very turbulent period. The imminent establishment of New China has attracted the attention of many countries. At that time, an American couple embarked on the road to China, and these two people are the protagonists we are going to talk about today, Mr. and Mrs. Alan Recott! Alan Recott originally wanted to change his life by joining the U.S. Navy, but he did not expect to enter the Navy's intelligence department by mistake, not only did he not appear on the frontal battlefield, but he also gained a beautiful wife named Adele. But it is precisely for this reason that after the end of World War II, their work is still very arduous, and the United States, considering that they have studied Chinese profession, has made them investigate at this critical moment in China and recruit talents, for which they have also given themselves Chinese names: Li Ke and Li Youan.
They went to China as visiting scholars, which had just ended the war, so what they saw was devastation, a large number of beggars following him, and the streets with the remains of the last century. They saw that Shanghai was not suitable for them to work, and eventually they decided to go to Beijing to work.
With the status of foreigners and rich knowledge, they entered Tsinghua University and Yenching University to learn Chinese. Later, the school found that the two of them had a very rich reserve of knowledge and a unique learning method, so Tsinghua University hired them to become professors in the Department of Foreign Languages, and the status of their status was improved, so that they could better carry out their work. They sent information about China's economic situation, social situation, and so on back to the United States, a method they still use today.
They not only searched for information themselves, but also engaged in large gatherings, on the one hand, to search for information, on the other hand, to plot against our senior intellectuals, their work was carried out in secret, at that time many people were very envious of the life of Mr. and Mrs. Li Ke's "spending money", they held a big party, and invited a large group of students from time to time. People can still wonder about this at first, because as Tsinghua professors, although they can get a salary of 20 yuan per month, they can't afford to build it this way, even if they have scholarships, but this is just a drop in the bucket.
Mr. and Mrs. Li Ke saw the situation and explained that this was the welfare of their country, which attracted the eyes of many people. In fact, this is also a common means used by US spies to "induce them with profit"! When they came out to engage in espionage activities, the U.S. Navy allocated a large amount of money to them, and even had subsidies every month, after all, if they wanted the horses to run fast, they must let the horses eat well. Although the use of money is very low-end, we have to say that it is still very effective. Their work is in full swing,
Until the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the domestic people were more agitated and resisted them, which made the work of the Li Kes and his wife very difficult to carry out, and they had plans to evacuate, but they did not know that their work, which they thought was secret, had long been detected by China's security departments, and an agent was assigned to search for their evidence.
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Although Ying Ruocheng is a star and a scholar, Ying Ruocheng has never resigned on this issue involving national security.
At that time, Yingruocheng was only 22 years old and was a student in the Department of Foreign Languages at Tsinghua University. And Li Ke and his wife are still his teachers, he once had a very good feeling for Li Ke and his wife, but the Tao is different, do not conspire, Ying Ruocheng has never forgotten his task. After getting along day and night, the Li Ke couple gradually let down their guard against him, and also "invited" him to go to the United States to develop, the other party showed his minions, Ying Ruocheng will certainly not let them go, and hand over their crimes to the relevant departments.
After learning about the crimes of the two men, in 1951, the relevant departments arrested them, at first they refused to admit guilt, full of nonsense, biting themselves and did not do anything wrong, but after a long time, his confession began to be chaotic, many places were not right, the psychological defense line gradually collapsed, and our interrogators have been following the rules, and finally he admitted that he had participated in American espionage.
Rike said everything without reservation and wrote dozens of pages of candid information. According to the understanding, the task given to them by the US intelligence agencies is to let them participate in more social activities in China and expand their circle of friends. Pro-American intellectuals were selected and lists were provided to U.S. intelligence.
After the two confessed their work, the court sentenced Li Ke to 6 years in prison on the grounds of illegal espionage in China, and his wife was sentenced to four years and six months for a relatively minor circumstance, which was the first trial of an American spy in China's history. Later they performed well in prison, clearly realized their mistakes, and were eventually released early.
When they returned to the United States, the Li Kes were immediately surrounded by major media. The media believed that they would blame China and expose the unfair treatment of China, but to everyone's surprise, instead of blaming China, they admitted their wrong behavior.
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What people did not expect was that after returning to China, these two people showed great enthusiasm for Chinese culture and became red sinologists. Later, Mr. and Mrs. Li ke traveled to China to visit their former friends and the judges who tried them.
Times are evolving, but this kind of espionage is not less, but more rampant and more secretive, so we must remain vigilant and not let some unscrupulous people take advantage of it!
I am, Don Sr. Looking forward to the next meeting.