In June 1928, under the shroud of severe white terror, the Sixth National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Moscow, the distant capital of the Soviet Union. Then, before the congress was convened, how did a large number of deputies to the sixth CPC National Congress break through many dangers and obstacles and go to Moscow, thousands of miles away, to participate in the Sixth CPC Congress? Recently, on the occasion of the opening and operation of the six historical archives of the CPC, the reporter of the Suifenhe Rong Media Center interviewed Li Yingnan, the daughter of Li Lisan, the representative of the six congresses of the CPC, through WeChat, to reveal the thrilling journey of the six representatives of the CPC to the Soviet Union.
"First of all, I wish the six historical archives of the COMMUNIST Party of China better and better."
The Six Historical Archives of the Communist Party of China opened in Suifenhe on June 18, 2021. When interviewed by reporters, Li Yingnan was still in Moscow, and she first commented on the establishment of the six historical archives of the CPC in Suifenhe, believing that "it is a great thing."
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She said that it is a great thing that Suifenhe has established the six historical archives of the CPC! We can collect a lot of information on the Six Congresses, the revolutionary materials of that era, which can help the generations of young people behind us to better understand the arduous and heroic road that our Party has traveled.
I would like to wish the six historical archives of the CPC to become better and better, and to make their own contributions to our country and to the cultivation and education of a new generation!
"My father helped Premier Zhou attend the Sixth National Congress of the Communist Party of China"
Li Yingnan said that Li Lisan encountered an interesting thing in Harbin on his way to the Sixth National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
Because before him (Li Lisan), Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao had already arrived there. Their journey is very dangerous, very thrilling. When they took the boat from Tianjin to Dalian, they were watched by agents on the ship, so they quickly burned the secret materials they carried, which also had some secret codes and joint locations in Harbin.
When he arrived in Harbin, Zhou Enlai's younger brother Zhou Tongyu, zhou Enshou, helped him and arranged to stay in a hotel. But what's next? Because Zhou Tongyu was outside the party, he had no way, and he didn't know the joint code and location. The only easy way was to go to the station, see which delegations and acquaintances were coming, and help pick up the heads, otherwise there would be no way to go to the Soviet Union for a meeting. In this way, Deng Yingchao walked around the Harbin station platform every day accompanied by Zhou Tongyu to see if there were any familiar faces, and probably went for two or three days in a row, until finally, he saw that it was my father Li Lisan who got off the train. They were all very familiar with each other at the time, and they were very happy. Then my father helped Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao find a relationship and pick up the head.
In this way, we can smoothly continue to move forward.
"My father secretly went abroad to participate in the Sixth National Congress of the Communist Party of China"
In an interview, Li Yingnan also told the story of his father Li Lisan's secret departure. Her account is as follows:
Speaking of my father's journey, when I walked from Harbin, I was not with Zhou Enlai, and they were separated again.
At the border, it is a key place, and it must not be discovered by the enemy, only secretly. He crossed the border with the help of local Russians.
At that time, there were many Russian overseas Chinese living on the Sino-Soviet border, and they arrived in the summer, June was the season of mowing the grass, and they were close to the border, driving a horse-drawn carriage to pick grass. At that time, there were not so many barbed wire fences and sentries along the border, and some places could still be sneaked past, and the local Russians were familiar with the terrain there.
How could Father find the carriage he needed? How can mistakes and misunderstandings not occur? At that time, there was a code, that is, he got half a match. The half match was given to him at the underground junction (the traffic station), and the other half was in the hands of the agent who greeted him. If it is right, it is your own person. Yes, definitely turn your head and go. It was through this code that the father connected the relationship, and then got into the carriage.
When you get into the carriage, you can't sit there with a big grin, but you have to lie on the carriage. The coachman piled a lot of hay on him, so that the man hid in the haystack. It was getting darker, and My Father crossed the border more smoothly.
To the territory of the Soviet Union. When you get there, it's safe. The coachman told him to get off the train, and not far after getting off the train, a Soviet personnel picked them up, and then they were taken to the train station, got on the train, and arrived in Moscow.
"Stalin received my father"
Li Yingnan said that before the Sixth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Stalin received his father Li Lisan.
Li Yingnan said that there was an important matter in Moscow, that is, before the congress, Stalin personally came forward to receive the five principal leaders of our party, including Qu Qiubai, Zhou Enlai, Su Zhaozheng, my father, and Xiang Zhongfa. After talking with them for several hours overnight, the main topic was the situation of the Chinese revolution and the prospects of the Chinese revolution. At that time, it was Wang Ming who served as an interpreter for them. At that time Stalin made some comments. The meeting place was not in the city, but for the sake of secrecy, in a township more than 30 kilometers from the city, now called Wuyi Town.
Text/Reporter Cui Weiguo Song Qinghua Gong Jianzhe Wang Han
Video/Courtesy of Lee Young-nam
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