Chapter 57 Big Oil Fields
After Incheon landed, the situation on the Korean Peninsula reversed. The Chinese government warned the United States almost every day that if it crossed the 38th parallel, China would send troops. On September 30, Chinese Prime Minister Zhou EL delivered a tough speech at the National Day meeting of the CPPCC. In the early morning of October 3, before US troops entered the northern part of the Korean Peninsula on a large scale, Zhou EL summoned Indian Ambassador to China Paniga and asked him to tell the US government: "If the US military crossed the 38th parallel and invaded North Korea, we will not sit idly by." This warning was regarded by Truman as Beijing's "diplomacy blackmail" against the United Nations and was not valued.
US President Truman met with MacArthur on Wake Island before the US military launched a large-scale attack. MacArthur promised not to invade China and confidently stated that China "has no intention to participate in this war. Today is our era of strong and weak China. If Chinese troops cross the Yalu River, I will cause them to suffer the largest massacre in human history." He also believed that the war would end before Thanksgiving, saying that the American soldiers would return home to celebrate this traditional American festival.
Although China made a tough statement, the internal opinions of the senior leaders were inconsistent, and most of them tended not to participate in the war, because China had experienced many years of war and was in trouble. Being involved in this war was not conducive to national development, so that by early October, the Chinese government still failed to make a final decision on whether to participate in the war. It was not until early October that the Chinese government finally decided to intervene in the Korean War at the enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the GCD Central Committee of China on October 8. The direct reason for the Chinese government's decision was that US aircraft bombed the cultural relics market in Dandong, China, and China's territorial security was seriously threatened. If North Korea is occupied, it will directly threaten China's national interests. The Chinese government is very concerned about
Is it possible for Karthur to continue to march northward after obtaining the entire Korean Peninsula, threatening the GCD regime in mainland China. Even if the US military does not attack China, a country with a border line of more than 1,000 kilometers with China falls into the capitalist camp, which is also a great threat to China. If North Korea loses its country, China will inevitably let Kim Il-sung establish an exiled government in Northeast China, but this is very unfavorable to China because it will provide a strong excuse for the US military to invade Northeast China. At the same time, as the US military enters the Taiwan Strait, forcing the People's Republic of China to suspend the cross-strait battle to liberate Taiwan, China directly feels the threat from the United States.
Before the founding of New China, Truman approved the NSC34/2 document. The basic spirit of this document is that the Kuomintang regime is about to end. The United States' measure is to stop aiding Chiang regime and distance itself from it. Soon, NSC41 document was launched. These two documents were programmatic documents guiding the US policy toward China before the end of 1949. Judging from the content of the document, it has a certain realistic component and a non-hostile tendency. For example, it allows it to be under the "essential security system". New China can
To establish normal trade relations with Japan and the Western world, it also specifically stipulates that in addition to direct military products, "non-military materials" that are prohibited from exporting to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe can be exported to China; some "significant relationships" with the security of the United States, and the Chinese economy must have strategic materials. For example, some important industries, transportation and communication equipment, as long as China guarantees not to resell them to the Soviet Union and satellite countries, they can also be exported to China. As for private trade with China and the trade in bulk non-strategic commodities under normal circumstances, the document stipulates that it should be "only subject to the minimum degree of control."
The meaning of the United States' release of this document is that China had a Tito-do tendency at that time. It wanted to inject a wedge between China and the Soviet Union and promote the division between China and the Soviet Union. At the same time, it could strategically create China's dependence on the West. Another point could enable Japan to restore its economy to obtain an indispensable source of food and industrial raw materials and ensure that China continues to supply American raw materials.
At that time, the economy of New China was very backward and was in a period of economic recovery, and the NSC41 document was still beneficial to China.
In the first half of 1950, the trade volume between China and five countries and regions, including the United States, Britain, Japan, Hong Kong and Malaya, accounted for more than half of China's total foreign trade. Among them, the United States' trade volume with China was equivalent to the same period in 1949, accounting for about one-quarter of China's total foreign trade.
In the first few months after the outbreak of the Korean War, in order to adapt to the needs of the war, the United States ordered the "temporary interruption" of oil products exports to China and required that Britain, France and other countries be the same. However, the basic trade policy with China was not completely abandoned due to the outbreak of the Korean War, and the trade between the United States and the New China is still underway. Not only did the trade with China continue, but it also expanded in some areas.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Malaya adopted an unofficial local measure. The government did not have tough regulations, but because Malaya's industry was just starting and exported mostly some raw materials and simple civilian products.
"Are you saying that the drilling equipment they purchased is suspected of purchasing land? In fact, it should be shipped to China?" Wu Ming asked in confusion.
"According to our intelligence, this is true, although the destination is a third country." Shenyang answered truthfully.
Wu Ming pondered for a long time, rubbed his temples and said, "Let's go, just think we don't know about this, you're cheated and you're going to destroy all the relevant written materials."
"Yes." Shenyang replied, just as he was about to turn around, he was stopped by Wu Ming again.
Wu Ming raised his hand and put it down again. After he hesitating for a long time, he said, "Forget it, it's not appropriate for your intelligence department to get involved. I'll discuss it with Mr. Chen!"
"You said there is oil here?" Chen Jiageng looked at the small circle Wu Ming drew on the map of China in shock and asked in disbelief.
"I can't remember the specific location clearly, it should be in this area." Wu Ming scratched his head and thought hard, "The northeast Heilongjiang Province is correct. There should be a large oil field here."
"How did you know? Is the information accurate? What is the source?" Chen Jiageng asked in confusion.
"The information is very accurate, but I can't tell you the source." Wu Ming said apologetically: "Mr. Chen, I hope you don't take it a word. I hope you can come forward to tell the CCP government about this matter, but don't expose any information about the government and me."
"I have always believed in you." Chen Jiageng said solemnly: "If you don't say it, there must be your reason. If this matter really succeeds, it will be a great joy to benefit the Chinese nation. Mr. Situ is still in Beijing, so I can send someone to tell the CCP government this matter in the name of visiting him."
Chapter completed!