In June 1965, the Second Asian-African Conference was held in Algiers, the capital of Algeria in North Africa.
and, on 19 June, at the end of his visit to Egypt, he will fly to Algiers for the Second Asian-African Conference. However, during the flight of the special plane, the command post of the Beijing Air Force received an urgent notice: the domestic political situation in Algeria has undergone major changes, and the newly established Revolutionary Council, headed by Defense Minister Boumedin, has dismissed Prime Minister Beira from his post and taken over all powers.
If the plane landed in Algiers at this time, he would be very dangerous. At this time, the atmosphere in the command post of the Beijing Air Force was scorching. Because the communication distance between the special plane and the domestic plane is more than 10,000 kilometers, the communication signal is weak and slim, and it is difficult for the special plane to capture.
The flight from Cairo to Algiers is only five hours, and the news of the return must be transmitted to the special plane within the time when the special plane has enough fuel to return, otherwise the special plane will not be able to return to Cairo, which is also very dangerous.
In order to solve this problem, the command post ordered a number of high-power air-to-air stations in North China, Southwest China, and Central South to call the special plane over and over again at the same time, and blindly sent telegrams asking the special plane to return to Cairo immediately.
After a period of waiting, a telegram was finally captured requesting the delegation's immediate return, which was immediately reported to *** by the staff
**and**Visit: When *** read the telegram, he was so surprised that he told the staff: "You have to figure out, why do we have to go back to Cairo?" ”
As a result, the special plane immediately sent a telegram to the country, but due to the weak signal, it was almost impossible to capture it in the distant clouds. **After waiting for a long time and not receiving a response from the country, he frowned, and after much thought, he thought that the country notified us to return to Cairo immediately, which means that there must have been a significant change.
So, he decisively ordered the crew: "Return to Cairo immediately, in accordance with domestic requirements!" In the end, the special plane of ** returned to Cairo without any problems. At this time, it became known that there had been a military coup d'état in Algiers.
He immediately reported the situation to *** and suggested a temporary change in the plan to allow the delegation to remain in Cairo in order to observe whether the Asian-African meeting could be convened on time in Algiers.
* Agree with his suggestion.
*On behalf of the Chinese delegation, he went to Algiers to prepare for the conference, and Asian and African countries came to ask for China's views because they were worried that the conference would not be able to go smoothly.
* With a bold personality and the friendship he has built with the leaders of various countries, firmly assure them that the meeting must be held well. However, China's resolute attitude did not respond to the situation in Algiers and the opinions of other countries, which ultimately led to the failure of the Asian-African Conference to be held, which had an adverse impact on China in the international community.
Despite this, the respect and trust of all countries for China has not changed.
Yes, Prime Minister, I will definitely seriously check my actions. ”
After his death, his secretary Lei Yingfu privately asked the prime minister if he had criticized Mr. Chen too harshly. Seriously answered: "They are all leaders in their fields, and if I don't criticize them harshly here, who else will criticize them when they return to their field?" ”
Lei Yingfu was deeply moved after hearing this, because everyone knows the deep friendship between *** and **, but on matters of principle, ** will never compromise or make concessions, because he firmly believes that principles are principles!