In 69, Sino-North Korean relations fell to a freezing point, and North Korea was ready to go to war with our country, and what was the result
When we talk about China-North Korea relations, we usually use the term "friendship cemented in blood" to describe it, which not only stems from the Korean War in 1950, but even in ancient times, whenever North Korea encountered difficulties, China always extended a helping hand and provided North Korea with "reconstruction" many times.
However, in 1969, relations between the two countries fell to a freezing point, and there were even cases where North Korea was preparing for war with China. In fact, the roots can be traced back to 1965.
At that time, the Soviet Union tried at the Moscow Conference to divide the international communist movement and weaken China's influence in this movement, leading to a complete rupture between China and the Soviet Union.
Therefore, the socialist countries were faced with the question of whether to choose to be close to China or to the Soviet Union. Although the North Korean leader told Khrushchev in 1964 that "Brezhnev is stunned and cannot have too high hopes for him", the following year they specially entrusted the DPRK ambassador to the Soviet Union to convey to the Soviet Union ***, expressing their strong interest in Soviet economic aid and hoping to be received by Brezhnev.
In 1966, due to the 23 major problems of the CPSU, there was a rift in Sino-North Korean relations.
The DPRK established close ties with the Soviet Union, which provided the DPRK with large loans, experts and technical assistance between 1966 and 1972. The DPRK declared that it would "always remember the internationalist support and assistance of the Soviet Union and will always share the same hatred and hatred with the Soviet Union in the anti-imperialist struggle." ”
As relations between China and North Korea deteriorated, North Korea took a series of outrageous actions, even claiming that their leaders "not only led the victory in the domestic war of resistance, but also opened up a new situation for the cause of the neighboring country's war of resistance against Japan." ”
However, the deterioration of Sino-DPRK relations is fundamentally different from the deterioration of Sino-Soviet and later Sino-Vietnamese relations. The two sides are only "diplomatically cold" and have not escalated into a confrontational state.
This is mainly due to the fact that the two sides still have a common understanding on the anti-American issue, while the Soviet Union's attitude towards the United States is relatively ambiguous.
The most obvious example is the 1968 North Korean raid on the Blue House and the seizure of the USS Pueblo. The Soviet Union did not want North Korea to fall out with the United States, so it adopted a twisted attitude. On the contrary, China, despite its lukewarm relations with the DPRK, has made it clear that it "resolutely supports the just position of the DPRK in countering the rampant provocations of US imperialism." "The Chinese people are ready to provide full support to the North Korean people. ”
However, despite Japan's goodwill, China-North Korea relations fell to a freezing point in 1969, and North Korea almost went to war with Japan.
It turned out that in March 1969, a conflict broke out in Sino-Soviet relations on Zhenbao Island. After suffering losses, the Soviet Union went so far as to instigate the DPRK to confront China.
Soon after, there were even international rumors of a "small-scale border conflict between China and North Korea." This baseless rumor was actually "confirmed" by Kim Il-bin himself, claiming that at that time "the squadron tried to cross the Tumen River into the territory of North Korea."
In fact, our country has never had such an intention, and it is purely a misunderstanding on the part of the DPRK. At that time, some educated youths in Shanghai cut into the queue on the Sino-North Korean border, and because they were wearing yellow cotton clothes and cotton hats that were no different from military uniforms, the North Korean side mistakenly thought that they were "squadrons."
Although the North Koreans knew the strength of the squadron, they quickly cut down all the trees on the border on the North Korean side and built a large number of bunkers in preparation for the battle.
In reality, however, we have no intention of doing so. Despite the tensions between China and North Korea, China continues to provide economic, technical and military support to North Korea.
The most obvious example is that, according to the previous agreement signed between China and North Korea, North Korea should arrange interns to work in various units under China's First Ministry of Machinery Industry. Despite the deterioration of relations between the two sides, the Chinese side still regards the "training of DPRK interns" as an important international political task and is actively preparing for it.
However, despite all our preparations, the North Korean side did not fulfill the contract, did not send people over, and did not say that it would terminate the contract. Our preparations were literally wasted.
The cooling of Sino-North Korean relations is ultimately not in the interests of both sides. For our country, one more friend means many paths. As for the DPRK, their anti-American actions were not fully supported by the Soviet Union, and were even blamed by the Soviets, so it became urgent to rebuild relations with China.
The opportunity finally presented itself on September 3, 1969.
On this day, Vietnam publicly announced the news of Ho Chi Minh's death. North Korea sent Choe Yong-kun, chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, to attend the funeral. When he was transiting at Beijing Airport, he offered to have face-to-face talks with Chinese leaders on his return trip.
China readily agreed.
When Cui Yongjian returned, ** met with him. Choe Yong-gun conveyed Kim Il Sung's desire to improve and develop relations between the two countries and made it clear that the DPRK did not support the Soviet Union's "Asian collective security system."
This "Asian collective security system" was a plan used by the Soviet Union to encircle China, which later led to their invasion of Afghanistan and instigated Vietnam to "unify the Indochina Peninsula", which eventually led to a self-defense counterattack against Vietnam.
The DPRK does not support the Soviet Union's ** plan, and China naturally welcomes it.
There was only a short period of time left in the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and China had already decided not to invite foreign delegations to participate. However, on October 1, the day before the celebration, ** suddenly made a decision to invite North Korea to send a delegation to participate.
The invitation cable was sent at 3 p.m., and just three hours and five minutes later, North Korea called back to agree.
At half past eleven o'clock that night, Choi Yongjian came to China again, followed by the North Korean party and government delegation, and the prime minister personally went to greet him, and they met again after half a month.
The next day, ** cordially met Cui Yongjian on the tower of Tiananmen Square.
This incident also marked the official warming of Sino-DPRK relations, and the relations between the two countries have become closer again.