In the year, the United States invited the Soviet Union to sabotage China's nuclear facilities, but Khrushchev refused, why?
In 1963, U.S. intelligence agencies suddenly became reliable, and they concluded from the experience of reconnaissance** at the Lop Nur test site in Xinjiang, China, and the experience of the U.S. atomic bomb research and test explosion that China could conduct an atomic bomb test explosion at any time.
Kennedy of the United States attached great importance to this and immediately convened his aides to discuss how to sabotage China's atomic bomb research program. The aides put forward a variety of plans, including sending bombers to bomb China's atomic bomb research base, or having Chiang Kai-shek send ** to secretly infiltrate the mainland and sabotage China's nuclear test device.
The United States hoped to undermine China's atomic bomb research program by exploiting the Sino-Soviet contradictions. To this end, Harriman, on behalf of the United States, proposed to Khrushchev for common sabotage, but Khrushchev did not hesitate to refuse.
Perhaps it was because Khrushchev did not believe that China could develop an atomic bomb in a short time, or because he understood that the Soviet Union's experience in developing atomic bombs was very different from that of the United States.
The atomic bomb test was successful! Americans don't feel it at all. Why? Because they have a strong national strength and a strong industrial base. Even if you put a "little boy" or "fat man" at your doorstep, it will not affect the lives of ordinary people.
But the Soviets screamed in pain! Just after the end of World War II, the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union was fierce. The atomic bomb killed hundreds of thousands of people on the battlefield of Japan, directly forcing Japan to surrender. This made their hearts tremble, so they threw themselves into the development of the atomic bomb.
In order to solve the power supply problem of the key equipment large centrifuge, they limited power nationwide, and finally succeeded in developing it after six years. This experience made the Soviet Union realize how difficult it was for a late-developing country to develop an atomic bomb without technical support.
At that time, China, with the assistance of the Soviet Union, began the journey of developing the atomic bomb with great difficulty.
Under the severe natural environment and the pressure of border wars, the road of China's research on nuclear weapons is full of challenges. The top leadership of the Soviet Union believed that without their help, the possibility of our country developing nuclear weapons in a short period of time was very small.
Under these circumstances, the pressure on the Soviet Union to cooperate with the United States to sabotage China's atomic bomb research program was enormous. In addition to not trusting our country in the short term to develop an atomic bomb, the USSR feared that it could undermine its position in the socialist camp.
Despite the rupture of Sino-Soviet relations, in international multilateral relations, China and the Soviet Union, as comrades of the socialist camp, had similar positions. For example, in the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, both sides supported Cuba against the United States, but our country believed that the Soviet Union should not abandon Cuba for its own interests.
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the differences between China and the Soviet Union attracted the attention of the international community. Within the socialist camp, the struggle over the line between China and the Soviet Union was seen as a more serious problem than a qualitative one.
If the USSR cooperated with China to sabotage China's atomic bomb research program, then this would be seen as a direct attack on the fraternal socialist countries, leading to the loss of cohesion of the entire socialist camp.
Therefore, even if the USSR had the idea of cooperating with the United States to sabotage China's nuclear ** research program, they did not dare to put it into practice, and even the hesitation in this regard did not allow it.
In fact, Khrushchev's rejection of Harriman's proposal was also motivated by the interests of the Soviet Union itself. On the other hand, despite its strong military power and international influence, the United States does not have effective means to deter China from conducting nuclear research.
Although Kennedy discussed a variety of options, including exploiting Sino-Soviet contradictions to induce the Soviet Union to sabotage China's nuclear research, none of them were deemed operational.
A direct attack on China's nuclear research base would lead to a war between the United States and China, which would trigger World War III, and the United States, which has just experienced the Cuban Missile Crisis, clearly does not want to experience a similar incident again.
Sending Chiang Kai-shek's spies to sabotage was also not feasible, as military bases were usually heavily defended, and sending spies in a hurry would only make it easy for PLA fighters to complete the task.
Therefore, neither the Soviet Union nor the United States can effectively prevent China from conducting nuclear research.
The United States and the Soviet Union jointly tried to sabotage our country's nuclear research because they had no better way. Similarly, our country is facing a similar dilemma. Neither the United States nor the Soviet Union could stop the development of China's nuclear power.
The dedication of China's scientists and the national prestige of our country have enabled China's nuclear research to develop rapidly in a relatively stable environment. In a sense, this is exactly what is called "national fortune".