The American spy Tsinghua lurked, the movie star revealed, why was he released after being caught
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Thank you for your support. On July 25, 1951, the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau conducted a special operation. A group of public security officers dressed in beige ** broke into a house and arrested tenant Li Ke and his wife Li Youan.
The couple, both from the United States, worked as lecturers in the Department of Foreign Chinese Literature at Tsinghua University. They are young, only in their 20s, and their personalities are free and outgoing, and they are very affinity.
They also often invite teachers to dinner and give students thoughtful small gifts, so they are very popular among teachers and students in the school. However, no one expected that under the angelic friendly appearance of Li Ke and Li Youan, the hidden thoughts were shocking.
They are the secret of the US Navy in China**, how did they quietly infiltrate Tsinghua University? And what caused their identities to be revealed? On October 1, 1949, the bright five-star red flag rose over Tiananmen Square, and ** stood on the tower of Tiananmen Square and solemnly announced: "The People's Republic of China **People** was established!" ”
After a century of vicissitudes, China has finally ushered in a new era. However, China's prosperity and security are still far from this new era. The economy was just starting, the people were living in poverty, and Chiang Kai-shek, who had fled to Taiwan, was still colluding with the United States and the West, dreaming of "** mainland".
In order to overthrow the regime of New China, the remnants of the Kuomintang, foreign spies, Huidaomen and other reactionary elements colluded inside and outside to carry out frenzied sabotage activities. In 1950 alone, nearly 40,000 cadres and people were brutally killed, and the people's lives and safety were seriously threatened.
Extremely indignant at this situation, the CCP issued the "Instructions on the Suppression of Counterrevolutionary Activities" in October 1950, deciding to completely eliminate counterrevolutionary forces such as spies, bandits, bullies, and leaders of the ** underground army, maintain social order, and protect the nascent people's power.
China's heavy punches made Li Ke and Li Youan panic. At this time, with the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Sino-US relations deteriorated sharply, and an anti-Western upsurge was set off in China.
The streets and alleys of the country are plastered with slogans related to "Fight US imperialism".
For some reason, the popularity of the Leaks at school gradually declined, and they even became taboo objects for friends. To make matters worse, on Oct. 19, Lee's 29th birthday, they received a medical check-up form from the U.S. Marine Corps, asking him to report to a naval hospital or U.S. public health agency as soon as possible, with a big swagger on the cover"Navy Captain Wa.Li Keqi", as if afraid that others would not know his identity as a spy.
This series of events has made Li Ke and Li Youan feel highly nervous, and they realize that their identities may be exposed, and if they do not leave quickly, the consequences will be very serious.
So, in November 1950, they hurriedly prepared to return home.
Due to special circumstances, immigration needs to be strictly reviewed, especially for those with sensitive identities, and the application process may be lengthy. In desperation, Li Ke and Li Youan could only go back to school and wait.
However, their mood is greatly affected and they become very nervous and anxious, which makes their emotions very sensitive and irritable. Due to some trivial matters, Li Ke even got into a heated argument with several students and uttered unruly words.
Although he quickly realizes his mistake and tries to explain, the risk of his identity being revealed remains, as Ying Ruocheng has been watching them.
Ying Ruocheng, a famous actor, translator and drama director in China, is the father of Song Dandan's ex-husband Yingda. He had a special time when he was 21 years old when he was studying foreign Chinese literature at Tsinghua University and became suspicious of a teacher's behavior.
Although the teacher loves China and Chinese culture on the surface, he keeps instilling the idea that "the moon in a foreign country is rounder than China" in private, which makes Yingruocheng repulsed.
After Li Ke's true feelings were revealed, Ying Ruocheng's doubts deepened. Out of prudence, he reported the matter to the president of Tsinghua University, and the president immediately reported it to the *** department, which attached great importance to it, withheld Li Ke and Li Youan's exit applications, and asked Ying Ruocheng and his wife Wu Shiliang to help secretly collect evidence.
As a young man who is passionate about the country, Yingruo has no hesitation. He took advantage of the bond of friendship between teachers and students to invite Li Ke and his wife to banquets many times, skillfully narrowing the distance, so as to find out many truths.
It is worth mentioning that Wu Shiliang's English proficiency is extremely high, and he once served as a translator and English teacher for Prime Minister. Therefore, regardless of whether Li Ke and Li Wenan deliberately used rare words for cryptic communication, they could not escape Wu Shiliang's ears and eyes.
After each meeting, the words and deeds of the Li Ke couple will be recorded in detail and handed over to the *** bureau. Finally, with the joint efforts of Ying Ruocheng and Wu Shiliang, in July 1951, the *** Bureau determined the identities of Li Ke and Li Wenan's spies, and mastered conclusive evidence.
So there was a scene at the beginning, the arrest of Beijing. Tsinghua undercover agent to collect intelligence "The intelligence we have collected in various universities in China, from the change of student meals to the transfer of the squadron, etc., has been used by the United States to further interfere in China's internal affairs. ”
The thought that these activities were the main factors that contributed to the hostility between the two countries, and even the cause of war, is terrifying. After interrogation, Li Ke and Li Youan finally confessed their identity as spies, and deeply remorseful about it, promising not to commit it again.
Their path to espionage is an affectionate and tortuous one. Rick, formerly known as Alan Rick, was born in 1921 in Washington, D.C., to an ordinary family.
When World War II broke out as an adult, he joined the Marine Corps as a Japanese translator. In the process, he met Li Youan, and the two fell in love and entered the palace of marriage.
Their story is a legend of love and country.
After Japan's defeat and surrender in 1945, Li Ke and Li You'an did not receive any professional spy training, and they specialized in East Asian culture, and went to the University of Pennsylvania to study Chinese for three years.
However, one day in 1948, Li Ke was summoned to the Seattle Intelligence Office of the Navy's 13th Theater Command and was asked to go to China to collect intelligence, compile a list of intellectuals with ** tendencies, and submit it to the intelligence department.
Although they originally planned to study in China, they now have covered their study abroad expenses, not only to avoid financial worries, but also to serve the country, so they accepted this task.
They began their criminal journey in war-torn Shanghai, rented a courtyard in Tsinghua Garden in Beiping, and enrolled in the Chinese departments of Tsinghua University and Yenching University.
Li Ke, who has rich experience in translation and outstanding ability, has also been specially hired by Tsinghua University as a lecturer in the Department of Foreign Chinese and Literature. In each month's salary and bonus, they will take a part of it exclusively for interpersonal communication and friendship with everyone.
Although they only want to understand the ideological tendencies of the Chinese, their behavior makes people wonder whether they are foreign and flattering.
Just as it is often said in military terms, "knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles," the purpose of the United States is to co-opt, cultivate, and plot against Chinese spies to become spies specifically targeting China.
The most representative"Traitors today"Yu Maochun, originally from Anhui, was born in Chongqing and graduated from the Department of History of Nankai University. The state once provided him with the opportunity to study at public expense, but he reneged on his promise and never returned.
Yu Maochun, who is now Trump's chief anti-China adviser, has fabricated lies such as "there is a serious threat to Huawei's overseas 5G construction" and "the new coronavirus is equal to the Wuhan virus" to maliciously smear China's image, and also participated in a series of conspiracy activities such as planning sanctions against Chinese companies, violating China's sovereignty in the South China Sea, and provoking China-India border disputes, seriously threatening China's sovereignty and security, and his behavior is extremely shameless.
If it weren't for Ying Ruocheng's firmness and determination, Li Ke and Li Youan might have cultivated more Yu Maochun. The seriousness of the crime of espionage is self-evident, and China's criminal law also makes it clear that the crime of espionage is a crime that endangers the world, and the circumstances are particularly serious and may even be sentenced to death.
However, on September 11, 1955, when Li Ke stood in the dock of the Beijing Higher People's Court, he was formally sentenced to six years in prison for espionage.
Shockingly, the next second the judge announced a commutation of the sentence, and Leak was released in court and deported. As for Li Youan, she was released back to the United States seven months ago.
Why did these two American spies receive such light sentences and light punishments? This may have something to do with Qian Xuesen. Repatriation of prisoners in exchange for the return of scientists. On December 18, 1949, on behalf of the Party and the people, he delivered a public speech to the world, inviting overseas students to return to China and jointly build a new China that was waiting to be rebuilt.
With the call of the motherland, many patriotic scientists responded positively, and they issued a call for "although Liangyuan is good, it is not a hometown where you have lived for a long time, and you will return", and resolutely gave up their careers, scientific research achievements and preferential treatment, and began the journey back to China.
Qian Xuesen is also among them.
Qian Xuesen, a young talent who went to the United States to study in 1935, earned a master's degree in aeronautical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a double doctorate in aeronautics and mathematics from the California Institute of Technology in just four years.
After that, he stayed on to teach at the school, and worked his way up to the director of the Jet Propulsion Center at Caltech, where he became the youngest tenured professor at MIT.
In addition, his outstanding achievements in aerodynamics and supersonic flight led him to be invited by the Air Force Science and Technology Advisory Group of the US Department of Defense and the US Naval Institute of Artillery Fire to be awarded the rank of colonel by the US Air Force.
All this fully proves his high status in the American scientific community. However, despite this, Qian Xuesen has never forgotten his original intention - to serve the motherland, which is also the motivation and goal of his years of hard study and research.
On the sixth day of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Qian Xuesen and his wife began preparations to return to China. They were originally scheduled to leave in August 1950, but at the airport they were arrested by the United States** on charges of smuggling classified scientific documents.
US Deputy Secretary of the Navy Daniel Campbell said bluntly: "One Qian Xuesen is worth 5 Marine Divisions, and I would rather shoot this guy than let him go back to China!" ”
In Termina Island Prison, Qian Xuesen was forced to endure all kinds of torture and mental pressure, and his weight plummeted by 30 pounds in one month. Caltech costs 1$50,000 bailed him out of prison, but he and his family remained under round-the-clock FBI surveillance and house arrest for four years.
It was not until June 1955 that Qian Xuesen managed to send the distress message and family letter back to China, which was highly valued.
During the Geneva Conference in 1954, the United States raised the issue of the illegal detention of Chinese scientists and students. However, the United States did not pay attention to this.
Now, Qian Xuesen's messenger is aware of the urgency of bringing back those who have studied in the United States. After careful consideration, an important decision was made: by releasing 11 US military pilots who were captured in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, in exchange for the lifting of the ban on Qian Xuesen and other scientists and international students.
On the eve of Qian Xuesen's official return to China in 1955, China released two spies, Li Ke and Li Youan, which can be regarded as a way for us to express our sincerity. But that doesn't mean that scientists at the time were more important than ***.
There are two main reasons why we have commuted their sentences. First of all, the teachers and students of Tsinghua University are generally patriotic and have not been shaken by rhetoric, so Li Ke and Li Youan's espionage did not cause substantial harm.
This is evident from the fact that the two men were sentenced to only six years and four years and six months in prison, respectively. Second, the two of them were very repentant and thorough. In fact, as early as 1951, U.S. intelligence tried to poison Rick, but thanks to the timely delivery of public security officers to the hospital, Rick was able to survive.
The ruthlessness of the United States has completely chilled the couple. In a fit of rage, they decided to break with the organization and wrote a report of more than 70 pages detailing the machinations of U.S. intelligence against China.
It is worth mentioning that after being released early and returning to China, Li Ke and Li Youan have always been grateful for China's tolerance. On more than one occasion, they publicly expressed their repentance to the Chinese people, and also published an autobiography entitled "The Self-Accounts of Two American Spies," in which they criticized the shameless behavior of the US intelligence services.
These two translators have long been committed to translating Chinese literature and promoting cultural exchanges between China and the United States. They visited China twice in the seventies and eighties as friendly people.
While their past is somewhat dark, their contributions are undeniable. Qian Xuesen is known for"Two bombs and one star father"、"The King of Rockets"、"The father of China's aerospace industry"、"The father of Chinese missiles"with"The father of China's automation control"His contributions have had an astonishing impact on China's scientific and technological development.
**'s foresight and wise decision-making led to the release of 11 pilot prisoners of war and a couple of spies friendly to China, and Qian Xuesen and a large number of scientific research elites were able to return to China.