On September 27, 1972, Chairman Mao met with Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka and Minister of Foreign Affairs Masahiro Taihei in Zhongnanhai. Before the meeting began, Kakuei Tanaka was very nervous. The main reason was that he had just When he was in politics, he knew that Chairman Mao was a very remarkable person.
After so many years, Kakuei Tanaka has grown from a stunner in the political arena to an experienced politician, and he has become more able to appreciate Chairman Mao's extraordinary excellence. The so-called ignorant person is fearless. The more he understands politics, the more he can see the brilliance of Chairman Mao's policies. Because of this, Kakuei Tanaka has always wanted to see Chairman Mao.
Chairman Mao meets with Kakuei Tanaka
Perhaps because of too much tension, when Kakuei Tanaka entered the door, he proposed to use the bathroom, which is not very polite in diplomatic work. . What's more, Chairman Mao is 79 years old at this time, and his physical condition is very bad. According to the original regulations, Kakuei Tanaka only has 15 minutes, but now he is letting Chairman Mao wait for him? In this regard, the expressions of the staff around Chairman Mao were unnatural, and their first impression of Kakuei Tanaka became bad.
But Chairman Mao didn't care at all. Instead, he smiled and said: People have three urgency, it doesn't matter, we wait for him.
When Tanaka Kakuei came out of the bathroom, he officially saw Chairman Mao and shook hands with Chairman Mao, everyone could clearly feel Tanaka Kakuei's formality.
Especially when Chairman Mao smiled and asked: Have you finished arguing?
Tanaka Kakuei immediately lowered his head slightly and said again and again: It's over, it's over. The behavior is rather like a younger generation who has done something wrong seeing a respected elder, and proactively bowing his head to admit his mistake.
Hearing his answer, Chairman Mao said humorously: That is too peaceful, the world is peaceful. The people present laughed when they heard this sentence, and the atmosphere suddenly became relaxed, and Kakuei Tanaka was no longer so restrained.
Chairman Mao gave Tanaka Kakuei "The Song of the Chu"
After that, Chairman Mao and Tanaka Kakuei talked for a full hour,Talking about the history of China and Japan, the changes in the relationship from ancient times to the present, and many philosophical issues, all these made Tanaka Kakuei very admired. After the meeting, Chairman Mao specially selected a copy of "The Songs of Chu" as a gift and gave it to Kakuei Tanaka. The whole process of the meeting was very relaxing and enjoyable.
On September 29, the representatives of China and Japan formally signed the "China-Japan Joint Declaration", which included the formal establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, Japan adhered to the one-China principle, the two countries engaged in trade cooperation, and China waived its post-war claims against Japan.
Since Kakuei Tanaka came to our country on September 25, it took only 4 days to sign the joint declaration. It can be seen that the diplomatic activities are progressing so fast, which is rare in the world. However, in this joint statement, the statement that our country waived its post-war claims against Japan was unacceptable or even incomprehensible to many people.
As we all know, Japan has carried out brutal and inhuman aggression against our country in modern times, and has brought immeasurable and huge losses to our country. What is the reason for our country to abandon its post-war claims against Japan? It is said that those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a domain. To explore why our country has to abandon its claim against Japan, it must be combined with the prevailing international environment and many issues that need to be considered in the complex international relations.
The Sino-Japanese Joint Declaration was signed
Back to February 21, 1972, the US President Nixon came to Beijing, 7 days later, Sino-US relations normalized. Now that the "boss" has expressed its attitude, Japan, as the "number one brother" of the United States in Asia, naturally cannot remain indifferent. At the time, Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato also sent an application to my country soon, hoping to visit China.
But in fact, Eisaku Sato has always been the leader of the United States. Since he was elected prime minister in 1964, he has been on the front line of anti-China. During his 7 years in office, he has publicly visited the Yasukuni Shrine 10 times and many times. In 1971, before Nixon's visit to China, Sato Eisaku also voted against the United Nations meeting to prevent my country from restoring its legal seat in the United Nations and supporting Chiang’s Taiwan government.
Sato Eisaku did this,It is not because of his personal prejudice against my country, but simply because his "American master" is anti-China, and he is also anti-China. Now that the United States has changed its attitude, Eisaku Sato also "changed his face" in an instant and took the initiative to apply for a visit to China. From this behavior, you can also see that this person is a slogan who has no position. The application to visit China is also to follow. His "American Master". In this regard, Chairman Mao gave instructions at the first time: This kind of person is not worthy of being friends with us.
Sato Eisaku
Premier Zhou responded to the Japanese government: In view of Sato Eisaku’s various behaviors that hurt the feelings of the Chinese people and the backlashes during his tenure, China is not happy with Sato. The government establishes diplomatic relations! Soon after, Eisaku Sato was defeated in the new round of the prime minister’s election. The newly appointed Kakuei Tanaka clearly stated that he must establish diplomatic relations with China as soon as possible.
At the same time, Premier Zhou is also keen to seize the opportunity and said to the outside: Beijing Airport welcomes the current Japanese prime minister, foreign minister or other ministers to come to China to talk about the restoration of diplomatic relations.
However, even under the background of the great goodwill of both parties, Tanaka Kakuei still faces great pressure. First of all, due to the United States’ operations in Japan for many years, Japan’s domestic anti-China strength is still not to be underestimated. Few people oppose the restoration of diplomatic relations with our country. At this time, only more than 30 years have passed since the Japanese war of aggression against my country, and many people in our country hate Japan when they mention it.
Under this double pressure, Kakuei Tanaka said that it was impossible for him to feel completely true to himself. According to his memories after leaving office, after making the decision to visit China, Kakuei Tanaka prepared two suicide notes. Assassination by anti-China forces, one of them will be published, and if it is an accident in our country, another will be made public. In other words, Kakuei Tanaka's visit to our country, to a certain extent, can be said to be determined to die.
Tanaka Kakuei's visit to China
At noon on September 25, 1972, a grand welcome team gathered at the Capital Airport. Countless young pioneers were holding flowers and preparing to welcome the arrival of a distinguished guest. And walking at the forefront of the team,The person leading this welcoming team is our beloved Premier Zhou. Being able to greet Premier Zhou in person shows that our country values this distinguished guest. The person they are waiting for is the then Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka.
During this visit to my country, the Japanese side can also be said to be full of sincerity. The accompanying persons included Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiro Ohira and a large number of officials, secretaries, translators, reporters, etc., as many as 230 people, which can be described as "luxury". The main purpose of this is to "resolve hatred" as soon as possible and promote the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries as soon as possible.
Accompanied by Premier Zhou, the delegation entered the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse to rest. Premier Zhou’s ability to work is unquestionable. During the brief meeting between the two parties, the atmosphere was very harmonious, which opened up future work. Got a good head. However, in the later welcome dinner, there was a little accident that was somewhat "sentimental".
According to international practice, when the representatives of the two parties talked, they each used their own translators to translate, and Tanaka Kakuei's portable translator was Chinese learned in Taipei. There was some deviation in language understanding. A passage: The Japanese war of aggression against China caused harm to the Chinese people, and translated into "trouble" to the Chinese people.
Premier Zhou and Kakuei Tanaka
As soon as this remark came out, there was an uproar at the scene, and even the translators around Premier Zhou immediately expressed dissatisfaction: Is it so light? However, out of courtesy, Premier Zhou did not entangle this extremely inappropriate translation at this time, and remained calm, but this matter will never be fooled by this
In the official meeting on the second day, Premier Zhou specifically pointed out In the question the day before, he cited an example for comparison: accidentally spilling water on girls’ skirts can be said to be "troublesome", but the Japanese war of aggression against China caused such great harm to the Chinese people. How about fooling the past with an understatement of "troublesome"? If you haven't introspected at all, we will never accept it.
After hearing Premier Zhou's words, Tanaka Kakuei realized the problem and quickly explained: "Troublesome" in Japanese is an apology, which means that we are admitting wrong... In the end, Premier Zhou argued for reason. ,After repeated negotiations without concession, Kakuei Tanaka changed his wording, saying that he felt his country’s heavy losses to the Chinese people due to wars in the past, and expressed deep reflection on this.
In addition, if Japan wants to establish diplomatic relations with China, it must adhere to the "one China" principle and "sever diplomatic relations" with Taiwan. All in all, when it comes to issues of principle, Premier Zhou, who has always been gentle and gentle, is flexible enough to be acceptable to both parties under the premise of not giving in. Thanks to Premier Zhou’s efforts, the talks between the two sides were very efficient, and they reached agreement on many issues. Even Chairman Mao did not expect that Kakuei Tanaka would gain so much from his visit to China.
Premier Zhou and Kakuei Tanaka
Actually, Chairman Mao did not have much hope for Kakuei Tanaka's visit, so let Premier Zhou talk first, and see him afterwards. Kakuei Tanaka did not expect it to go so smoothly. This is the beginning of the article, when Chairman Mao met Kakuei Tanaka in Zhongnanhai.
The reason why my country gave up post-war claims against Japan was the decision made by Chairman Mao, because my country also suffered from post-war reparations to other countries. These reparations were taken out of the pockets of ordinary people. Today’s Japan has also just ended the war. Although the economy has begun to recover, if we ask for compensation, the Japanese government will have to dig money out of the ordinary people. In the end, ordinary people will suffer.
In addition, there are some objective reasons that make it very difficult for our country to claim compensation. Because the United States originally planned to give Japan’s compensation to the National Government, but Jiang’s National Government was too corrupt, and was driven to Taiwan after only supporting it for more than three years. The disappointed United States began to support Japan and contain my country’s compensation for Japan. Naturally, I don't care about the problem.
At the same time, in order to win the "favors" of the United States, Chiang Kai-shek announced in 1952 that he would give up the right to claim compensation from Japan. As we all know, it was the mainland that suffered losses due to the war, but Chiang had to give up his claim while he was in Taiwan. As Premier Zhou said, it was a typical "generous generosity". Today, Kakuei Tanaka’s visit to my country has been suspended for 27 years since our country’s claim. It is very difficult to implement it again. Rather than being stuck here, it is better to give up this right and speed up the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou
Facts have proved once again,Chairman Mao’s decision was correct. At the same time that my country gave up this right, Tanaka Kakuei immediately announced that the People’s Republic of China was the only legal government, and shortly after the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, Japan promised to give my country a low-interest loan of US$200, which is It is said that in those years, Japan became our country's largest aid country, and this huge sum of money played an inestimable role in our country's economic construction at that time.
This far-sighted decision of Chairman Mao once again allowed Kakuei Tanaka and the whole world to see Chairman Mao's strategic vision. It took only 84 days from Kakuei Tanaka's appointment as Japanese Prime Minister to the establishment of diplomatic relations with my country. This was inseparable from the diplomatic wisdom of Premier Zhou and Kakuei Tanaka's fearless courage. Prime Minister, there is still uncontrollable admiration in words.
This article would like to commemorate the great Chairman Mao, Premier Zhou. This flourishing age, as you wish.
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