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On April 11, 1955, the Chinese delegation took the charter flight of the Indian Airlines " Kashmir Princess " early in the morning and headed to Indonesia to attend the upcoming Asian and African Summit of States held in Bandung .
But after the plane took off at Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong for 4 hours and 35 minutes, it suddenly exploded and eventually crashed into the vast sea.
According to the list of flight personnel previously announced by the Chinese government, Premier Zhou was on this plane.
So after the accident, there were rumors all over the world that Premier Zhou encountered an accident. The Kuomintang spy who planned the incident also held a grand "celebration meeting".
But it was not until Premier Zhou appeared at the Bandung Conference that people knew that Premier Zhou was not on the plane.
How did Taiwanese spies plan the explosion of the plane? Why was Premier Zhou not on the plane? How to deal with the follow-up work after the plane explodes? This starts with the Bandung Conference.
Bandung Conference sent an invitation, chartered flights to break the blockade
In December 1954, Shastro Amizoyo, then Prime Minister of Indonesia, sent an invitation letter, specially invited Prime Minister Zhou to attend the upcoming Asian and African Summit in Bandung.
This is undoubtedly a great news for the new China, which has not yet restored its due seat to the United Nations. Premier Zhou was also very happy after receiving the letter and immediately said that he would definitely go as promised.
But just as Premier Zhou was preparing for this trip, our country's intelligence department intercepted an important piece of intelligence.
intelligence said that the spies of Chiang Kai-shek formulated an assassination plan with the operation code-named "No. 1", intending to take advantage of the opportunity of the Bandung Conference to murder Premier Zhou. After learning the news, Premier Zhou's relatives and friends urged him not to attend the meeting again, but he thought about it over and over again and finally decided to go.
, but how to do it has become a problem again. If you walk on the sea, it will take too long to travel from Beijing to Bandung for at least one week, which means that Chiang Kai-shek's spy's mobile phone will increase sharply.
, but if we were empty, our country did not have its own civil aviation passenger plane at that time, so we could only rent foreign airline aircraft, which was equivalent to handing over Premier Zhou's safety to foreign crews.
After careful consideration, Premier Zhou finally decided to go to an empty road. But it has become a problem for which airline to rent a plane from.
At that time, in socialist camp , most countries did not open international flights to Indonesia, and the safety of hiring aircraft in Western countries was not guaranteed.
After careful consideration, Premier Zhou finally decided to take the Indian Airlines "Kashmir Princess" aircraft.
is because the aircraft has good performance and has been operating on the route from India to to Indonesia and for a long time, and has relatively rich flight experience.
On the other hand, it is because my country and India had just completed the mutual visits between the prime ministers of the two countries at that time, and the relationship between the two countries was in the "honeymoon period".
, and India is also one of the main sponsors of the Bandung Conference, and is considered half the host. It was their responsibility to ensure the smooth participation of Premier Zhou.
Sure enough, Prime Minister Zhou has always proposed this plan to India, which has received positive response and strong support from India. They promised that India's best crew will be sent to carry out this flight mission.
But there is another problem that Kashmir Princess cannot fly directly to Indonesia, and in the past, it had to stop in Hong Kong.
In order not to attract attention, Premier Zhou suggested that Princess Khumire still stop in Hong Kong normally.
Moreover, the flight section from India to Hong Kong also needs to sell tickets and carry passengers normally, but the flight section from Hong Kong to Indonesia is changed to a charter flight for the Chinese delegation. India also readily accepted the suggestion.
However, unexpectedly, it was this arrangement that saved Premier Zhou from the end.
aircraft exploded. After the Prime Minister was lucky enough to be out of the list
, everything was ready, in early April 1955, Premier Zhou led the Chinese delegation to set off in a mighty manner.
According to the established plan, they must first take a plane from Beijing to Kunming, and then from Kunming to Hong Kong.
Before the delegation traveled, relevant departments in our country contacted the Indian Airlines again and asked them to make sure to conduct safety inspections.
The general manager of Indian Airlines promised that he would personally supervise the aircraft's security check and ensure that during the aircraft's stay in port, no non-India Airlines personnel would be allowed to approach. The necessary work of providing meals, refueling, luggage escort on the
will be completed by the Air India personnel.
Deng Yingchao was not at ease with Premier Zhou's safety, and wrote a special letter to remind Premier Zhou:
"When you stop on the way back and forth, the plane will be strictly blocked after landing. The strict inspection before takeoff is necessary and not negligent. In the area where you stay, you should also be warned and inspected. When you go out to do something, you must be vigilant and be careful and alert."
Then she sincerely wished Premier Zhou a victory and safe return.
On the morning of April 11, 1955, the Chinese delegation arrived at the Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong early.
After India completes a meticulous security inspection, our representatives boarded the "Kashmir Princess" in an orderly manner. After a while, the engine started and the plane took off smoothly, and everything went very smoothly.
But unexpectedly, after taking off for 4 hours and 35 minutes, the plane suddenly exploded at a high altitude and eventually crashed into the vast sea near Singapore.
In addition to three Indian crew members survived, the remaining 16 people on board, including eight Chinese representatives, were killed.
For a moment, the world was shocked and it was rumored everywhere that Premier Zhou encountered an unexpected situation. The people of our country were also uneasy. It is said that after the Kuomintang in Taiwan learned the news, it even held a grand "celebration ceremony".
But it was not until Premier Zhou appeared at the Bandung Conference that people knew that Premier Zhou was not on the plane, and Taiwan was completely stunned.
It turned out that just as Premier Zhou led the Chinese delegation to Hong Kong, his appendicitis suddenly broke out.
He was in unbearable pain, so he decided to complete the operation in Kunming first, and then go to Hong Kong with everyone and fly to Indonesia on the "Kashmir Princess".
But at this moment, Myanmar Prime Minister Wu Nu suddenly sent a telegram.
In the telegram, Wu Nu tried his best to invite Premier Zhou to Myanmar first to attend an informal meeting. and promised that he would not only send a plane to Kunming to pick up Premier Zhou, but also send a plane to send Premier Zhou to Bandung after the meeting.
Premier Zhou was unable to refuse his kindness, and he felt that his itinerary problem was also solved, so he asked other members of the delegation not to wait for him and just take the plane to Indonesia first, but unexpectedly, an accident of plane crash and death occurred.
After Premier Zhou learned of the news, he was very sad and said to the staff around him with tears in his eyes: "They died for me!"
Then he immediately ordered the relevant departments to deal with the aftermath of the accident in a timely manner, find out the truth of the accident as soon as possible, and give an explanation to the family of the deceased and the people of the whole country.
is willing to take risks and attend the meeting again, and the assassination plan fails again
At the same time, the negative impact of "Kashmir Princess" incident also needs to be dealt with by Premier Zhou. After the
incident, some countries were worried that the Asian and African conference could not be opened, some countries believed that even if it was opened, they would not be able to achieve positive results, and some national leaders were worried that attending the conference might also be subject to conspiracy.
Myanmar Prime Minister Wu Nu even sent a telegram to Premier Zhou saying:
"In view of the enemy of the People's Republic of China may do anything, especially harming you, I ask you to consider extremely carefully whether it is appropriate for you to attend the Bandung Conference.
Conference is important for peace, but if it is dangerous to your personal safety, you can entrust the Vice Premier to represent China on behalf of China The meeting was held. "
The staff around Premier Zhou also suggested that he should not go to Bandung again, but Premier Zhou said: "The enemy's demonstrative destruction does not mean their strength. On the contrary, this just shows that they are afraid that we will attend the meeting."
He said that this trip was for world peace and the friendship between the people of Asia and Africa and the New China, and even if an accident occurs, he would do whatever he wants.
Then, in order not to worry his family, he wrote to Deng Yingchao again and said:
"With this lesson, I will definitely work harder. Civil war is like martial arts, and it cannot be without danger. From now on, I will consider it from many aspects and then go through collective negotiations. Please rest assured."
So, April 14 On Sunday, Premier Zhou led a brand new Chinese delegation to take another special plane "Air Overlord" on a leased special plane, which took off from Kunming to Yangon . After the informal meeting,
flew from Yangon to Jakarta . arrived in Bandung as scheduled the day before the Asian and African conference.
Chiang Kai-shek Group was angry and annoyed after learning that Premier Zhou appeared in Bandung, so it organized a second assassination.
But a member of the assassination team was deeply moved after listening to Premier Zhou’s speech in Bandung, and finally woke up his conscience, so he quickly wrote an anonymous letter to the Chinese delegation before the assassination. The letter said that the Kuomintang branch in Jakarta, under the instructions of the Kuomintang Presidential Office, summoned some exiled Indonesian officers of the Kuomintang.
organized a suicide assassination team of 28 members, intending to murder Premier Zhou on the sidelines of the meeting, and asked him to be careful.
After receiving the anonymous letter, the Chinese delegation attached great importance to it and immediately strengthened its security. After learning that the operation was leaked, the Kuomintang spies knew that there was no chance of success and voluntarily gave up the assassination plan.
Prime Minister personally arrested the aftermath and met with the British side to provide information. During the tense meeting, Premier Zhou was still concerned about the investigation of the "Kashmir Princess" incident from time to time. He said affectionately to the delegation members: "The glorious names of the martyrs will always be written in the history of the people of Asia and Africa and the advanced mankind in the world's struggle for the cause of peace. History will always remember that they sacrificed their lives for the cause of friendship, cooperation and independence of the peoples of Asia and Africa, the cause of independence and independence."
"The glorious names of the martyrs will always be written in the history of the people of Asia and Africa and the advanced mankind in the world's struggle for the cause of peace. History will always remember that they sacrificed their lives for the cause of friendship, cooperation and independence of the peoples of Asia and Africa, the cause of independence and independence."
After returning to Beijing, Zhou Enlai immediately learned about the progress of the investigation of the "Kashmir Princess". When he learned that the progress was slow, he immediately summoned the British agent in China and asked him to tell the British government:
"The Chinese government hopes that the UK can instruct Hong Kong to cooperate closely with us so that the 'Kashmir Princess' incident can be solved as soon as possible."
After receiving the message, the UK was willing to cooperate with the Chinese government with all its might.
Subsequently, the British Hong Kong authorities ordered Hong Kong police to investigate the "Kashmir Princess" crash. But the Hong Kong police investigated for a long time but did not get any valuable clues.
For this reason, Premier Zhou instructed my country's intelligence agencies to investigate the case. Our country's intelligence agencies fulfilled their mission and soon discovered clues from a secret telegram that was intercepted. After some analysis, it was basically determined that the main culprit of the incident that created the "Kashmir Princess" was a ground crew member named Zhou Ju at Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong.
So, Premier Zhou immediately made an appointment with the British agent and informed the British side of this important clue.
However, since the British side had investigated Zhou Ju before and ruled out the suspicion, they did not believe in China's intelligence.
Premier Zhou saw this and said bluntly: "Zhou Ju didn't go to work a week before the accident, just to receive training on using and installing time bombs!"
Finally, Premier Zhou even told Zhou Ju's address, who gave him the time bomb, who received training with him, and other details.
The British side was surprised to see that Premier Zhou knew the details of the case so well, so they asked the Hong Kong police to conduct another investigation according to the clues provided by China.
However, due to the delay in the arrest, Zhou Ju had already fled to Taiwan in a swagger.
In desperation, the Hong Kong police had no choice but to detain Zhou Ju's father first, and then based on Zhou's father's confession, they followed the clues to find other people involved in the case who did not have time to escape, and finally found out the truth of the case.
Subsequently, the British and Hong Kong police immediately issued a wanted order, requiring the Taiwanese authorities to send Zhou Ju back to Hong Kong for trial as soon as possible. , but unexpectedly, Chiang Kai-shek Group called back:
"There is no extradition treaty between the UK and Taiwan. The Hong Kong telegram requesting extradition Zhou has no legal basis, and the relevant parties cannot handle the matter."
The incident at that time was not exposed until 2003.
The criminal was not brought to justice after all. The truth came out fifty years later
After Premier Zhou learned of this result, he felt very regretful, but he also expressed his full understanding of the Hong Kong and British authorities.
But unexpectedly, after this, the British and Hong Kong authorities released all the other criminals involved in the case with "evidence" and "expressed" them to Taiwan.
The practices of the British Hong Kong authorities have not only been solemnly protested by our government, but also attracted criticism from countries around the world.
A Hong Kong newspaper pointed out incisively: "The murderer has not been punished so far, but the case has ended. Do the people believe it? Why do you care about the axioms?"
But due to the international situation at that time and cross-strait relations, this matter could only end like this.
But Premier Zhou never forgot about these martyrs who died. He personally brought their ashes from the place where they died and solemnly buried them in Babao Mountain.
and personally wrote for them the inscription and long inscription of "The Cemetery of the Martyrs who participated in the Asian and African Conference". At the end of the inscription, he also wrote affectionately:
"The martyrs who sacrificed gloriously for the cause of peace, independence and freedom will be immortal!"
Until his later years, Premier Zhou still asked the staff around him with guilt, "The Kashmir was so vigilant that at that time, how did Zhou Ju bring the bomb on the plane?
Although our country's intelligence personnel had already grasped the fact that Zhou Ju had placed a time bomb at that time, they were puzzled by Zhou Ju's methods of committing the crime, so they had never been able to answer Premier Zhou's doubts.
It was not until 2003 that Gu Zhengwen, the head of the Taiwan Secret Service's investigation and defense team, who participated in the "Kashmir Princess" incident, found out with conscience and revealed the truth.
It turned out that after learning that Premier Zhou was going to fly from Hong Kong to Jakarta on the Kashmir Princess for a meeting, Taiwan thought it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he formulated a plan to install bombs on the plane.
They also know that the security of the plane will definitely be very strict by then, so they must find a staff member who can get close to the plane. After searching for many times, they targeted the cleaner named Zhou Ju at Hong Kong Airport .
Zhou Ju is thin and has an ordinary appearance. He has been cleaning the plane for many years and will not attract attention. He is the ideal candidate for the assassination plan.
After determining the good candidate, they lobbyed Zhou Ju. After Zhou Ju learned that the person to be assassinated was Premier Zhou, she refused to agree at first.
But when he heard that he would give him 600,000 Hong Kong dollars regardless of whether the assassination was successful or not, he took on the task with temptation.
Then, the Taiwanese spies brought in the new explosive developed by the CIA, and then asked Zhou Ju to take a week off to provide him with systematic training.
On April 12, 1955, Zhou Ju put the explosives given to him by the Taiwanese spy in a bottle of detergent and took it to work normally.
Because the explosives brought by Zhou Ju are new types of explosives, he also has a bottle of detergent used as a cover.
So neither the security inspection instruments nor the security inspectors of Qide Machinery were able to detect the bomb, and Zhou Ju successfully passed the safety inspection.
Shortly after, the "Kashmir Princess" landed on the apron. The security work of the aircraft was indeed very strict at that time. As soon as the plane landed, the airport's guards and security personnel increased their guards and blocked all unrelated personnel more than 200 meters away from the plane.
People from India also immediately surrounded the planes, strictly prohibiting outsiders from approaching, and they also changed into their own people in meals, refueling, loading and unloading luggage and other aspects.
But what they were all secret is that the cleaners who were working on the plane were not replaced by their own people, so Zhou Ju was able to board the plane. After
was put on the machine, Zhou Ju still scanned here and wiped there as usual, so it did not attract the attention of the staff.
When he was cleaning up to the right-wing wheel compartment, he took the opportunity to leave his bottle of "cleaner" in a hidden corner, and then left the plane calmly. After
, Zhou Ju still worked for two weeks as usual, and was also summoned twice by the police during this period.
But the police did not find any flaws in his confession, so they did not take further measures against him, which led to Zhou Ju escape to Taiwan. After arriving in Taiwan, Zhou Ju hid his name until 1993 when she died of illness.
, who created the shocking incident of "Kashmir Princess", was not subject to legal sanctions in the end, but he, who was carrying such a sin, would be nailed to the pillar of shame in history forever and would be difficult to redeem his sins.
Fortunately, New China has Premier Zhou and the sacrificed ancestors. It is them who put their personal life and death aside and have made selfless efforts to build the New China and have our current happy life.
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