Author: Chen Hui Source: "Party History Broadcast"
Among generals and ambassadors, Feng Xuan's expertise is intelligence, liaison, and diplomacy. He has served as a leader on all three fronts and has made special achievements. He is a general ambassador who is a liaison and intelligence expert.
In terms of intelligence work, Feng Xuan once led the Intelligence Department to plan the uprising of several Kuomintang divisions in southern Liaoning, and was awarded by the Northeast Field Army headquarters. In terms of liaison work, before the founding of New China, Feng Xuan planned to transport a large number of democrats from Hong Kong to the liberated areas to attend the CPPCC meeting, and was praised by Zhou Enlai. On the diplomatic front, Feng Xuan's major contribution was to skillfully arrange a secret meeting between Zhou Enlai and the new French Prime Minister during the Geneva Conference, which laid a good foundation for the Geneva Conference to adopt the "Final Declaration of the Geneva Conference", end France's colonial war in Vietnam, and later establish diplomatic relations between China and France.
A liaison and intelligence expert active in the hidden front of our party
Feng Xuan’s revolutionary experience before becoming ambassador abroad was mostly in the intelligence and liaison front of our party. Feng Xuan’s footprints can be seen from the early intelligence, liaison and diplomatic fronts of our party.
Feng Xuan was born in May 1915 in Yuxiang, Henglin Town, Wujin City (Changzhou City), Jiangsu Province, into a poor family of primary school teachers. He attended junior high school in Wujin County Middle School.
In 1931, Feng Xuan was 16 years old. Introduced by his uncle Feng Zhongyun who had participated in the revolution in Northeast China, he left his hometown and came to Harbin. He was admitted to the Electrician School affiliated to the Harbin Electric Power Bureau and later worked as a tram conductor and tram driver in a tram company. Influenced by Feng Zhongyun's revolutionary thoughts, he joined the Youth Communist International in 1931, established the Youth League branch, and served as secretary. Under the leadership of the party, he participated in and led the famous tram workers' strike in May 1933.
Feng Xuan, Feng Zhongyun’s former residence .
html In June, Feng Xuan, who was only 18 years old, was sent to the Lenin Academy in Moscow, Soviet Union to study military and intelligence due to his outstanding work. During his studies, Feng Xuan came into contact with people from all walks of life. When he left the Soviet Union, he could already speak fluent Russian, which laid the foundation for his future intelligence and diplomatic work. Many of his Soviet classmates later became leaders of the Soviet National Security Council. In 1935, Feng Xuan participated in the Seventh Congress of the Communist International and the Sixth Congress of the Young Communist International. In 1936, he became a formal member of the Communist Party of China.
In mid-November 1936, Feng Xuan, who was engaged in intelligence work in the Soviet Union, suddenly received instructions to return to China. It turned out that the delegation of the Communist Party of China to the Comintern organized a delegation to welcome the West Route Army. The leader is Chen Yun, the deputy leader is Teng Daiyuan, Feng Xuan is the translator, Duan Zijun is in charge of the radio station, and Li Chuntian is in charge of the translation. Their mission was to enter Horgos, Xinjiang on the Sino-Soviet border, and go to Xinjiang to meet the Red Army's West Route Army.
In the autumn of 1936, after the victory of the Long March, according to the order of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, the Red Fourth Front Army 3 troops crossed the Yellow River and prepared to implement the Ningxia Campaign plan. Later, due to changes in the enemy situation in Hedong, the plan was terminated.
The West Route Army marched from Jingyuan County, Gansu Province to the Hexi Corridor on October 25, 1936, to carry out the strategic task of opening up international transportation routes and establishing a base area for the Hexi Corridor. On November 11, the Party Central Committee ordered the troops crossing the river to form the "West Route Army Military and Political Committee". The West Route Army commander-in-chief Xu Xiangqian, political commissar Chen Changhao, and deputy commander-in-chief Wang Shusheng have jurisdiction over the 5th Red Army, the 9th Red Army, and the 30th Red Army, with a total of more than 21,800 people in the army.
The Hexi Corridor is an alpine area, and it was freezing cold in November. The West Route Army fought bloody battles with more than 100,000 enemy troops of the Kuomintang including Ma Bufang, Ma Buxing, and more than 100,000 enemy troops for more than 4 months, killing and wounding about 20,000 enemies.However, because the enemy is strong and we are weak, we are outnumbered; there is no base to rely on, and there is a shortage of food and ammunition; the geographical environment is dangerous. There are Qilian Mountains with an altitude of three to five thousand meters in the south of western Gansu, and there are Beishan and desert in the north. , Gobi Desert, with a long and narrow corridor in the middle, with very little room for maneuver; and the West Route Army marched for a long time without rest and replenishment, and finally failed in mid-March 1937 after a life-and-death struggle with the enemy at Liyuankou in the southwest of Zhangye County.
After the failure of the West Route Army, Chen Changhao chaired the last Military and Political Committee and decided that Xu Xiangqian and Chen Changhao would leave the army and return to Shaanxi Ganning Soviet Area; the West Route Military Working Committee was established, with Li Zhuoran as secretary, and the remaining 2,000 people formed three detachments, left, right and mobile, to guerrilla along both sides of the Qilian Mountains; the remaining 30th Red Army was organized into a left detachment, led by military political commissar Li Xiannian and others to fight guerrillas westward along the Qilian Mountains.
On April 16, 1937, more than 850 people from Li Zhuoran and Li Xiannian's detachment went through life and death hardships and traveled more than 1,500 miles. The remaining 420 people finally arrived at Xingxing Gorge in Xinjiang.
The former site of the "New Barracks" of the Red Army's West Route Army.
At this time, Chen Yun, Teng Daiyuan, and Feng Xuan, who were waiting at the Sino-Soviet border, with the mediation and help of the Soviet Union, negotiated with Xinjiang Border Defense Supervisor Sheng Shicai for many times to formally establish a united front between our party and Sheng Shicai. Sheng Shicai prepared more than 50 large vehicles loaded with weapons, clothing and various foods. He also sent a Soviet military adviser and a battalion of armed forces to escort Chen Yun, Teng Daiyuan, Feng Xuan and others to Xingxing Gorge. He rescued the main leaders of the West Route Army, Li Zhuoran, Li Xiannian, Cheng Shicai, Li Tianhuan and others, and more than 400 people from the left detachment of the West Route Army, and drove to Dihua (today's Urumqi).
html In late July, Chen Yun and Teng Daiyuan, together with Li Zhuoran and Li Xiannian of the West Route Army Working Committee, decided to reorganize the left detachment of the West Route Army and establish the Chinese Works Committee. The general detachment of the West Route Army of the Peasant Red Army consists of cadres and four brigades. It is known to the outside world as the New Barracks of the Xinjiang Border Supervisory Office. Sheng Shicai is responsible for all supplies in accordance with Xinjiang army standards. It is known as the "New Barracks" to the outside world. Feng Xuan serves as the director of the Political Department of the "New Barracks".
In accordance with the instructions of the Party Central Committee, business training courses such as aircraft, tanks, artillery , cavalry, intelligence, and radio were held for more than 400 people in the "new military camp". Chen Yun, Teng Daiyuan, and Feng Xuan personally taught cultural courses. Later, the Soviet Union sent a lot of medicine and teaching equipment to the "new barracks", and also sent Leondev, Materov, Machinov and other outstanding military experts in the air force, tanks, artillery, communications and other fields. Feng Xuan used his proficiency in Russian to serve as a bridge for Soviet expert teaching and the students of the Western Route Army. The instructors and students were very satisfied.
After completing their studies, the trainees from the "New Barracks" returned to Yan'an in several batches and became scarce talents in our army's aviation, armored, artillery, and communications corps. 28 founding generals also emerged from the "New Barracks" team.
On February 5, 1940, Feng Xuan returned to Yan'an from Xinjiang to serve as the director of the Political Intelligence Office of the Ministry of Social Affairs of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. He participated in the establishment of the Ministry of Social Affairs and was engaged in liaison work with the International Communist Movement. The Ministry of Social Affairs is the intelligence agency of the central government. Feng Xuan founded the internal publication "Books and Newsletters" and sent each issue to central leaders. Mao Zedong and other central leaders repeatedly praised the publication for its success.
In Yan'an, Feng Xuan was also responsible for contacting reporters from the Soviet TASS news agency in Yan'an. This was the channel for communication between the intelligence systems of the Chinese and Soviet parties.
Feng Xuan
In January 1946, after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Feng Xuan was assigned by the central government to the Peking Military Coordination Executive Department and served as the director of the Secretariat of the CCP delegation. When dealing with representatives of the US military and the Kuomintang, Feng Xuan battled wits and courage and initially showed his diplomatic talents.
In early 1947, Feng Xuan was appointed by the party to travel thousands of miles to Harbin to join the Northeastern Democratic Alliance and met his uncle Feng Zhongyun, whom he had not seen for many years.In May of the same year, Feng Xuan was appointed deputy minister of the Northeast Ministry of Social Affairs and director of the Dalian Intelligence Division.
Feng Xuan’s son Feng Hangjun recalled: “My father has been engaged in intelligence work for a long time. As the deputy minister of the Northeast Ministry of Social Affairs, he also served as the director of the Dalian Intelligence Division. He has worked on the hidden front for 40 years. Since the establishment of the Dalian Intelligence Division in March 1947, it has always been under the leadership of Comrade Li Kenong of the Central Intelligence Department and Northeast China. Working under the leadership of Comrade Zou Dapeng of the Ministry of Social Affairs, their achievements are inseparable from their achievements.”
In Dalian, the Intelligence Department led by Feng Xuan cooperated with the Northeast Field Army to carry out a lot of effective intelligence work. They planned and led the uprising of several KMT divisions in southern Liaoning and were commended by the Northeast Field Army headquarters. Leader Higashino once said that the intelligence work of the Northeast Social Department can rival a main column. Among the three confidential staff officers of the Kuomintang's Northeast "Suppression General" Headquarters, two are underground party members of the Dalian Intelligence Department.
Staff of the Tianjin Bureau of the Liaison Bureau of the Military Commission after liberation took a photo. The second from the left is Director Feng Xuan.
Feng Xuan also made a major contribution when he was also the director of the Dalian Intelligence Department. Following Zhou Enlai's instructions, he received and transported a large number of democrats from Hong Kong to the liberated areas to attend the CPPCC meeting. At that time, Dalian was under the jurisdiction of the Soviet army. Feng Xuan was responsible for negotiating with the Soviet army, using their ships to transport batches of democrats starting from Hong Kong, docking in Dalian north, and transferring to the liberated areas. In addition, Feng Xuan also used Soviet ship dispatch to transport urgently needed supplies for the Liberation War.
In 1949, after the founding of New China, Feng Xuan was transferred from Dalian to Tianjin and served successively as the director of the Tianjin Office of the Central Military Commission and the director of the Tianjin Bureau of the Liaison Department of the Central Military Commission.
served as the ambassador of Switzerland and made outstanding contributions on the diplomatic front.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Feng Xuan was selected by the Party Central Committee as a candidate for ambassador abroad due to his rich experience in intelligence, liaison, diplomatic work and long-term study and work experience in the Soviet Union. It is also a very important position as China's minister to Switzerland.
It is not easy for Switzerland, a Western country, to establish diplomatic relations with socialist China. At that time, the United States isolated New China through NATO organization . In June 1949, the United States specifically sent a warning telegram to the Swiss government that "it would be inappropriate for your country to prematurely recognize a communist regime in Asia." However, Switzerland clearly saw that "the Communist Party's rule in China will last for a long time, so it is better to recognize it sooner than later." Switzerland withstood strong political pressure from Washington . On January 14, 1950, the Swiss government called Zhou Enlai, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China, expressing its recognition of New China.
On January 17, 1950, Max Petitpierre, President and Foreign Minister of the Swiss Federal Government, called Mao Zedong: "Switzerland has decided to legally recognize the New China and is prepared to establish diplomatic relations with your country." Switzerland became one of the first European countries to formally establish diplomatic relations with the New China.
Soon negotiations on establishing diplomatic relations between China and Switzerland were held in Beijing. China proposed a prerequisite for the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two sides (Switzerland must cut off all official contacts with Taiwan) and a problem (how to dispose of the property left by the old Chinese government in Switzerland).
In late January 1950, the Swiss government notified the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China that it was willing to establish diplomatic relations with it; at the same time, it notified the Kuomintang Minister in Bern to sever relations with it and stated that China's national property was now under the custody of the Swiss Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was ready to be handed over to representatives appointed by the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China in the future.
html On June 30, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated in its reply letter to Sweden that it was satisfied with Sweden’s decision to sever all relations with the Kuomintang government and with the government of the People’s Republic of China’s legal ownership of assets in Switzerland.The two negotiations on the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Switzerland in May and June 1950 went very smoothly in Beijing.
On December 8, 1950, Feng Xuan submitted his credentials to the President of the Swiss Federation, Peter Pieter.
On September 14, 1950, China and Switzerland formally established diplomatic relations, and the two countries sent ministers to each other.
Who served as the first minister of Switzerland has long been mentioned on the agenda of the Party Central Committee. On May 10, 1950, Mao Zedong appointed Feng Xuan, 35 years old, as China's first minister to Switzerland. He was the youngest among the first batch of diplomatic envoys of the People's Republic of China abroad.
On October 15, 1950, Feng Xuan was ordered to lead a small and capable team to Switzerland. They took a train, passed Manzhouli , and then took a plane to Bern, the capital of Switzerland, to establish an embassy there.
html On December 8, Feng Xuan, the first Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Swiss Confederation, submitted his credentials to the President of the Swiss Confederation, Peter Pieter, in Bern. The Embassy in Switzerland became China's most important diplomatic institution in Europe at that time.
Although Switzerland has established diplomatic relations with China, it still regards China as a hostile country. They closely monitor every move of the Chinese embassy, and their secret service is built outside the embassy wall. Feng Xuan led the entire embassy staff to carry out diplomatic activities in a special environment. Since Switzerland is a neutral country, China continues to send various delegations to visit Europe. Many of them have Switzerland as their destination, and many of them pass through Switzerland as a bridge. Neutral countries are conducive to international research, and the embassy's reception and research tasks are extremely heavy. Feng Xuan led everyone to work selflessly day and night.
Feng Xuan’s outstanding contribution during his tenure as Minister in Switzerland was to help a large number of patriots, famous scientists, and art figures return to their motherland through the neutral country of Switzerland to contribute to the construction of New China. This special passage back home has always played an important role. Feng Xuan's successor, Ambassador Li Qingquan, successfully used this channel in 1965 to help the acting president of the Kuomintang Li Zongren secretly return to his motherland from the United States via Geneva, which shocked the world.
While working in Switzerland, Feng Xuan also participated in the delegation to the Geneva Conference led by Zhou Enlai in 1954, and contributed to the accommodation arrangements and negotiations for the Chinese delegation at the Geneva Conference. During the meeting, Zhou Enlai was also arranged to meet with the President of the Swiss Confederation, Lubartelle, and the then Foreign Minister Peter Pieter.
Feng Xuan, Zhou Enlai and Li Kenong attended the Geneva Conference.
During the Geneva Conference, Feng Xuan also skillfully arranged a secret meeting between Zhou Enlai and the new French Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mendès France.
In order to implement this meeting, Feng Xuan made careful arrangements before the meeting. He first arranged for Zhou Enlai to meet with the French Ambassador to Switzerland Jean Chauvel at the Wanhualing Villa on June 22 to exchange views on the arrangements for the meeting.
Chauvell expressed the hope that China would consider the delicate situation of the new French government and that the meeting would need to be kept confidential. Geneva is a place where international spies gather, and the intelligence agencies of many countries have sent master agents to lurk here. Zhou Enlai, who appeared on the international stage for the first time after the founding of New China, has always been the subject of great attention by the intelligence agencies of Western powers. The meeting between the new Prime Minister of China and the new Prime Minister of France, a major Western country, will shock the world. If the meeting is leaked, it will be detrimental to the new French government that has just formed a cabinet. Meeting in Geneva is obviously not suitable. Chauvell proposed that the French side requested to invite Zhou Enlai to meet somewhere within the French border.
Zhou Enlai clearly expressed his opposition to meeting Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mendès France in France because France has not yet recognized the People's Republic of China and the two countries do not have any diplomatic relations. Finally, the two sides decided to meet at the French Embassy in Switzerland, a remote town in Bern, a neutral country.
It was already the afternoon of the 23rd when Zhou Enlai and his party arrived in Bern.Zhou Enlai, together with the delegation Li Kenong and others, accompanied by Feng Xuan, entered the French Embassy in Switzerland in Bern and were warmly welcomed by French Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mendès France, Ambassador to Switzerland Chauvel and French Foreign Ministry official Guillemaz. Mendes-France also came from Paris on the same day. He first took a plane to an airport on the French-Swiss border, and then changed cars to cross the border to Bern.
The first meeting between the prime ministers of China and France arranged secretly by Feng Xuan.
This meeting is the first meeting between the prime ministers of China and France in history. Although both parties brought translators, Zhou Enlai spoke in French from the beginning, making the meeting seem friendly and cordial.
Before the meeting, Mendès-France had been worried: this time France was asking New China to solve the Indo-China issue, and China would definitely bargain. Zhou Enlai would definitely make specific demands to France for recognizing New China and its legal status in the United Nations. To his surprise, after the meeting, Zhou Enlai mainly asked the new French government about its plan to achieve an armistice in Indochina, and stated: On the issue of Indochina, our condition is peace, that is, we oppose U.S. interference, prevent the United States from internationalizing the war, and oppose the establishment of military bases by the United States in Indochina. Apart from this, there are no other conditions. To solve the Indochina issue, we must first cease the war, but military and political issues are interrelated. If we discuss military issues now, we will also discuss political issues later. Unification is achieved through elections and domestic institutions are established. These can only be solved by the Vietnamese people themselves, and we cannot interfere. The same goes for Laos , Cambodia . Zhou Enlai very much hoped that France and Vietnam could reach an agreement as soon as possible through direct contact.
Mendes France immediately developed a good impression of Zhou Enlai and felt that Zhou was very reasonable. Mendels expressed his agreement with Zhou Enlai's proposition and said that the two sides' opinions were close on the main points. The French side agrees with the "military first, political later" approach to resolving issues between France and Vietnam. The first step should be to focus on resolving the armistice, including the issue of military assembly areas. After returning to Paris, he will immediately hold talks with General Elie, commander of the French Expeditionary Force, and prepare to give clear instructions to the French military representatives in Geneva. Mendès-France hoped that Zhou Enlai would use his influence to promote the negotiation process between Vietnam and France.
Zhou Enlai and his party rushed back to Geneva that night.
The high-level secret talks between China and France arranged by Feng Xuan contributed to the progress of two major historical events: on July 21, 1954, the Geneva Conference adopted the "Final Declaration of the Geneva Conference", achieving an armistice in Indochina, ending the French colonial war in Vietnam and colonial rule in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia; and laying a good foundation for the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France on January 27, 1964.
Feng Xuan (third from left) is waiting with Li Kenong and Lei Yingfu.
While working in Switzerland, Feng Xuan also made active preparations for the Sino-US ambassadorial-level talks. At the end of July 1955, Feng Xuan accompanied Ambassador Wang Bingnan to Geneva by train. On August 1, the first meeting of Sino-US ambassadorial talks was held at the League of Nations Building. The Chinese representative is Wang Bingnan, the ambassador to Poland, and the American representative is Johnson, the ambassador to Czechoslovakia. Although the United States and China were at odds with each other at the time, the talks miraculously reached two agreements: First, the issue of repatriation of nationals from both sides. The second is other practical issues that the two parties have disputes about. It was the first agreement that ensured that Qian Xuesen, who had been obstructed by the United States in every possible way, returned to his motherland, which enabled the development of China's nuclear weapons and missiles to enter an era of rapid development. Zhou Enlai once said at a meeting that although the ambassadorial-level talks between China and the United States have not achieved substantive results so far, we have had concrete and constructive contacts on the issue of overseas Chinese in the two countries, and we want to get back Qian Xuesen. For this matter alone, the talks are worthwhile and valuable.
In February 1956, Feng Xuan left Switzerland to serve as China's ambassador to Myanmar, but returned to Switzerland only three months later.In May, Feng Xuan was appointed as China's first ambassador to Switzerland.
Feng Xuan served as minister and ambassador at the Chinese Embassy in Switzerland for nine years, laying a solid foundation for the development of Sino-Swiss friendship. On September 14, 1950, China and Switzerland formally established diplomatic relations and sent ministers to each other. In November 1951, Switzerland established the Consulate General in Shanghai; on April 1, 1954, China established the Consulate General in Geneva. Since then, the friendly relations between the two parties have continued to develop. Since China and Switzerland established diplomatic relations in 1950 and established embassies in each other's capitals, Switzerland has now established four diplomatic missions in China's Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong. Currently, China also has four diplomatic missions in Bern, Zurich, and Geneva, Switzerland. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Switzerland 72 years ago, bilateral relations have continued to develop, with continuous major bilateral diplomatic activities, frequent high-level exchanges of visits, and closer economic and trade relations. Sino-Swiss relations have created many firsts in the history of China's exchanges with Western countries: In 1980, when China's door to the outside world had just opened, Schindler Group of Switzerland was the first to enter the Chinese market and established China's first joint venture; in 2007, when many countries were keen on trade protection policies and abused anti-dumping investigations on Chinese products, Switzerland became one of the first European countries to recognize China's full market economy status.
html Feng Xuan has made outstanding achievements in his work as minister and ambassador to Switzerland in 19 years. Domestic research and intelligence science and technology departments all give high evaluations. Many years later, the leaders of the relevant departments also said: "Many of our current work is based on the work of Comrade Feng Xuan."
In June 1959, Feng Xuan returned to China and was appointed deputy director of the Central Investigation Department, and returned to the national security intelligence front.
The three fronts of intelligence, liaison and diplomacy are perfectly integrated
ht After returning to China, Feng Xuan successively served as deputy minister of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, deputy secretary-general of the State Council, and deputy minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. He continued to play a perfect role in the three fronts of intelligence, liaison, and diplomacy, and was able to serve the country on the three fronts with ease.
After returning to China, although Feng Xuan had left the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he continued to play a role. In 1960, as a member of the Communist Party of China delegation, he accompanied Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping to attend the 81-nation Communist Party and Workers' Party Congress held in Moscow. In 1961, Feng Xuan and Vice Prime Minister Chen Yi led a delegation to attend the Geneva Conference on Laos.
After the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1956, differences between the Chinese and Soviet parties emerged on issues such as the line and strategy of the international communist movement, and these differences gradually intensified. In June 1963, Deng Xiaoping led a delegation of the Communist Party of China to Moscow to participate in talks between the Chinese and Soviet parties. During the talks, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union issued an "Open Letter to Party Organizations at All Levels of the Soviet Union and All Communist Members" to attack the CCP. From September 1963 to July 1964, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China published nine articles commenting on the open letter of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party in the name of the editorial departments of the magazines "People's Daily" and "Red Flag" to fight back. Since Feng Xuan studied and worked in the Soviet Union in his early years, he participated in the writing of the "Nine Commentaries" chaired by Deng Xiaoping as a representative of the Central Committee's Coordination Department and played a very important role.
Feng Xuan also used his expertise in intelligence work for many years to participate in uncovering the major case of the Kuomintang's attempt to assassinate the Chinese delegation visiting Cambodia. In April 1963, on the eve of Liu Shaoqi and Chen Yi's visit to Cambodia, the Central Coordination Department received information: Taiwan's Kuomintang Intelligence Bureau sent Colonel Zhang Peizhi to assassinate the delegation, planning to plant landmines on the roads the delegation must pass, and sending guns with silent pistols to assassinate them. Mao Zedong instructed "visit as scheduled and solve the case within a time limit." To this end, the Central Committee established a Central Security Leading Group, headed by Yang Shangkun, Director of the General Office of the Central Committee, and Feng Xuan also participated in the investigation of the case. The Central Investigation Department, with the cooperation of the Cambodian authorities, solved the case in time, captured all the Kuomintang agents, and ensured the successful visit of Liu Shaoqi and Chen Yi to Cambodia.
In the winter of 1963, Zhou Enlai presided over a discussion with responsible comrades from relevant departments to discuss how to strengthen the study of international issues. After the meeting, Feng Xuan wrote a "Report on Strengthening Research on Foreign Work" to the central government based on the results of the discussion. On December 30, Mao Zedong reviewed the report and personally wrote a 200-word comment, fully affirming the report. Subsequently, the Central International Research Steering Group was established, and Feng Xuan became one of the group members. In the study of international issues, Feng Xuan put forward many unique suggestions to the Central Committee.
Starting in the autumn of 1965, Feng Xuan was appointed as Deputy Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of the Third National People's Congress from the Deputy Secretary-General of the State Council. The following year, he visited South Asian countries with Liu Shaoqi. From June 4 to 8, 1970, he and Deputy Minister of Public Security Yu Sang accompanied Albanian Minister of Interior Deri Hazbiu and his delegation to visit Jinan, Shandong Province. Foreign affairs work has always been with him.
In early 1972, Feng Xuan served as the director of the State Administration of Foreign Languages Publishing and Distribution, responsible for my country's external publicity and external publishing and distribution work.
From August 1973 to December 1985, Feng Xuan served as deputy director and consultant of the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and returned to his old profession again. As a representative of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, he received some foreign Communist leaders.
On October 6, 1976, the Party Central Committee smashed the "Gang of Four" counterrevolutionary group. Geng Biao, then Minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, was ordered to go to the Central Broadcasting Bureau with Hua Guofeng's order that night to quickly control the Central Radio and Television Station together with Qiu Weigao, deputy commander of the Beijing Garrison Region. Then, Feng Xuan, deputy director of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, led some comrades in the department to reinforce Geng Biao and was responsible for reviewing the broadcast programs. Feng Xuan strictly controlled the work and quickly put the work of CCTV and China Radio on the right track.
Feng Xuan was also elected as a representative of the Second and Third National People's Congress; a non-voting representative of the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China, a member of the 10th and 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and a member of the Central Advisory Committee. On January 16, 1986, Feng Xuan died of illness in Beijing at the age of 70. The Party Central Committee spoke highly of his lifetime contributions to diplomacy, intelligence, and liaison.
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[Author: Chen Hui Source: "Party History Extensive Collection" Editor: Guo Xiaoli Editor: Chen Yanru Editor: Xiang Dongmin】
