Chapter 370 Repatriation

"Washington's principle is a one-on-one exchange of prisoners of war!" Li Qiwei received the generals and officers involved in the negotiations in the office, including Colonel Parks. He talked about many issues in this negotiation. When it comes to the issue of prisoners of war, he put up a principle, that is, Washington's instructions, "After all the Allied prisoners of war return, the remaining prisoners of war of the Chinese and North Korean troops will be handed over."

Li Qiwei's policies are just a repetition of those legislators in Washington. He has no decision-making power. The decision-making power is in Washington, and the bottom line of the union [***] is no longer with him. And those who participate in the negotiations are just striving for greater interests on this basis. Parks frowned. Obviously, the principle of prisoners of war has touched the bottom line between China and North Korea. They will not agree to such conditions, because one-on-one, the Chinese and North Korean army has far more people captured by the U.S. military than the U.S. military has been captured by the Chinese and North Korean army.

But he still knows this history. He has a plan in his heart to think about the terms that are acceptable to both parties one by one in the future. The most important thing is that he needs Winters to come back and take this opportunity to improve his due role and reputation for the future. Exhibition.

Armistice negotiations were held on July 10, 1951 in Kaesong on the 38th parallel. At this time, Li Qiwei received a telegram from the Army Department, instructing Colonel Parks to only participate in the negotiations of the prisoner-of-war part. This puzzled Li Qiwei, and the Army Department did not make a reasonable explanation. Of course, in his capacity, he would not ask Colonel Parks. Although he has a good impression of Colonel Parks, it does not mean that he will not do something with his own influence.

And what Parks has to do is to end the negotiation as soon as possible, not to take nearly two years. Of course, he can't have the final say on the entanglement here. The most important thing is to see the preparations of those Washington bosses and Li Qiwei. Although General Li Qiwei didn't ask Parks to explain anything, Parks took the initiative to come to him.

Li Qiwei was surprised that Parks would come to look for him alone, but he still took time to meet the man who made an exception for the War Department. He knew the background of Colonel Parks and knew that he had a close relationship with the arms dealers of the recently rising Gray family, and he had a laboratory and invented it. The results are at the forefront of the world. Of course, after learning this, he met Parks in his private office and obviously showed his attitude. Meeting him is purely a personal hostage and will not involve any political issues. He should correct his position.

"Hello, General!" Parks still gave a military salute when he came in. He still admired Li Qiwei, at least he was different from MacArthur's arrogant. Without the pride and self-appreciation of MacArthur's surname, he doesn't even buy the president's face. Li Qiwei is actually very easy-going.

"Sit down!" General Li Qiwei made a gesture casually, and then nodded to Parks and said, "Relax, we are just chatting now, just like - just like friends!"

Parks nodded. He did not talk about this directly, but talked about some of his experiences in the European war and talked about Winters: "To be honest, Lieutenant Colonel Winters is my best friend. He is a very good officer. Of course, that's why I suddenly joined!" Parks introduced the topic to the topic, and then said his purpose without concealment, "General, I'm here to bring my friend back to the United States safely and intact."

Li Qi was slightly stunned, and then quickly shook his head and said, "It's not what you said, it's not what I said!" We can't sacrifice the interests of the Americans to reach an agreement quickly. This won't work!"

"I know, General!" Parks nodded and said, "I think this negotiation will be very difficult, and in fact, there may be a larger-scale war in the negotiations, because it can bring benefits in the negotiations and force the other party to make concessions. And I believe that the general must be ready for this, right?

Li Qiwei was stunned, and then quickly smiled and said, "Of course, any negotiation that can get benefits is achieved in victory. Of course, we are no exception. In order to protect the interests of the United States and our safety, we must do this!"

"However, general, it's definitely not just us who think so, but the other party must think so. If both sides have arranged a large army on the front, with strong fortifications and strong firepower as a guarantee, then will it be another Verdun? This meat grinder will win more American lives. Parks looked at General Li Qiwei and said without waiting for him to speak, "I know that the strength of the U.S. military is that it has strong fire coverage, but the middle [***] team also has its strengths. They are good at building strong fortifications, and using fortifications to avoid artillery fire and attack opponents. Don't forget that we are not facing that one. The guerrillas have defeated the eight million troops of the Chinese Kuomintang. They have experienced many battles and have rich combat experience. Although we have many veterans, we must not underestimate them.

This history Parks is very clear. He read a book on the Korean War written by a Chinese military writer and mentioned that more than 2 million troops are densely deployed on the defense lines of both sides, building the longest, most complex and strongest fortifications in the history of the world war. The joint defense line is composed of tightly deployed artillery positions, tank groups and infantry. Several layers of positions make it reach a depth of 300 kilometers. Each layer of defense line is built with permanent fortifications and trenches. Each layer of defense line has formulated a thorough air force support plan, forming a powerful three-dimensional defense network. This line of defense is called 'an insurmountable abyss of death'. On the defense line of the middle [***] team, hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers began to build the world's largest underground defense project. Its total amount of earth and stone can dig several Suez Canals, along the confrontation line from west to east, hundreds of kilometers of defense line, deep in the underground permanent tunnels and traffic trenches, hundreds of thousands of Chinese officers and soldiers live underground with complete facilities. The fire traps they set up can immediately destroy any attacking enemy. These Chinese officers and soldiers who are waiting underground are called 'dragons in the cave' by Western military experts.

"Really?" Li Qiwei couldn't help smiling. Although he believed what Parks said, and he had already considered these, what he had to consider now was how to win the military struggle to obtain favorable conditions for the negotiations. "Look, the theme of our conversation is inseparable from the war. Why don't you talk about your development in New York? What about it? I heard that your laboratory is doing very well!" Obviously, Li Qiwei wanted to change the topic. He didn't want to discuss this with a colonel for a long time.

Parks was a little disappointed, but he also knew that he could not convince General Li Qiwei immediately. Although he was disappointed, he did not lose confidence. After talking for a while, Parks felt that he was leaving. He took out a document from his briefcase and said, "General, this is my prediction of this negotiation. Of course, there are also some of my own predictions about the conditions of this negotiation. I hope it can play a role." With that, he said goodbye.

Li Qiwei looked at the document, turned it over casually, shook his head and smiled, and then threw it aside. He didn't expect that this person actually joined in halfway for his friend. What's more, he didn't expect that he actually drew up some prediction documents about the negotiation. When he looked through it casually, the document The content is obviously not accepted by the bigwigs in Washington, such as the restoration of the pre-war border between South Korea and North Korea, and the prisoner of war camp is set up in the neutral India, and the "Neutral Repatriation Committee" composed of representatives of the neutral countries of India, Poland, the Czech Republic, Switzerland and Sweden. Choice, voluntary repatriation, etc.

Of course, the progress of the incident was not as he expected, and the U.S. military could achieve the benefits of negotiations with huge weapons and bombs. The United [***] launched the summer offensive and the autumn offensive on August 18th to September 18th and September 29th to October 22nd respectively, attacking the North Korea-China western line and the eastern defense line respectively. After two months of fierce fighting, the United [***] occupied 646 square kilometers of land and advanced an average of about 2 kilometers. This made Li Qiwei look very proud. He had even forgotten the report that Parks submitted to him, and the negotiations were also held in Panmunjom in accordance with the American setting.

But not long after, from October 30 to late November, the volunteer army launched a partial counterattack, occupied 280 square kilometers of land, and consolidated the defense of the Kaesong area.

At this time, in early December 1951, negotiations on the issue of prisoners of war began. Regarding the issue of prisoners of war, there are still differences between the two sides. China and North Korea require compulsory repatriation, while the joint [***] request voluntary repatriation. The negotiation was deadlocked again, and at this time, General Li Qiwei suddenly remembered Parks's document, so he took it out from under the drawer and considered the terms of it, reporting to Washington and was able to put it forward during the negotiation.

Obviously, the prisoner of war camp is set up in the neutral India, and the "neutral country repatriation committee" is composed of representatives of the neutral countries India, Poland, the Czech Republic, Switzerland and Sweden. The prisoners of war choose and partially repatriate voluntarily. This is a condition that both sides can reluctantly accept, not to mention the mediation of neutral countries, so that the two Fang had to put down the shelf. However, on the issue of the repatriation of prisoners of war, Parks, who has never made any statement, put forward a design for the repatriation of prisoners of war in batches. After the negotiation of prisoners of war is completed, a batch of prisoners of war will be repatriated immediately. The two sides will provide a repatriation list, which belongs to the list of forced repatriation. In this way to meet the needs of all parties, both sides know that some people are not suitable to stay in hostile countries, which will be very unfavorable to themselves, whether in public opinion or politics!

On January 6, 1952, the first batch of prisoners of war were repatriated. Parks stood early near the communication line between the two sides near Panmunjom. He worked hard for everyone in the searcher's team. They lowered their heads and walked silently, and then the U.S. soldiers checked their bodies. Then cross the border. In the line, Parks finally saw the familiar figure, very thin, and seemingly silently following the long line. The figure, for a moment, blocked Parks' throat and wanted to shout, but he couldn't say anything. He just looked at it silently! Finally meet again, Dick!

(to be continued)