Chapter 969 968 [Smooth Boat]

San Francisco Pier.

"Xiaonan, Xiaoning, say goodbye to dad!" Yu Peichen said while holding his two daughters.

"See you, Dad!" Zhou Ning waved her little hands and shouted in a sweet voice.

"Wow wow wow!!" Zhou Nan burst into tears, as if he vaguely understood that he was about to separate from his father.

Zhou Ning turned to look at her sister, stunned, and started crying as if she was infected.

Zhou Hexuan quickly hugged his daughter and kissed and comforted her for a while, finally making the two little guys burst into laughter.

Zhou Hexuan hugged Vivien Leigh who came to see her off again: "Vivian, please take care of yourself in the United States and send me a telegram if anything happens."

Vivien Leigh was wearing a windbreaker, sunglasses and a hat. She stood on tiptoes and kissed Zhou Hexuan's forehead and said, "I will, don't worry."

"Goodbye, sisters!" Ma Jue also smiled and waved.

"goodbye!"

Zhou Hexuan happened to catch a smooth sailing boat when he returned to China this time and left with the US special envoy to China.

The special envoy to China on this trip is Laughlin Curry, Roosevelt's senior administrative assistant, who is visiting China as Roosevelt's personal representative.

In the study of modern history, many scholars believe that Curry's visit to China was invited by Song Ziwen to discuss the upcoming "Concession Act" in order to obtain more US aid. In fact, this understanding is wrong, because when Chang Kaishen and Song Ziwen extended the invitation to visit, the Lend-Lease Act had not yet been proposed in the U.S. Congress.

In fact, Chang Kaishen invited Hopkins, a close advisor to Roosevelt, in order to achieve a Far East cooperation plan among China, Britain and the United States. But Hopkins went to England some time ago, and Roosevelt appointed administrative assistant Currie as his special envoy.

Not only that, Hemingway and his wife were also members of this special mission. It was Hemingway who later won the Nobel Prize for writing "The Old Man and the Sea".

Hemingway's apparent identity was that of a U.S. government commissioner and reporter for Currier's magazine and the Afternoon Newspaper, but his true intention was to be sent by Roosevelt to investigate the "Southern Anhui Incident" and the relationship between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, so as to facilitate the U.S. government's formulation of specific aid programs. Hua plan.

Historically, Hemingway and his wife also secretly met with Duke Zhou in Chongqing.

Martha (Hemingway's wife) was impressed by Zhou Gong's demeanor at the time. She later recalled: "We thought that Zhou was a winner and the only truly good man we had ever seen in China. If he was a typical Chinese If the Communist Party, then China's future will be theirs. For me, I have been strongly attracted by this charming man."

And Hemingway recalled: "Zhou was a man of great charm and wisdom. He maintained close contact with the embassies of all countries in China. He successfully convinced almost everyone who came into contact with him in Chongqing, They all accept the Communist Party’s position on whatever happened.”

When Hemingway returned to the United States to meet Roosevelt, he directly predicted: "After this war, the Communist Party will definitely take over China, because the best people in that country are Communists." He also wrote a report on the relationship between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, And it was clearly pointed out in the report: Chang Kaishen regarded Japan as a "skin disease" and regarded "China's red disaster" as a serious concern.

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The U.S. special envoy visiting China took the passenger ship "Matt Nissan". This ship can only go to Hawaii, where they will transfer to a Pan American Airways flight to Hong Kong.

Zhou Hexuan met Currie and the Hemingway couple on the boat. The three of them shook hands and greeted very warmly: "Hello, Mr. Zhou, I am very happy to be traveling with you."

"I'm very happy too. Why don't you go have a few drinks?" Zhou Hexuan invited.

The three Americans were all obviously drunkards, and they said happily: "Very good suggestion."

Martha Gellhorn sat skillfully at the bar, raised her glass and said, "Mr. Zhou, I really like your rock song, it's very exciting!"

"My pleasure." Zhou Hexuan smiled.

Hemingway said: "Martha has always wanted to go to China since reading your novel "The Goddess"."

Zhou Hexuan shook his head and said: "The current situation in China is very bad, you must be mentally prepared."

"War is very familiar to me," Martha said. "I have reported on the Spanish Civil War and the Soviet-Finnish War. I know what war means to a country. I hope to understand China and write about China's situation for people to know." People all over the world know it.”

"Thank you very much, I'll toast you!" Zhou Hexuan raised his glass.

Martha Gellhorn is a female writer and war correspondent. She met Hemingway in a bar and became Hemingway's third wife a month ago. Well, she herself was married for the second time.

The couple had a lot in common. They were both writers, war reporters, and both ended their lives by suicide. Even the reason for their previous divorces was the same - disagreement with the other half's ideas.

However, Martha Gellhorn was more aggressive. When she was in Chongqing, just by asking questions, she could make Soong Meiling furious and swear.

No, before she even said a few nice words, Martha started to expose Zhou Hexuan's shortcomings: "Mr. Zhou, I heard that you have a very good personal relationship with Hitler?"

"Who did you listen to?" Zhou Hexuan asked with a smile.

Martha said: "I came back from the Finnish battlefield interview. I went to Berlin on the way and discovered something very interesting. Your works have been completely banned in Germany. After my careful investigation, it seems that Hitler himself Order given."

"Then what?" Zhou Hexuan asked.

Martha said: "Then I continued to investigate and got clues from an SS man. You, Mr. Zhou, an internationally renowned anti-fascist fighter, was once a guest of Hitler. Hitler even designed a pistol himself and gave it to you."

Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "The British King George VI once admired Hitler. Do you think the British King will collude with the fascists?"

"Of course not," Martha said, "but after my careful investigation, the new version of the German Nazi's racist propaganda was published after you visited Germany. So I have always wanted to interview you about the Nazi's racist propaganda. What role do you play in this?"

Zhou Hexuan raised his eyebrows and said, "Madam, you are not interviewing me, you are maliciously slandering me."

Martha smiled and said: "Are you angry? I'm just..."

"Honey," Hemingway interrupted aloud, "you could drink less and say less drunken words."

Special Envoy Curry also smiled and said: "Mr. Zhou, can you tell me about the situation in China? I think I should be more fully prepared for my work."

"As you wish, Mr. Special Envoy." Zhou Hexuan said.

Currie asked: "What do you think of the recent Wannan Incident?"

Zhou Hexuan said: "I express my strong condemnation. The Chinese people need to unite as one instead of fighting among themselves before driving away the enemy."

"What about the relationship between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party?" Hemingway also began to investigate.