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"There will be hearings, and the president and I will be grilled by members of Congress. But I will deal with it," Marshall said. "Anyway, peace is restored in the Western Pacific. And the United States needs peace in the Western Pacific now. The only flaw is that we have less It is a tool to contain China, and other United States can accept it.”
"That means we have to increase our armed forces in the Western Pacific, especially the navy and air force," Clark said.
"This is something the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the President are considering. My mediation work is coming to an end. I will not be involved in this matter. I will be leaving for the United States soon to prepare for the upcoming hearing. After the hearing, I will probably leave for the United Kingdom. , to attend the Queen's coronation."
"The queen's coronation is on June 6."
"The US delegation intends to travel to the UK by ship rather than by plane, which will take time. I am the head of the US delegation."
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England, Buckingham Palace.
Queen Elizabeth II and her family got out of the Rolls-Royce and looked at the palace in front of them.
On February 1952, 2, the queen's father, George VI, died, which means that she will succeed to the throne as the queen of England.But when George VI died, Elizabeth II was not at Windsor Castle, or even in the UK, but was visiting Kenya and staying in a treehouse hotel.After rushing back to the UK from Kenya and setting foot on British land again, she is already the Queen of England.
The Buckingham Palace in front of me has undergone four months of renovations, and it has been completely new inside and out. The buildings that have not been cared for since the end of World War II have been washed clean, and the nearby streets and buildings have also been refurbished. This is for the Queen's coronation ceremony. and municipal works.
In London and Portsmouth, the British Navy's warships cruising around the world began to return to the British mainland one after another, preparing for the Queen's coronation parade.
In fact, George VI didn't like Buckingham Palace, and neither did Queen Elizabeth II.Elizabeth II lives at Windsor Castle most of the time.It's just that Windsor Castle is also being repaired now, and scaffolding is set up to make noise.In this case, I will move to Buckingham Palace for a while.
"Your Majesty, Spain's head of state, Franco, has sent a telegram stating that Spain will send a warship 'Cervantes' to participate in the international parade celebrating the coronation."
"Oh. One. Got it." Queen Elizabeth II replied.
"The Spanish navy only has 6 warships that can go to sea. It is very sincere to send one to participate in the ship review. After all, this is one-sixth of their navy's strength." After the staff of Buckingham Palace left, Philip who was on the side The prince said something.
"If the Spanish Navy sends the same number of ships as the US Navy, it may mean that they want to attack Britain." Elizabeth II said, "That's half of the Spanish Navy's warships heading for Portsmouth."
"An old maritime overlord always looks so bitter." Prince Philip laughed.
"This is not exact," Elizabeth II corrected. "Even if Britain is no longer the overlord of the sea in the future, our navy will never be reduced to that of Spain."
"Mommy," asked a 5-year-old boy next to Queen Elizabeth II, "should I call you Your Majesty the Queen from now on, or continue to be called Mommy?"
"Of course it's still Mummy." Elizabeth hugged Charles, "on most occasions. Besides, you are already the crown prince. One day, everyone will call you His Majesty the King."
"Wow, that's great." Charles exclaimed happily.
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The Republic of China does not have an embassy in the UK.
In January 1950, the United Kingdom announced its recognition of the People's Republic of China, but it did not establish diplomatic relations with China because it could not agree on the rights and interests of the United Kingdom in China.
After receiving the telegram from Taipei, Yu Yuji, the ambassador of the Republic of China to Italy and concurrently the ambassador to Spain, thought about it for a few minutes before replying with a telegram saying "received and implemented accordingly."Then the Buddhist Yu Yuji continued to go out to participate in the cultural exchange festival in Rome.
The embassy of the Republic of China in Japan was the first to receive news of the signing of the peace agreement.
Dong Xianguang, the ambassador to Japan, was born in the journalism industry. He funded the establishment and operation of "Yongbao" when he was young. On the afternoon of April 4, he locked himself in his office until 20:7 p.m. before he made up his mind and came out to call the embassy staff for a meeting.
"Which of you is the Communist Party?" Dong Xianguang asked.
The dozen or so people present showed very hesitant and painful expressions.After a while, an embassy secretary raised his hand.
"Only one? I don't believe it."
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"Taipei has undergone drastic changes, and the Republic of China has undergone drastic changes. I want to know what I should do," Dong Xianguang said sincerely, "I have switched from newspaper industry to diplomacy in my life. It was very painful to change careers. I have finally become familiar with diplomats, and I don't want to change careers again. "
After another few minutes of great hesitation and pain, the embassy counselor raised his hand. "Ambassador Dong, if you don't mind, let's use the radio to contact Beijing now? I have the password and call sign frequency band here."
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Australia, Canberra.
After the government moved to Taiwan, the Australian government refused to allow the ROC to send an ambassador to Australia, and had to have a minister act on behalf of the embassy for a long time.Now the permanent minister of the embassy, Chen Daichu, packed his office belongings and hurried out with a suitcase.
That night, Chen Daichu applied for political asylum to the Australian government.
Some run away, and some are not allowed to run the other way around.
In South Korea, the Republic of China embassy in Busan started preparations a day in advance.Wang Dongyuan took the embassy staff to pack all the documents and items, contacted the truck and a Japanese ship, and planned to withdraw in two days.
"Secretary Chen... Political Commissar Chen," Wang Dongyuan said to the second secretary of the former embassy, "If we go back to China, will we go directly to Beijing?"
"Go to Dalian first, so we can disembark in Dalian. Then return to Beijing from Dalian."
"So my job as the ambassador to South Korea is over," Wang Dongyuan said with relief, "Next, I will resign and take a round-the-world trip..."
"Ambassador Wang," Secretary Chen said, "If you want to resign and travel around the world, the organization will approve it, but when you arrive in Beijing, the chairman and the prime minister may appoint you otherwise, and you may have to think about it then."
They walked out of the house only to find a large group of people gathered outside the yard.
"Why are there so many people?" "Who is here? Don't you have an appointment?"
Wang Dongyuan went to the gate of the small courtyard of the garden to see a group of South Koreans crowded outside.
In the middle of the crowd was Byun Young-tae, Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Korea.
"Ambassador Wang, please don't leave," Bian Rongtai said in a very sincere tone, "Please don't evacuate the Chinese embassy, we hope to continue our relationship with China!"
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"Today South Korean Foreign Minister Bian Rongtai came to visit and asked us not to withdraw the embassy and not to sever diplomatic relations with South Korea. Bian Rongtai said that in the past war, the Chinese People's Volunteers did not fight for the purpose of destroying South Korea and unifying the Korean peninsula. It can be seen that your country allows the existence of South Korea as a political system, so South Korea believes that China and South Korea should continue to maintain economic and cultural exchanges, and jointly promote the peace and development of the two countries on the Korean peninsula."
"This is only a suggestion and request from the South Korean side. Our embassy did not give a positive answer to the South Korean side during the talks. According to the order, the evacuation of our embassy is still in progress, and the means of transportation and ships have been contacted and prepared. According to the original plan, Evacuate after 2 to 3 days. Wang, Chen"
Liu Kai, the ambassador of the Republic of China to Canada and the representative of the United Nations Trusteeship Council, is not in Canada now, but in New York.
After all, the United Nations Trusteeship Council has more to do than the position of Canadian ambassador.
Even if Canada has any foreign affairs to deal with, it's not a big problem, just go to the US government.
"No, don't stop me!" Liu Kai was about to leave with big bags in his hands, "There is a major change, I want to go back to Canada, I want to go back to Canada!"
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White House.
Secretary of State John Dulles anxiously listened to the phone.Before he finished answering the phone in his hand, another phone on the desk rang again.After busying himself for a while, Dulles finally got away, stood up and went to the coat rack to get his suit.
"Mr. Dulles, Ambassador Gu Weijun has something to see you."
"No, it's not on the appointment schedule. I'm very busy. I'm going to see the president," Dulles said. "Both the president and I are in big trouble. What? Gu Weijun?"