Xiong Xianghui

Xiong Xianghui

Xiong Xianghui (April 1919 September 2005), formerly known as Xiong Huiquan, was born in April 1919 in an official family in Ye County, Shandong Province (now Laizhou City, Shandong Province). His father was the magistrate of Ye County at that time. Later, he was the president of the Criminal Court of Hubei high court and the president of Hunan high court of the national government. In the family's eight children, ranking fifth. His ancestral home is Fengyang, Anhui Province.

He is an outstanding member of the Communist Party of China, a long tested and loyal communist fighter, former Secretary of the Party group and vice chairman of China International Trust and Investment Corporation. Longtan is the first of the three "late three" in the intelligence work of the Communist Party of China. He was admitted to the Chinese Department of Tsinghua University in 1936, the seventh branch of Huangpu Military Academy in 1938, and studied for a master's degree in political economy at the Research Institute of Western Reserve University in September 1947. He received a master's degree in Social Sciences in September 1948 and returned to China in 1949. Xiong Xianghui, the most legendary figure in the history of information work of the Communist Party of China, was praised by Mao Zedong as "one person can hold up several divisions". He won Hu zongnan's appreciation for his superhuman wit, boldness and tenacity. He skillfully sent out many important intelligence such as Kuomintang's "blitz against Yan'an" and "Xi'an military conference", and made many miraculous achievements in defeating the Kuomintang's anti Communist plot, consolidating the Anti Japanese national united front, and defending the CPC Central Committee in Yan'an.

Character experience

Xiong Xianghui was born in April 1919 in an official family in Ye County, Shandong Province (now Laizhou City, Shandong Province). His father was the magistrate of Ye County at that time, and later was the president of the Criminal Court of Hubei high court. In the family's eight children, ranking fifth.

He took part in revolutionary work in September 1936 and joined the Communist Party of China in December of the same year. Dispatched by the party from December 1937 to August 1947, he has been engaged in the underground work of the party and made special contributions to the protection of the Party Central Committee. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, he has been fighting on the united front and diplomatic front of the party for a long time and has made great contributions to the cause of the united front and diplomacy of the party.

Xiong Xianghui secretly joined the Communist Party of China at Tsinghua University in November 1936. He is also one of the leaders of the Tsinghua branch of the vanguard of the Chinese national liberation. In December 1937, according to Zhou Enlai's instructions, he went to Hu zongnan (then deputy commander of the eighth theater and later commander of the first theater) of the Kuomintang to "serve" and engage in secret intelligence work. After graduating from the 14th phase of the seventh branch of the Central Military Academy (Xi'an Branch) in March 1939, he served as Hu zongnan's aide, adjutant and confidential secretary until May 1947. He became Hu zongnan's confidant, responsible for handling confidential messages and daily affairs, and drafting speeches. In 1943, Xiong Xianghui obtained a piece of information about Hu zongnan's strategic plan for attacking Northern Shaanxi, and immediately reported it to the party organization. The Party Central Committee disclosed the conspiracy to the outside world in time and made it bankrupt. Later, Mao Zedong praised Xiong Xianghui, saying that he could hold several divisions by himself. In July 1947, Xiong Xianghui was sent by Hu zongnan to study in the United States. Soon after, Hu zongnan knew Xiong Xianghui's true identity and was furious. In November 1949, Xiong Xianghui was invited by Zhou Enlai to Zhongnanhai qinzheng hall. When he walked into the qinzheng hall, he saw Zhang Zhizhong, Shao Lizi, Liu Fei and other former senior KMT officials in it. Seeing Xiong Xianghui coming in, these people asked kindly, "isn't this brother Xiong? Did you revolt, too? " Zhou Enlai laughed and said, "he's not an uprising. He's coming back. Today, I invite you all to come, one is to get together with you and talk about your heart, the other is to open a secret to you After everyone sat down, Zhou Enlai pointed at Xiong Xianghui and said, "he was a member of the Communist Party of China who joined the party in 1936. We sent him to Hu zongnan..." With that, Zhou Enlai laughed heartily. People were surprised. Liu Fei, former deputy chief of staff of the Ministry of national defense of the Kuomintang, said: "no wonder Hu zongnan is always defeated." Zhou Enlai took a look at Xiong Xianghui and said, "we plan to let him do diplomatic work in the future..."

Foreign affairs front work

Later, Xiong Xianghui worked in foreign affairs for a long time. In 1962, he served as the permanent agent of China's acting office in Britain. In 1971 and 1972, as an assistant to Premier Zhou Enlai, he participated in major Sino US diplomatic activities. After China regained its legal seat in the United Nations, it was the first Chinese delegation to the general assembly of the United Nations. He was the first Chinese ambassador to Mexico in 1972. After 1978, he served as vice minister of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, vice president of the Chinese people's Institute of foreign affairs, and deputy director of the office of the leading group of the CPC Central Committee on Taiwan Affairs.

Xiong Xianghui, sitting in a wheelchair in the 213 ward of Beijing hospital, looks like an old professor. This elder, who graduated from Tsinghua University in his early years, once held the post of vice minister of national security, but few people know the story that he worked as an adjutant beside Hu zongnan for 13 years before liberation, and kept in single line contact with Zhou Enlai. "This has always been arranged by Premier Zhou!" As soon as Mr. Xiong talked about this period of history, he was very excited. At that time, a lot of information about Hu zongnan's important operations was provided to Zhou Enlai by Xiong Xianghui. "No wonder Hu zongnan couldn't find Chairman Mao who was still wandering around Yan'an..." I guess in my heart. But Mr. Xiong told us that "as a general, Hu zongnan was outstanding in Chiang Kai Shek's army. He fought a lot of tough battles in the Anti Japanese war." As an adjutant who has been with his chief for so many years, Xiong Xianghui should be regarded as a person who knows Hu zongnan better in terms of personal feelings and administrative relations. However, the 13 years of lurking is really a very difficult thing. No wonder General Zhang Zhizhong came back to China from the United States. When he saw Xiong Xianghui and Premier Zhou together at a party, he said: "brother Xiong You have risen up, too Premier Zhou corrected and said, "where is the uprising? He's back on the team

13 years can do a lot of things in one's life. For Xiong Xianghui, he may have been suppressing his personal wishes and working silently for the party. In the words of that era, he is "holding the light and facing the dark".

Legendary life

In 1938, Hu zongchun, a member of the Youth League of Hunan Province, served in the northwest of China. The field service corps is composed of progressive young people. Hu zongnan hopes to select some talented young people among them and cultivate them for his own use.

Hu zongnan, the "interviewer" in the rank of general Peizhong, holds the list of the service group and asks questions one by one. Hu zongnan drew circles behind everyone's name according to his impression. Most of them had one or two circles, a few had three circles, and only one young man had four circles. This young man is Xiong Huiquan, a top student of Tsinghua University. His father is the president of Hunan high court of the national government. Hu zongnan believed that he had discovered a "capable cadre". The next day, Hu zongnan's secretary found Xiong Huiquan and said that Mr. Hu invited him to have a "personal talk"

At the beginning of May 1938, Hu zongnan sent Xiong Huiquan to the seventh branch of the Central Military Academy (formerly known as Huangpu Military Academy) to study. In March 1939, Xiong Huiquan was transferred by Hu zongnan, and soon became Hu's right hand and left hand. All the way, he was promoted from an adjutant to a confidential secretary. Xiong Huiquan, the "pillar of the party and state", began his official career.

Although Xiong Huiquan was appreciated by Hu zongnan and other KMT leaders, in fact, in the autumn of 1937, Xiong Huiquan secretly joined the Communist Party of China.

As early as when he was studying in Tsinghua University, Xiong Huiquan took an active part in the student movement in Beijing and came into contact with progressive ideas. He soon became the backbone of the student Anti Japanese group, the vanguard of Chinese national liberation. In the vanguard, Xiong Huiquan, who was born in an official family, studied and accepted the Communist thought and completed the ideological transformation from "children of rich families" to progressive youth.

December 31, 1937, the last day of the national year of peril, has an unforgettable memory for Xiong Huiquan. On this day, he met Zhou Enlai for the first time in his life. At that time, Zhou Enlai went to Wuhan to give a speech to some progressive students, and Xiong Huiquan was also among them. He was deeply impressed by Zhou Enlai's extraordinary charm, and was inspired by the Communist Party's active anti Japanese policy of "vowing to fight against Japan and defending the country", and strengthened his "communist belief".

After that day, for Xiong Huiquan, more legendary stories followed.

In view of the Anti Japanese situation and the relationship between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party at that time, the CPC Central Committee made an important decision to open up a "hidden front" and planned to arrange some outstanding young Party members with progressive ideas and firm positions within the Kuomintang. In peace time between the two parties, these young people can continue to resist the Japanese invasion; once the Kuomintang suppresses and attacks the Communist Party, they can play a positive role in defending our party. In the words of Zhou Enlai, these are "idle chess players". Of course, I hope they will stay idle and cool all the time.

Jiang Nanxiang, the leader of the Beijing prefectural committee of the Communist Party of China, recommended Xiong Huiquan and reported to Dong Biwu and Zhou Enlai. After fully understanding the specific situation of the bear, Zhou Enlai praised him and said that "this role belongs to the bear.". After that, they signed up for the service group, accepted Hu zongnan's interview and further became Hu zongnan's secretary, all of which were arranged by the Communist Party. At the suggestion of the organization, Xiong Huiquan changed his name to "Xiong Xianghui" and began his 12 year spy career.

Soon after Xiong Xianghui became Hu zongnan's secretary, he was highly valued by Hu zongnan. Chiang Kai Shek's secret orders to Hu zongnan were all signed by Xiong Xianghui, and Hu zongnan's orders were all drafted by Xiong Xianghui. Draft Hu Zong

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