Dear Comrade the Leader Episode 275
Chapter 96. the invisible war
Jung-hwan’s short but concise answer was what everyone expected, but unexpectedly, Kim Yong-geon did not immediately nod his head and quickly received a few more words from the secretary, and then he hesitated with an embarrassed expression.
Jeonghwan saw that expression and immediately noticed what he was going to say next.
“It seems that he is not going to back down.”
“… … That’s right. As soon as the revelation reached Bei Daihe, it was said that President Bo Lai directly ordered the matter. If it is difficult to face the pressure of the United States, as a blood alliance, I am willing to take diplomatic sides on the international stage… … But there are essential conditions… … .”
“It must be that they will take over Snowden’s recruits and manage them. And once you cross the border, Snowden will never be able to leave China again.”
At Jeonghwan’s remark that he could see clearly, the secretary’s office was filled with secret dissatisfaction and anger all at once.
Although the CCP’s attitude toward North Korea has been arrogant in the past, in the field of diplomacy, they are still blood ties and have given them face equal to each other.
If the general secretary, the head of state, believes in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and gives a guarantee, handing over the refugees without hesitation, it would be nothing less than a satellite state certification.
And Kim Yong-gun, who nodded his head heavily, confirmed that Jung-hwan’s guess was correct.
“… … Although it has not been directly requested, the Chinese ambassador makes a very explicit suggestion. It seems that he is trying to mobilize propaganda in the US, which is President Bo’s proprietary patent, but… … .”
At the end of the sentence that Kim Yong-geon, who blurs the end of his speech, has not finished, he said, ‘I think it’s a good idea to think about it a bit more… … ‘ Anyone could have guessed that the word was omitted.
At that time, a man who had been listening to a series of frustrating conversations in the secretary’s office got up and started talking to Jeonghwan, sweating profusely.
Hesitantly, it was Edward Snowden, the Eye of the Storm, who now started all these international strife.
After hearing from the government car that the President of the United States had a call, he strongly insisted that he wanted to hear from the side instead of heading straight to the safe house.
He spoke with difficulty while his lips trembled slightly in fear and anxiety.
“… … Second, general secretary. I, do you remember the conditions I offered when I was in exile? The reason I chose Pyongyang, North Korea, rather than Hong Kong or Switzerland, when I decided to expose this… … .”
“Of course I remember. And I promise you once again, Mr. Snowden. I will not use Mr. Snowden’s disclosures with the intent to infringe upon the lives or liberties of the American people or the innocent citizens of other countries.”
Jeonghwan reassured Snowden, who was once again confirmed by Junghwan, shaking his voice as if he still couldn’t believe him completely.
Snowden placed a simple but clear condition on the foreign reconnaissance general agent who had contacted him prior to his exile from Maryland to North Korea.
In a way, it was difficult to expect that they would be kept, and on the other hand, it was a naive condition that a dark person could think of, but Junghwan thought that Snowden at the time would not have had a choice.
Those conditions were as follows.
-You are exiling to expose the Prism Program and its entire plot, and you are never doing this to betray your beloved homeland, the United States, or commit treason.
– His revelations only took place in Pyongyang to prevent the federal government from infringing upon the freedom and rights of American citizens to block his revelations or assassinate him, but he did not intend to be used politically by the dictator. none at all Therefore, if everything is settled, I will return to the United States at any time.
-If these conditions are not accepted, he will inform the media that he is being threatened and will not accept any request for cooperation from North Korea.
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No matter what he was thinking, Jung-hwan accepted Snowden’s conditions, and as a result, Snowden was put on his own feet in the North Korean general secretary’s plane waiting at a nearby airport in the form of voluntary asylum rather than kidnapping. .And as soon as Snowden landed at a military airport near Pyongyang just hours earlier, he was offered immediate exposure to the global press, one of the terms he had been promised in advance.
That was the first exposure of the Prism program’s illegal domestic wiretapping that just made McCain hook up an angry hotline to Pyongyang’s clerk’s office.
“Mr Snowden, I promise. I will help you defend a society where your beliefs, privacy and privacy, are guaranteed without any personal harm, intimidation, prosecution or imprisonment. Of course, we’re not going to hand over Mr. Snowden to China or any other country. Until Mr. Snowden himself wants it.”
“… … Is that really?”
“of course. No matter when it will be, I will definitely keep that promise. But for that to happen, for now, Mr. Snowden must also comply with my demands to some extent. If I hand you over to the United States now, you will have no other outcome than a 45-year prison sentence in Guantanamo. Isn’t it?”
“Oh, that’s right… … . Okay. As requested by the general secretary, the second disclosure of the wiretapping of the summit of a friendly country will be put on hold for some time.”
“thank you. If all goes well, Mr. Snowden will have the opportunity to speak for his civil liberties as he wishes, without any personal threat, rather than moving around anxiously through exile. Not in a foreign country, but in my home country of America.”
“Go, thank you… … .”
“Then let’s go to the house for now. Snowden’s mental and physical well-being and protection are more important now than ever. … … Comrades, take Mr. Snowden out. Prime Minister Kim remains here.”
Soon, Edward Snowden and other executives rushed out of the secretary’s office, leaving only Kim Yong-geon and Jeong-hwan in the room.
As soon as the door closed, Kim Yong-geon asked Jung-hwan with a worried face.
“Chinese work… … Did you really push away? Russia seems to be taking a step back for fear of backlash from the US, but… … He will never easily give up a good prey like Snowden to President Bo Lai. This is a good opportunity to justify the censorship of the Chinese Communist Party, which has been criticized by the international community, while justifying domestic dissatisfaction.”
Kim Yong-geon seemed worried that he might become the first foreign influence projection target of the Bo Shi-lai regime, which is slowly gaining ground by imposing responsibility on Xi Jinping and driving it out by force, but fortunately, Jung-hwan already had an answer.
“I’m going to have a press conference with Snowden soon enough that he’ll make a statement that he won’t go anywhere except North Korea unless the federal government does a full review of these illegal wiretapping programs in that country.” Not our Party Foreign Ministry, but Snowden’s own mouth. Then, it will be a rough cut.”
“… … It’s definitely going to be crazy.”
Junghwan’s idea of making an excuse, ‘We can’t help it because we don’t like Snowden himself’, rather than directly expressing his refusal to take Snowden’s recruits to China under any circumstances, was certainly effective, but it was still Kim Yong-geon. Anxiety did not fade from his face.
He was also one of the few people who knew the general secretary’s current plans as the chief diplomatic officer, but he did not expect that the pressure on the Chinese side would be this strong while he was only concerned with the US side as it was a matter.
After all, who could have predicted that China’s decades-old collective leadership system would be neutralized and a reckless and populist leader like Bo Si Lai would take over China.
“… … Aren’t you aware that it’s only a temporary measure? To the Chinese, it’s practically blindfolded. A big fish called Snowden came into the net with my feet, and when I said that our Republic would eat it alone, I couldn’t help but get hungry.”
“I know. However, Snowden is currently the only ‘whip’ that our Republic can use in this negotiation with the United States. We’ve already fired blank bullets for the first exposure, and before we fire the real bullets for the second exposure, we have to present the ‘carrot’ to get what we want. But until then, you have to hold the whip called Snowden. If you do something wrong, you will only lose your carrots and leave empty-handed.”
“… … The promise you made to Comrade Snowden earlier, is it true?”
“Trust me. In the previous phone call, McCain was clearly displeased with this illegal wiretapping of his own citizens. Because of our position as president and what we did, we might not be able to show it on the outside. Anyway, Snowden and the information he has is one of the two negotiating cards we currently have. If the second revelation ever happens, the US intelligence agencies will try to imprison him at all costs, no matter what they do, so you should stop thinking about returning to your homeland for the rest of your life, but in that case… … .”
“… … In that case, our republic’s relationship with the US will be irreversibly destroyed, so we will have to do everything we can to make it successful.”
As Jeonghwan nodded his head without saying a word, Yonggeon Kim let out a small sigh as if his shoulders were heavy.
Although it is said to be the fate of a country that has to be sandwiched between two great powers to survive, it was a realization that it was indeed a risky gamble.
And even without saying a word, this sentiment was the same for Jeonghwan as well.
‘Still, it is certainly unexpected that they have applied such open pressure. It’s only been a year since the takeover of the government, but in the meantime, are you going to finish the internal affairs and build a relationship with the United States? No, I don’t think so. As Prime Minister Kim said, he is trying to silence dissatisfied domestic forces through conflict with the United States. It was the same when Xi Jinping, not Bo Bo Lai, was there.’
Junghwan couldn’t help but put a bitter smile on his lips as he drank deeply.
It was the intention of signing a sure security treaty with the United States before that, as it would take some time until Bo Bo Shi Lai, who was a strong competitor, overthrown Xi Jinping, finished internal arrangements and began to put pressure on North Korea’s pro-US activities in earnest. … … That calculation is wrong.
Lately, anxiety creeps into a corner of my heart at the thought that he’s been making more and more mistakes, but Jeonghwan made up his mind.
Anyway, the world you know and the world you know have already changed as much as they are different, so it is natural for things you don’t know or unexpected variables to appear.
Most of all, if you were shaken or hesitated in the current situation, which was as good as riding on the back of a tiger, it was the end.
He himself, and this Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, which he had created himself.
“Prime Minister Kim, call Union President Joo Seong-hwan to the secretary’s office.”
“If you say that you are a comrade of the main president… … ?”
“I plan to accompany them to the G20 summit. Before that, I would like to hear a briefing about the latest service to be launched at this Union.”
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“You refused to hand over Snowden? General Secretary Kim Jeong-hwan? Even if I was clearly informed that this was something I personally ordered?”
“Yeah, yes. Note. I turned around and said… … In fact, the analysis of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is that it is the same as saying no through Snowden’s mouth.”
“… … My comrades in Joseon wanted to play a little bit uninterestingly these days, but now they are starting to cross the line little by little. Apparently, after some economic development recently, they are starting to forget which one is the upper country.”
A week later, in Zhongnanhai, China, far from Pyongyang’s clerk’s office, Bo Bo Lai, the State President of the People’s Republic of China and President of the Central Military Commission of the People’s Republic of China, wiped the dust off the sleeves of his handmade Italian suit and mumbled it as if it were plastic. .
Usually, when standing in front of people, he only wears Chinese brands and promotes them hard because he is conscious of the camera.
But none of them even thought of speaking up or complaining about it.
Bo Shirai was a person who did not hesitate to throw away even his close associates who had been loyal to him for decades, and he grew up believing that this was the secret to gaining power from a young age.
However, even for him, it was difficult to understand the solo play shown by this good blood alliance of North Korea.
And, of course, how the head of the country, Kim Jeong-hwan, goes around.
“I don’t know what you’re thinking. Comrades, without us the Yankees will not be able to withstand the aftermath of madness. No, how the hell did you detect a big fish like Snowden before that and stole it from America?”
“Recently, the Joseon comrades came and went to Yanbian Autonomous Prefecture as if they were their home, and now the liver is getting bigger and bigger. It would be a good idea to send a strong warning in the near future.”
Among the Standing Committee members, one of Bo Bo Si-rai’s aides gave advice mixed with emotion, but none of the other Standing Committee members offered a moderate policy of ‘Let’s settle things calmly and diplomatically for now’.
Rather, most of the people nodded their heads and agreed with the statement, agreeing that North Korea is increasingly playing separately.
It was evidence that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s subordination to Yanbian over the past 20 years was gradually causing a sense of crisis even at the top level of China.
Of course, it was also proof that no one among them was big enough to present another plan to Bo Bo-si-rai, the most powerful among them.
And seeing the scene, Bo Bo Lai nodded as if satisfied, and concluded.
“The G20 meeting is coming soon. On the spot, I must warn General Secretary Kim in a roundabout way, but firmly. Don’t forget the arrangement and grace of the clan, if you express it more directly… … .”
“If you express… … ?”
“Always be clear on which side we are going to be friends with, China or America! And the fact that if you plan a strange feat like this one, you will be abandoned by both countries. Comrades, Snowden will be in Beijing before the Lunar New Year next year. I can’t wait to put him in the People’s Daily and expose the hypocrisy of the Yankees.”
In the midst of intertwining interests between these countries and their leaders, and at the same time as the full story of the prism incident exposed by Edward Snowden began to be revealed, the G20 summit was finally held in Tokyo, Japan.