What obstacles did Qian Xuesen, who is patriotic, encounter when he returned to China?

1 949 65438+1October1,the new China was born. Qian Xuesen was very excited. On the Mid-Autumn Festival that year (the sixth day of the birth of New China), Qian Xuesen and his wife had a strong idea: to return to the motherland and contribute their wisdom and strength to the new motherland.

1950 In July, Qian Xuesen, who had made up his mind to return to the motherland, met with the Deputy Secretary of the US Navy in charge of his research work and told him that he was ready to leave for home immediately. This time I will be shocked when I grow up. He believes: "Qian Xuesen is worth five divisions no matter where he is." He once said, "I would rather shoot him than let him go back to China."

1In August, 950, Qian Xuesen bought a plane ticket and prepared to leave the United States on the plane of Canada Pacific Company. In mid-September, he resigned as director of the Supersonic Laboratory of California Institute of Technology in Los Angeles and head of the Guggenheim Jet Propulsion Research Center. At the same time, he also packaged many scientific books and research work notes and handed them over to American handling companies for shipment back to China.

Just then, he suddenly received a notice from the US Immigration Service. Immigration refused to let him leave the United States and threatened to be sentenced and fined! He also searched and confiscated all his scientific books and notebooks, accusing him of trying to transport confidential scientific documents back to China.

At that time, China and the United States were at war on the Korean battlefield. Fascist McCarthyism is prevailing in America. Qian Xuesen's determination to return to China angered the American authorities. 1On September 9, 950, Qian Xuesen was suddenly illegally arrested by the FBI and sent to the detention center in Termina Island 15 days. After 15 days of torture, he lost 30 Jin.

Many teachers and students of California Institute of Technology and Professor Von Carmen, who was far away in Europe at that time, immediately protested strongly to the US Immigration Service and raised bail of $65,438+$5,000 before Qian Xuesen was rescued from the detention center in Termina Island.

However, things are not over. The US Immigration Bureau illegally restricted Qian Xuesen's freedom, requiring him to report to the Immigration Bureau once a month and not allowing him to leave his Los Angeles. FBI agents have been watching him, often breaking into his research room and making trouble at home. His letters and phone calls were also checked.

In order to reduce the troubles of friends, Qian Xuesen was isolated for five years. However, this disguised life under house arrest did not kill the will of Qian Xuesen and his wife to return to the motherland. His wife Jiang Ying recalled: "In those years, we always set up three light boxes and prepared to fly home at any time every day."

For the convenience of returning to China, they only signed a one-year contract for the house they rented. They moved five times in five years. At that time, his seven-year-old boy and five-year-old girl knew that their grandparents were thinking of them in China, a place far from the United States.

1in June, 955, Qian Xuesen, who was tortured, wrote a letter to the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) in order to return to the motherland as soon as possible, and sent a cry for help to the motherland.

Premier Zhou Enlai attached great importance to this and immediately instructed him to forward this letter to Wang Bingnan, China's ambassador to Poland, and instructed him to do his best to rescue Qian Xuesen from Poland in the Sino-US ambassadorial talks.

In the face of hard facts, the representative of the United States was speechless. Soon, the American authorities hurriedly informed Qian Xuesen that he could leave the United States for home.

1September, 955 17, after more than five years of struggle, Qian Xuesen, Jiang Ying and their two children finally succeeded in sailing for the motherland in the East.

At that time, after years of war, China had just been established, and everything was very shabby. The living conditions, research environment and equipment there are very different from those provided by the United States, and the concerns of international students are not unreasonable. However, no one doubts that the motherland is poor. There is a saying that the motherland is its own mother. I gave up my generous treatment, rich life and excellent working conditions and decided to return to China, because he always thought I was from China! It is natural to contribute to the construction of the motherland. It is our pride to contribute to our motherland.