Chapter 98 The plan to marry Sun Weishi and to divorce Jiang Qing failed 1950

Journalist: “You hooked up with Sun Weishi in Moscow?

Mao: “Yes, I was in Moscow, Stalin left me alone, left me in the dacha, sent two beautiful young nurses to accompany me day and night, the two girls were open and casual, let me play. The two young girls were so open and casual that they let me play with them, but they did not relieve my loneliness. At that time, Sun Weishi finished her visit to Eastern Europe with a Chinese art troupe and was ready to return to China. Zhang Wentian asked her to stay in Moscow as a Russian interpreter for me, and I was so delighted that I let her not only be my interpreter but also my nurse, and move in with me in my bedroom to keep me company day and night.”

Journalist: “Wasn’t Sun Weishi the goddaughter of Zhou Enlai in Yan’an? Why was she so good at Russian?

Mao: “When Zhou Enlai fell off his horse in 1939 and went to Moscow to recover from his injuries, Sun Weishi also wanted to go there, and when she was 19 years old, I agreed to accompany her with Deng Guichao. When she arrived in Moscow, she studied acting and directing at the Oriental University and then at the Moscow Theatre Academy, and in 1942 she worked for the Communist International. Lin Biao wanted to divorce her and return to China, but Sun Weishi did not agree. In 1942, Lin Biao returned to China alone and tied the knot with Ye Qun.

In 1946, Sun Weishi returned to Harbin and visited Lin Biao, who also wanted to divorce her, but Ye Qun found out and was extremely angry, so Lin Biao had to give up. Later, Sun returned to Yan’an and participated in land reform in Shaanxi and Shanxi. 1948, she went to Shijiazhi North China University as a director of the Institute of Arts. In July 1949, he went to Eastern Europe with an art troupe for a few months.”

Journalist: “When you got Sun Weishi in Moscow, you didn’t want the two Soviet girls to accompany you?

Mao: “Yes, with Sun Weishi, I don’t want those two delicate girls, Sun is very much to my liking, I no longer lose my temper, day and night to talk and laugh, eat well, sleep well, really heavenly good engawa, surprisingly ran to the capital of the big brother to play the dragon, temporary marriage, I am no longer lonely. The two months were so sweet that I was ready to repudiate Jiang Qing when I returned to China and officially marry Sun.”

Journalist: “Did Jiang Qing learn about it? How did she react?”

Mao: “I lived with Sun Weishi in Moscow, Jiang Qing in Beijing also heard about it, but also know that I am ready to repudiate her to marry Sun, I look at Jiang Qing is already a phoenix off hair is not as good as a chicken, Sun and delicate and educated, extraordinary temperament, but Jiang Qing is very calm, she did not cry, carefully written to the Politburo, said to me lifelong loyalty, the sea withered, the sky can be table, Liu Shaoqi, Zhu De, Zhou Enlai, etc. looked at her sympathy, do not agree with me I said the impact was too great to convince the whole party, Mao Anying also opposed, he stood on the side of Jiang Qing, crying and quarreling with me, I almost hit him.

The last thing I saw was that it was not a good idea to marry Sun, so I had to keep the name of Jiang Qing as my wife, and Sun Weishi continued to be my lover.”