Story of the old secret agent

(GLO)- I just visited Mr. Nguyen Van Diep - a cadre of the Provincial Party Committee's cryptography team in the past. In the airy house in group 3 (Dien Hong ward, Pleiku city, Gia Lai province), we reminisced about the past. Mr. Diep said: At the end of 1959, he volunteered to join the army, saying goodbye to his family and hometown Phu Xuyen ( Hanoi ) with the dream of going to the South to fight.

During those years, through radio, newspapers and schools, the youth in the North learned that instead of implementing the Geneva Agreement, the US set up a Ngo family government. They tried to suppress revolutionaries, regrouped families and patriots in a bloody manner. They built prisons, detention camps, and strategic hamlets along with the guillotine according to Law 10/59 throughout the South. Hatred of the enemy and the determination to contribute their blood and strength to liberate the South and unify the country were the ideals of the youth at that time.

When entering the military training school for the key personnel to receive the mission to serve in the South, Mr. Diep was one of those who passed many strict selection rounds, from family background, ethics, character, style, work..., especially ideology, politics , ethics must be perfect. In the past, when there was no Decree, and later the Key Law, there were only the Party's regulations on the Key Industry, but the standards for those working in the industry were also very strict. After entering the "inner circle", he was called back to school. He enlisted in 1959, assigned to Regiment 88, Division 308. In early 1963, he was selected by his superiors to go to school, at that time the Key Non-Commissioned Officer School was in Phuc Yen, Vinh Phuc. After 1 year of studying, graduating, he was sent to the South. Before going to study this special industry, a few days of leave home, his family had time to marry him off.

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Mr. Nguyen Van Diep and his wife review revolutionary traditions. Photo: Phan Lai

The place where Mr. Diep went to the South to work was Military Region 5. He said, it took him 3 months and 2 days to get from school to Military Region 5 Command. At that time, the roads to the South along Truong Son were still very difficult. When he first arrived at the Military Region's base, he met an... old man, who turned out to be Mr. Vo Chi Cong. Hearing that there was a group of cipher officers coming to work, the Secretary of the Regional Party Committee and Political Commissar of the Military Region received them and assigned the logistics to arrange accommodation and work. The 8 people in the group (including 3 cipher officers, 5 security guards and document carriers) were arranged to rest, eat and drink well, making up for the difficult, cold and hungry days of crossing Truong Son. Not long after he had been at the Military Region Command, he went to work at the Gia Lai Provincial Military Command. After a while, Mr. Diep was assigned to the Provincial Party Committee. When he went to the Provincial Party Committee, in the cipher team, besides Mr. Diep, there were also: Le Hong Nam, Nguyen Ba Mich, Dang Xuan Tri from Thai Binh; The brothers quickly got along and shared the work together. After a while, the cipher team was strengthened with more people such as Nguyen Hoai An and Nguyen Van Nham. Due to the increased requirements of serving the Party Committee and the armed forces, some brothers and sisters from the Cipher School of Zone 5 and other units were seconded, the Provincial Party Committee's cipher team at that time had more than 10 people, including women such as: Men, Lan, Mui.

At that time, in Gia Lai, there were "fixed" secret teams: Provincial Party Committee, Provincial Military Command, Security Department and 1 team in K9 (Pleiku town). In 1969, there was 1 more team in K8 (An Khe district). During this time, Mr. Diep was assigned to the front, K9 (Pleiku town). The K9 battlefield was very fierce, the enemy often swept, encroached on the outskirts, ambushed roads where they suspected our troops were passing, there was 1 secret team member sacrificed in the Gao commune area, that was Mr. Dang Phung. Inside the city, they tried their best to search for clues about our secret bases, especially after the 1968 Tet Offensive. Mr. Diep recalled: One day, in the morning, from Pleiku, a group of helicopters equipped with wind turbines and armed with weapons rushed to the exact location where K9 was standing (Gao commune). They swooped down close to the treetops, blowing the trees up. The Americans on the helicopters stuck their heads out of the aircraft doors, holding heavy machine guns mounted on the helicopters, looking around. Thinking that they had been exposed, some of us prepared to open fire, but Secretary Le Tien asked us to keep it a secret. It was true that they had baseless suspicions, only hovered around for a while and then fled.

After the Paris Agreement, Mr. Diep was transferred back to the Provincial Party Committee Office. Meeting "old people, old places", he was very happy. But there was a sadness that remained in his heart, that was when Provincial Party Secretary Tran Van Binh (Dang) fell seriously ill. Uncle Dang was a person who loved, cared for, shared, and encouraged his subordinates and those who served around him wholeheartedly; all the cadres and employees loved and respected him like brothers and sisters, uncles and nephews. When he saw that his body could no longer bear the serious illness, Uncle Dang advised his brothers and sisters to try to maintain their health, serve the revolution for a long time, and actively complete their tasks. "I thought that when the country was unified and I was still alive, I would return to your hometown to visit your family and homeland, but now I can't do that anymore..." - Secretary Tran Van Binh said. Remembering Uncle Dang's words, Mr. Diep could not hold back his tears.

Currently, Mr. Diep is suffering from quite dangerous diseases, the after-effects of war wounds, and the consequences of Agent Orange. His age of 83 and gout have made his health decline day by day, but when we parted ways, he was still optimistic and said: "We are very happy to be where we are today; many comrades and comrades, because of illness, because of enemy bombs and bullets, could not witness the happy day of national reunification."

DOAN MINH PHUNG

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