Chapter 1454: Trip to Washington (first update, please subscribe)
Kennedy's funeral was scheduled for the third day after the assassination.
Therefore, after making some arrangements, Li Yian had already set off on his "Air Force One" special plane. In addition to bringing some necessary assistants, the remaining accompanying personnel were some technical personnel.
Before his departure, two C130s had already transferred to Washington in advance. In addition to the advance team, there were also various vehicles and support vehicles on board.
The special plane flew directly to Washington. When the plane landed at the Washington Airport, Li Yian took a special look at the flag lowered at half-mast on the airport building.
This is standard practice when a head of state dies.
However, Kennedy's posthumous honors far exceed those of any American president, not even Lincoln.
When Kennedy was alive, except for the "Cuban Missile Crisis", he did not see any earth-shattering achievements. After his death, he was short of canonization.
NASA changed its name to "Kennedy Space Center". Of course, this is related to his efforts to promote the space industry. But the remote New York International Airport, the airport of the largest city in the United States, soon changed its name.
To commemorate the thirty-fifth president of the United States who was assassinated, the airport was renamed John Fitzgerald Kennedy International Airport after his full name, John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
Is this canonization?
No one knows, but no matter what, people taking off and landing at New York Airport every day will hear a sentence-Welcome to JFK International Airport.
Every reminder is to remind people traveling to and from New York to remember Kennedy's contribution.
As the saying goes, Kennedy made more contributions in death than in his lifetime.
At this time, the whole of Washington was solemn, solemn, and of course sad!
This shows that the support that Kennedy received after his "heartfelt export" of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the black riots was completely different from the embarrassment he had when he was first elected, when he narrowly defeated Nixon and was questioned about his behind-the-scenes operations.
It's a pity that Kennedy, who is so imaginative, can no longer see the honor behind him!
Because there were too many heads of state coming, special arrangements were needed to welcome them at the airport. After all, the president was also boring, so his old friend McCarthy came specially to greet him. McCarthy knew that his old friend preferred to officials. Stay with people you know.
"What a sad thing."
Li Yi'an's face was solemn, feeling sad that the United States had lost a great president.
"President Kennedy was a great president, and his leadership was evident to the whole world."
McCarthy nodded in agreement, and in front of journalists from all over the world, they spoke simple formulas.
It wasn't until after getting in the car that McCarthy said:
"Li, something happened!"
"What?"
McCarthy lowered his voice and said:
"Just before you arrived in Washington, Oswald, the President's assassin! Was shot to death before being transported to Washington."
Li Yian was stunned for a moment, this, this...is killing people and silencing them?
Like Kennedy's public execution, Oswald, the official killer, was being led out by police to be transported to the county jail. A hotel owner named Jack Ruby shot him to death. As NBC and several television stations are covering the deportation of criminals.
So it's unfortunate that once again they're live-streaming a murder scene.
This is already the third time this year!
Under such circumstances, Oswald was killed on the spot by Jack Ruby, which was broadcast live to thousands of households.
However, because Li Yian's plane had just landed when the incident occurred, he had not received the news yet.
When he was stunned, McCarthy said again:
"I got news that before Oswald died, he said: I am just a scapegoat. Lee, I think there may be a conspiracy behind this!"
As the former chairman of the Un-American Committee, McCarthy has a keen sense of smell. He went on to say:
"After Oswald's death, Dulles had flown to Dallas to investigate the matter and he was a member of the investigative committee."
Dulles is the former CIA director who planned the "Bay of Pigs Operation". Let me add one more thing here. This CIA director has long been a thing of the past. Dulles is still there for him after all. A series of actions took their toll.
After the Cuban Missile Crisis ended, Dulles, who deliberately concealed intelligence, accepted the National Security Medal from Kennedy, plus a letter of resignation, and then stepped down "honorably".
After learning that Dulles went to Dallas to participate in the investigation of Kennedy's assassination, Li Yi'an's expression became slightly weird.
Because before that, Li Yian suspected that Dulles was probably among the forces that killed Kennedy.
Because the grudge between the two is indeed very deep!
Unlike the elder brother of the Kennedy family, Dulles was born into a political family, especially his deceased brother John Dulles, who was Secretary of State under Eisenhower. Their maternal grandfather, John Watson Foster, was Secretary of State to President Benjamin Harrison, uncle Robert Lansing was Secretary of State to President Woodrow Wilson.
A family that has three people becoming the number two figures in the United States in different eras is definitely considered famous. Among such a political family, Dulles, who is just the director of the CIA, is the most ordinary.
Of course, this ordinaryness is different from the ordinaryness in the eyes of ordinary people.
The defeat at the Bay of Pigs did not shake him in the slightest.
It was not until after the Cuban Missile Crisis that Kennedy arranged to retire.
But even so, Dulles still openly returned to Washington in another way-as a member of the investigative committee to investigate the truth about the assassination of Kennedy.
All I can say is that this world is so magical sometimes.
This is why Li Yian suspected Dulles. If it were him, he would definitely send the old guy to a black prison in the Middle East and torture him severely.
However, none of this has anything to do with Li Yi'an. In fact, he doesn't care at all about who killed Kennedy.
Don't even care about the truth.
As for the so-called "organization", is it bigger than a tomahawk? Can you beat "Hydra"?
Different from his initial worries, Li Yian has basically figured out that the so-called "organization" is at most a group composed of wealthy people and political families, and this group involves multiple countries.
This is normal. In a place as big as Europe, marriages between families from various countries are simply not normal. French people marry in Italy, Germans marry in the United Kingdom, and British people marry in the United States.
Hundreds of years of marriage have long since formed a closely connected group. Among them is one or several secret organizations, which is simply not normal.
But what is the actual threat of such an organization?
For ordinary people, it is a big mountain, but in front of the powerful state organs, it is vulnerable.
Just like Kennedy, even if he is the head of state, it is only a matter of one bullet. If not, then two bullets! Just like now.
One went to Kennedy and one to Oswald.
Sometimes, things are so simple!
In fact, there was another incident, which was Jack Ruby - he died of lung cancer three years later at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, the same hospital where Kennedy and Oswald died.
As for whether it was lung cancer or poisoning, only God knows.
With this thought in his mind, Li Yian looked at Washington outside the car, was silent for a moment, and said:
"McCarthy, my friend, the waters are so deep in this, it's best to stay out of it!"
"Haha, of course I know, I'm a Republican!"
McCarthy shrugged his shoulders and said:
"According to the itinerary, we will go to the White House and then to the hotel."
As a veteran on Capitol Hill, McCarthy certainly knew something, not to mention that he couldn't ask, or even mention it.
In this way, Li Yi'an went to the Capitol first. After Kennedy's coffin was transported back to Washington, it stayed in the East Hall of the White House for a day and then was transported to the Capitol. The reason for this was to publicly accept the condolences of the American people.
Later, he went to the White House to meet Kennedy's brother Robert, his widow Jacqueline, and Kennedy's children.
Not much was said beyond the official words.
After leaving the White House, we went to the hotel.
The hotel is very familiar - the Watergate Hotel, where the Democratic Party's national headquarters is located. Because there were too many guests, Li Yi'an was arranged here.
But here, Li Yian met an old friend again - she was standing in the corridor early, waiting for Li Yian's arrival:
"Nancy!"
I'm not surprised to see Nancy here. After all, their family is a wealthy local political family.
Although Nancy looked like a total fangirl at Kennedy's inauguration a few years ago, there was no joy at all on her face now.
When she saw Li Yian, the love in her eyes could not be concealed. After entering the room, before Li Yian could react, she jumped directly into his arms and kissed him passionately.
When taking off her coat, Li Yian was stunned and could see her slightly bulging belly.
"Li..."
Nancy reached out and took his hand, pressed it on her belly, looked at him and said:
"This is our child."
Is this the surprise she mentioned in her letter before?
Putting his hand on Nancy's lower abdomen, Li Yian could feel the fetal movement, and Nancy laughed.
"Look, he also knows that daddy is here and is greeting you."
Feeling the fetal movement, Li Yi'an narrowed his eyes and looked at the girl in front of him. Pregnancy had made her body curves even more hot, the kind that all men and women would envy. The exposed part of the V-neck dress was sultry.
Feeling his gaze, Nancy raised her toes and said:
"I asked the doctor, and the doctor said that as long as you are careful, it will be fine and there will be no impact."
The night of reunion after a long absence was destined to be hot. When the blazing fire dissipated, Li Yi'an walked to the window and cast his gaze outside the window. From here, you can see the Fangchen Monument. Buildings in Washington must not be higher than the obelisk. Monument, this is also to ensure that people can see him from anywhere.
Obelisk, Capitol Hill, looking at Washington in the twilight, Li Yian's expression was solemn. Under the light, the white Capitol Building was particularly eye-catching in the twilight.
Although it was late at night, countless people were still lining up outside the Capitol, waiting to pay their respects to Kennedy. During Kennedy's public condolence event, 250,000 people came to express their condolences.
With the fall of a king, a new king will rise...
At this time, Nancy hugged him from behind, and it must be said that she was astonishingly generous.
Looking out the window, Nancy asked:
"Honey, what are you looking at?"
"Washington."
Li Yian clapped her hand and said:
"The city on the top of the mountain, maybe one day, there will be a throne that belongs to you..."
"My throne..."
Nancy looked at the city outside the window, but at the age of twenty-three, although she was keen on political activities, her passion was to help her family, and she had never thought about getting involved.
And now there are no women themselves involved at all. Although she was a little confused, Nancy smiled and said:
"My dear, there is no throne for women here, and I believe that one day, our son may sit on that throne!"
"Are you sure it's your son?"
"I'm sure."
Nancy nodded vigorously and said:
"My mother said she is indeed her son."
"They...have accepted it, right?"
Li Yian hesitated and asked:
"You know..."
"If they don't accept it, what can they do?"
Holding the man from behind, Nancy said:
"I have my choice, and they know it very well, but my dad hopes to meet you."
(End of chapter)