Wikileaks
recently released secret cables from the U.S. embassy in Beijing that
show that U.S. diplomats knew there was no massacre of protesters in
Tiananmen Square in 1989.
A
Chilean diplomat who was present in the square described the
situation to his U.S. counterpart, stating that the Chinese soldiers
were armed with only truncheons and wooden clubs. He said there was
no mass firing into crowds of demonstrators at the Monument to the
People’s Heroes.
The
leaders of the demonstration, including Liu Xiaobo, told the students
to leave Tiananmen Square. Once an agreement was reached, they left
through the southeast corner, according to the diplomat. This
contradicts the reports of many so-called “journalists” who
covered the incident.
“There
was no massacre on Tiananmen Square,” said James Miles, a BBC
correspondent on the scene at the time. “Protesters who were still
in the square when the army reached it were allowed to leave after
negotiations with martial law troops.”
