(TITC) - Kim Quan Safe Zone (ATK) is the residence and working place of President Ho Chi Minh, General Secretary Truong Chinh, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Van Dong, Office of the Central Committee of the Party and other agencies of the Party. Office of the Government in the resistance war against the French colonialists in the period from late 1953 to August 1954.

In early 1953, the Engineer Battalion 333 (now 239) Engineers Brigade led by Comrade Le Trung Ngon went to ATK Kim Quan to set up a headquarters to work for the central agencies. At the end of 1953, a part of the office of the Central Committee of the Party and the Government moved from the office of the President of the Government - the Prime Minister to live and work here. In early 1954, Uncle Ho also moved to Kim Quan. To ensure the safety and secrecy for Uncle, the Central Party and Government, the Army Corps of Engineers dug 3 secret tunnels deep into the heart of Na Loi mountain. The basements are all wood-paneled on 3 sides, hooked together with solid leeches.

President Ho Chi Minh's shack and vault

President Ho Chi Minh's safe tunnel was dug 15m deep in the heart of Na Loi mountain. Next to the tunnel is Uncle Ho's living and working shack, built in the style of a stilt house of the mountainous people.

During his working time here, President Ho Chi Minh chaired many important meetings such as: a meeting of the Government Council to listen to reports on preparing to attend the Geneva conference and on military and banking issues. book, land reform (March 15, 1954); received Australian journalist W.Berset (April 1954); the meeting of the Politburo to discuss the policy of negotiation at the Geneva conference (May 1954); Meeting with Soviet journalist and film director Roman Carmen (July 1954). The Party directly approved the plan to participate in directing many major campaigns, culminating in the Dien Bien Phu campaign in 1954, bringing our nation's resistance war against the French colonialists to complete victory. Besides, at this time, he also directed to build a strong rear, promulgated the law on land reform, made the plowmen have fields, and promoted the resistance to quickly win.

In Kim Quan, in his spare time, Uncle Ho often went fishing, wrote poetry, wrote articles in Cuu Quoc and Nhan Dan newspapers with typical articles such as: Emulation of production for the sake of the country, Youth team volunteer…

Safe vault of the Party Central Committee

About 1km from President Ho Chi Minh's safe bunker is the Party Central Committee's vault. The tunnel is dug 60m deep into the mountain, in front of the tunnel entrance, through a small canal, is the Party Central Committee hall, the residence and working place of office staff of the Party Central Committee and Party committees with about 40 people.

Here, the Government, the Politburo and the Party Central Committee held many meetings to decide on important issues, contributing to the victory of the resistance war against the French colonialists such as: Politburo meeting on rent reduction, income reduction and land reform (December 12, 1953 and January 15-16, 1954); The Politburo held a meeting and issued a resolution to "continue to thoroughly understand the motto of sure fight, secure victory, and uphold the determination to win the Dien Bien Phu campaign" (April 19, 1954); The Government Council met to discuss political, military, diplomatic and economic issues (from May 15 to 16, 1954); The 6th Conference of the Party Central Committee (term 2) expanded the decision to move our country's revolution from "resistance to the end" to a new stage, implementing the peaceful slogan "unification, independence and democracy". (from July 16 to 18, 1954).

Government safe vault

The tunnel is dug into the mountain about 40m deep. From this cellar, President Ho Chi Minh, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Van Dong and the delegation of the Party Central Committee and the Government went to the Chinese advisory headquarters in Na Ho (Trung Son commune, Yen Son district, Tuyen Quang province). ) awarded the Ho Chi Minh Order to Mr. La Quy Ba and Mr. Vi Quoc Thanh - Head of China's military and political advisory delegation in Vietnam. In early March 1954, after a meeting of the Government Council to discuss attending the Geneva Conference, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Van Dong - Head of the Delegation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam left for Geneva city (Switzerland). Sy) attended the Geneva Conference to discuss ending the war and restoring peace in Indochina.

In addition, in the ATK Kim Quan relic cluster, there is also a relic of the General Secretary's Office - the residence and working place of General Secretary Truong Chinh and officials and employees of the Party Central Committee's office; relic of the Central Organization Department - where the Central Organization Committee lived and worked in the resistance war against the French colonialists from late 1953 to August 1954.