Secret letter

In the courtyard of the traditional house there is a trapezoidal concrete block. On it was a sign engraved with the words: "Letter to future generations". To this day, around this letter there are many legends.

Why is that letter? Who wrote? Who participated in putting the letter in the concrete block? Why is it until 2100 to open? And what does that letter write?

The following article will help readers know this part of the secret.

On Monday, January 31, 1983, on the front page of the Nhan Dan newspaper, the newspaper reported "Activities of the Communist Youth Union delegation", including: "At the Communist Youth Site, crowded Vietnamese officials and workers and Soviet experts organized a rally to welcome delegates to visit the construction site, in the atmosphere of brotherly friendship, comrade Vu Mao and comrade VMMisen solemnly transfer the letter "Send the young generation of Vietnam to the future" into the archive . ".

This event took place after the first river-stopping ceremony of Da River and started construction of Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant for 18 days.

All information about "letter sent to the future" is only that, and that "storehouse" is actually just a trapezoidal concrete block with the bottom edge of 2m, height of 1.8m, edge above 0.8m weighs nearly 10 tons.

Back then, we were on the Hoa Binh Hydropower Project and also heard about the letter, and it was only explained that by the year 2100, the expired factory had to be destroyed before it could be opened. The letter came out.

Hoabinh water electric.(Documentary photo).

Recently, I went with Mr. Ngo Xuan Loc Nguyen, Deputy Prime Minister and in 1982, General Director of Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant Construction Corporation, I asked him about this . And then, I again met Mr. Do Xuan Duy, former secretary of the late Minister of Construction Phan Ngoc Tuong, and previously the previous General Director of Mr. Loc.

The story of the letter is reproduced as follows: When the factory was about to start, Mr. Bagachenco, the head of the Soviet Union, said it was customary in the Soviet Union and some countries in the world, the builders hydroelectric dams often write a letter and put it in a glass bottle and bury it in the dam and are often called "poster mail".

Seeing this as a good idea and a legendary color, the leaders of the Corporation reported to Mr. Do Muoi, then the Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Head of the Steering Committee for Construction of Hoa Hydroelectricity. Jar. After being invited by the Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Mr. Pham Van Dong and Mr. Do Muoi, the leaders of the Corporation invited a number of writers, journalists and intellectuals to participate in writing the letter.

However, Comrade Do Muoi also advised that because Vietnam does not have this custom, it should not be "buried" in the heart of the dam but placed in a solemn place. And so after discussing with the Soviet expert, the leader of the Corporation decided to put that letter into the concrete block.

The number of participants is quite high, including the Party Committee Secretary of the Soviet Union and Comrade Giaseplin. To choose the best letters, the Party Committee of the Corporation sent out a group, but "very secretive".

Concrete blocks contain letters to posterity.(Documentary photo).

Mr. Do Xuan Duy recounted that the present letter in the concrete block is a collective work by taking good ideas and beautiful words from many letters. But there is definitely a paragraph of those two who are New Steel journalist and Giaseplin. Because he translated that letter from Vietnamese into Russian, moreover, the text in the letter was very nostalgic, bearing "definition" as the text of " Vietnam Bamboo" , so Mr. Duy belonged crush, even each comma, dot. However, he respected the secret "sending the next generation" so only read me a few short paragraphs.

The opening paragraph is from New Steel journalist: "Today, in front of Tan mountain, Da river, the Son Tinh of the new era - the builders of Hoa Binh Vietnam and the Soviet Union send to the younger generation of Vietnam. tomorrow the bloodstream . ".

Then, the letter talked about the difficulties: "Our generation of rice is not enough, the clothes are not warm enough, but we still pay attention and determination to build the largest hydropower project in Southeast Asia, the symbol goodness of the Vietnam-Soviet friendship for eternal descendants ".

And Comrade Giaseplin has the passage: "Peace - the name of the work is the beautiful symbol and dream of all humanity".

So why is it not until 2100 to open? In this regard, there are two explanations.

Firstly , it was a letter to "next generation" which meant that at that time, those who were born at the time of Hoa Binh hydropower project started, probably no more people, and workers, engineers . participating in the construction of the factory has also become a "ancient god" for a long time.

Secondly , in 2100, the mud layer under the lake was about 56m thick, so it was impossible to generate electricity. It is necessary to give the factory a break to dredge the lake, or to demolish the factory . And at that time open the letter to tell the generation that day, how his father class worked.

The letter was completed and approved by the Party and State leaders.

And the letter-laying ceremony is also very elaborate, especially the selection . Four people to catch 4 screws attached to the plate with concrete blocks.

Four people are selected according to the following criteria: Must be old, have children. There must be men and women. There must be Vietnam and the Soviet Union. And there must be people . in heaven and people . on the ground.

Hoa Binh hydropower plant at night.(Photo: Chi Hieu).

Must be old, not young, it is not difficult. Two people were chosen as comrade Vu Mao, then the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Union and Misen comrades, Secretary of the Youth Union of the Soviet Union.

Having a male, having a female is a bit more difficult. Having men is easy, but who do women choose? Le Thi Nge, an EKG excavator, was later nominated as a Labor Hero. A female Georgian champion in the Soviet youth delegation was also introduced.

But also . who on earth and who is on earth? The underground people are General Director Ngo Xuan Loc, totally deserved. But there are people on earth? Finally, everyone chose the second Soviet space pilot as Xavitxkaia.

On the afternoon of January 30, 1983, at the home of the Central Regulators. A solemn ceremony was held with the participation of 250 Soviet youth delegates, 350 Vietnamese youth delegates and thousands of workers.

Mr. Ngo Xuan Loc read the letter in Vietnamese, Mr. Giaseplin read in Russian.

After that, the two letters were put into an empty copper ingot and covered with a lid and placed in the concrete block.

Then, Mr. Vu Mao, Misen; Ngo Xuan Loc and Xavitxkaia each had a screw-in screwdriver with the words "Where to put the letter to the next generation" into the concrete block.

The ceremony took place in solemn, emotional and sacred.

But a few days later, I don't understand who took a screw. So people put welding tight.

Let us wish each other a year to live . 2100 to see that letter.

Real romance!