【新唐人2013年06月07日讯】1989年“六四屠城”时担任北京市长的陈希同，在6月2号病逝北京，中共官媒拖延了三天才证实这一消息。而香港的《中通社》，以及《美联社》却在“六四”当天就报导了陈希同的死讯。中国观察人士认为，中共的隐瞒，是不希望大陆民众从陈希同身上，回忆起“六四”以及这场血腥镇压背后的黑手。
6月5号，中共喉舌《新华社》发布了一条极为简短的消息，标题只有5个字：“陈希同病亡”，全文也只有57个字，没有陈希同简历，也没有提及陈希同生前的职务。
外界猜测，可能因为陈希同身份敏感，加上恰逢“六四”24周年前夕，中共不希望人们从陈希同身上联想到更多关于“六四”的问题，所以陈希同的死讯才受到“冷处理”。
前中共总书记赵紫阳智囊姚监复：“我想它不想在六四之前报导，所以改在6月5号报导，因为这是个敏感日子，他们在六四这一天都很紧张，包括外国记者去万安公墓，里面都是警卫森严。所以它不希望在六四这一天，发生更多群体性的纪念仪式，或者是作为一个新的、诱发大家集会的焦点问题、热点问题。”
陈希同病逝在“六四”的前两天，被外界认为颇有“讽刺性”，八九民运人士和“六四”受难者家属则认为，这是“天意”。因为陈希同多年来一直被称为“六四元凶”，是镇压89年学生运动及戒严的总指挥。
在前中共总书记赵紫阳智囊姚监复执笔的《陈希同亲述：众口铄金难铄真》的回忆录中，陈希同多次否认他是戒严行动的总指挥。姚监复则认为，陈希同的辩解，是想减轻罪责，但也是事实。
姚监复：“把陈希同推到第一线，《李鹏日记》说，他是北京戒严指挥部正指挥，我觉得这是个烟雾弹，是掩饰20万正规军队，从五个军区调到北京的这么一个大的军事行动，实际上相当于一次小规模战争动员的兵力，这么一场军事行动的正指挥，怎么可能是陈希同这么一个北京大学中国文学系毕业的文官呢？ ”
姚监复还指出，《李鹏日记》中曾说，1989年前几年，中共元老李先念、陈云、邓小平等，就在上海研究扳倒赵紫阳，说明镇压“六四”的行动，背后其实是一场武装政变。
姚监复：“这本身是，我觉得是一个阴谋，就是掩盖六四是一场有计划、有组织、有领导、有纲领的，反改革的武装政变这个实质。用北京市长在前面，好像他谎报军情，定了性质，然后再调军队来镇压，这样的话，就把20万大军调北京来的军事行动，变成北京市局部地区有点动乱，然后为了平息骚乱，这个本身是一个假象，让陈希同在前面是个假象。”
北京民运人士查建国向《自由亚洲电台》表示，陈希同对“六四血案肯定是有责任的，只是责任大小，具体细节性的东西民众无法得知，但一般百姓认为，决策者是邓小平、最坏的是李鹏，陈希同作为北京最高行政长官难逃其责。
对于1998年7月，陈希同因贪污罪、怠忽职守罪，被判处有期徒刑16年，观察家们普遍认为，那是因为他与中共党魁江泽民内斗失败的结果。
大陆作家铁流：“北京市都知道陈希同就是个政治牺牲品，也是个体制的悲剧，通过陈希同这个事情，如果这个体制不改变，坚持一党专政，高官都保不住他自己。”
姚监复说，所有犯下过“反人类罪行”的刽子手，必将有一天受到公正、公开、正义的审判，只有这样，死难者的灵魂才会得到安息。
采访/易如 编辑/张天宇 后制/肖颜
Chen Xitong Coincidentally Passed Away Before “June 4”
Mayor of Beijing during the 1989 ‘June 4th Massacre,’
Chen Xitong died on June 2 in Beijing.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official media
confirmed this news three days after his death.
Hong Kong’s China News Agency and The Associated Press
reported the death of Chen Xitong on June 4th.
Chinese observers say the CCP delayed the reporting
for fear Chinese people would, from his death,
recall the black hands behind the bloody repression.
On June 5, CCP mouthpiece Xinhua News Agency
released a brief message with only five words in the title:
“Chen Xitong Died of Illness.”
The text is only 57 characters long, mentioning neither
Chen Xitong’s resume, nor his past positions.
Outside speculation is that the CCP doesn’t want people
to recall “June 4th” on the eve of the incident’s 24th anniversary.
So Chen’s close connection to the incident was likely the cause
for his death being given the cold treatment.
Former CCP General Secretary Zhao Ziyang’s think tank
Yao Jianfu: “I think the CCP reported the news ‘of Chen’s
death’ on June 5 because June 4th is a sensitive da.
They are very nervous on June 4th.
Foreign reporters went to the Wan An Cemetery and
found out it was tightly guarded.
The government does not want any mass memorial ceremony
on June 4th, since it might lead to rallies and more issues.”
Chen Xitong died two days before “June 4th,”
and many people think it is quite ironic.
Pro-democracy activists and families of
“June 4th” victims argue that this is heaven’s will.
Chen Xitong is known as the “June 4th Butcher,”
who was claimed to be the general commander of the repression
of the student movement in 1989, and the martial law.
In Yao Jianfu’s book “Conversations with Chen Xitong”
Chen denied years of accusations that
he played a key role in organizing the military assault
on the protesters.
Yao believes that while Chen’s denial was
to shirk responsibility, he was right.
Yao Jianfu: “Chen Xitong had been pushed to the front line.
Li Peng’s Diary says that Chen Xitong was the
commander of the martial law in Beijing.
I think this is a smokescreen to cover up the military
operation of moving a regular army of 200,000 from five military regions to Beijing.
Such a large military operation is in fact equivalent
to a small-scale troop mobilization for war.
How could it have been led by Chen, who graduated from
the Chinese literature Department at Beijing University?”
Yao Jianfu also noted that Li Peng’s Diary says CCP veterans
Li Xiannian, Chen Yun and Deng Xiaoping, etc. discussed how
to overthrow Zhao Ziyang in Shanghai several years before 1989,
indicating the “June 4th" repression was actually an armed coup.
Yao Jianfu: “I think it’s a tactic for trying to cover up that
the June 4th Massacre was a planned, organized,
and guided armed coup against reform.
They try to push the former Beijing mayor in front
to make people think that he is to blame for the massacre.
They sent military on the scene to crackdown on the protest.
And when the 200,000 troops were moved to Beijing,
the incident seemed like some areas of Beijing had riots,
and military used it as an excuse to act.
This was done to created the illusion that Chen was in the front.”
Beijing pro-democracy activist Zha Jianguo told
Radio Free Asia that Chen is for sure responsible for the “June 4th Massacre.”
As for the extent, people don’t have the details.
People generally think that it was decided by Deng Xiaoping.
As Beijing’s Chief Executive, Chen can’ shed responsibility.
Regarding Chen Xitong’s sentencing to 16 years of
imprisonment for corruption and dereliction in July 1998,
observers believe it was due to his losing an
internal struggle with former CCP leader Jiang Zemin.
Chinese writer Tie Liu: “Everyone in Beijing knows Chen is
a political victim, and this is the tragedy‘of the CCP’ system.
If the one-party dictatorship system does not change,
high-level officials can’t even hold their positions."
Yao Jianfu said that all killers who’ve committed “crimes
against humanity”will be brought to fair and open trials.
Only then will the victims’ soul rest in peace.
