중국영사관 직원들이 모든짐을 꾸려 떠난후, 미연방 관련공무원들은 바로 영사관건물로 진입하기 시작했었다. 두시간동안 노력끝에 연방공무원들은 밴에 수집한 짐들을 밴에 싣고, Houston경찰과 보안팀들이 지켜보는속에서, 영사관을 떠났다고 Chronicle이 보도했었다. 중국 총영사관은, 미국의 매우 센시티브한 의학설비및 Data를 포함안 여러정보를 훔쳐왔던 스파이의 본거지였었다고 연방정부가 발표한 것이다.
The South China Morning Post는 3대의 추럭과 한대의 버스가 영사관 건물로 들어갔다가 되돌아가는것과 또 다른 인부들은 손에 여러 파일들이 들어있는 박스들을 잔뜩들고 영사관 건물을 빠져나갔었다고 Reuters가 보도했다.
미국과 동맹관계에 있는 대한민국의 서울에 소재하고있는 미국대사관과 전국적으로 산재해 있는 미국영사관에도 중국의 스파이들이 5G, 한미간의 군사비밀을 훔치지 않았다는 보장은 없는데....이를 척결하기위한 한미간의 공조가, 문재인의 사회주의 정부와, 잘 이루어질까? 문제다. 어떻게든 대한민국은 미국과 함께 해야 하는데...
US officials raid Chinese consulate in Houston believed to be spy hub
Trump Administration ordered the shutdown of the consulate that was 'hub of spying'
U.S. officials pried open the doors of the Chinese consulate in Houston on Friday and took over the building shortly after Chinese officials vacated the facility on orders from the Trump Administration.
Federal officials and local law enforcement surrounded the Houston facility Friday afternoon as the Chinese officials moved out of the building that the Trump Administration contends was a hub of spy activity by the Chinese Communist Party.
Forty minutes after the 4 p.m. eviction deadline passed, U.S. officials broke into a back door of the consulate and a man believed to be a State Department official led the way of the U.S. takeover, the Houston Chronicle reported.
Photographs show federal officials and a locksmith trying to force their way into the vacated Consulate General of China. U.S. officials had tried three other entrances but couldn't get in. Security teams donning U.S. State Department emblems on their shirts stood guard. The Houston Chronicle reported that the local fire department entered the building, too.
Tuesday night, hours after the Trump Administration announced its directive for the Chinese to vacate, the Houston Fire Department responded to fires at the courtyard of the building -- an apparent effort to destroy documents. Chinese officials refused to allow the first responders to enter to put out the fires, Fox 26 in Houston reported.
CHINA THREATENS RETALIATION AFTER U.S. CLOSES CONSULATE
All morning Friday, consulate workers were spotted loading up two U-haul trucks and vehicles and tossing trash bags into a nearby Dumpster in an attempt to meet the U.S.'s 4 p.m. eviction deadline, the Chronicle reported.
“We can confirm that the PRC Consulate General in Houston is closed," a State Department spokesperson told Fox News.
After the Chinese officials packed up and left, U.S. teams began to force their way in. After two hours of gaining entry, the government officials loaded into a van and drove away, leaving the Houston Police and security teams behind at the scene, the Houston Chronicle reported.
The U.S. alleged that the consulate was a nest of Chinese spies who tried to steal data from facilities in Texas, including the Texas A&M medical system and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
RUBIO: CHINESE CONSULATE IN HOUSTON WAS 'MASSIVE SPY CENTER'
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo this week called the Houston complex "a hub of spying and IP theft." Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said the consulate was a "massive spy center [and] forcing it to close is long overdue."
China called the allegations “malicious slander” and responded by ordering the U.S. to close its consulate in the western Chinese city of Chengdu.
CHINA ORDERS US TO CLOSE CHENGDU CONSULATE IN APPARENT RETALIATION FOR HOUSTON SHUTDOWN ORDER
U.S. officials were spotted packing up and moving out of the Chengdu consulate Saturday as thousands of people gathered to watch the Americans forced to exit on Beijing's orders.
The South China Morning Post reported that three trucks and a bus were seen entering and leaving the U.S. compound while other workers left on foot with the arms full of boxes and files. Reuters reported the American consulate emblem was taken down and security was tight outside the facility for the moveout in the tit-for-tat consulate closures.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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