WHERE IS THE SAFETY AREA (ATK) CHAU DON?
Safe relic of Cho Don area, located in 3 communes: Binh Trung, Nghia Ta, Luong Bang, Cho Don district, Bac Kan province. Cho Don ATK belongs to the complex of relics of Viet Bac War Zone (including Dinh Hoa ATK, Thai Nguyen province and Tan Trao ATK, Tuyen Quang province), where President Ho Chi Minh and his leaders lived and worked. Central Committee during the resistance war against the French (1946-1954).
Location: Belonging to Bang Lung town, Cho Don district, Bac Kan province.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HISTORY REGION OF THE SAFETY AREA (ATK) CH DON
Bac Kan ATK historical relic site belongs to the Viet Bac relic complex, which marks the activities of President Ho Chi Minh and other central leaders during the resistance war against the French (1946-1954).
Cho Don ATK relic site
was a geo-strategic base, seeing and marking many important historical events in the period before the August 1945 Revolution and the period of resistance against the French colonialists (1946 – 1954); associated with the network method career of President Ho Chi Minh and his comrades: Pham Van Dong, Vo Nguyen Giap, Truong Chinh, Hoang Van Thai, Nguyen Chi Thanh, Tran Dang Ninh…
Here, President Ho Chi Minh, the Central Committee of the Party and the Government planned the resistance line, made strategic decisions, decided the destiny of the nation in a historical period of arduous struggle. , leading the entire people, going from one victory to another.
Located in 3 communes in the south of Cho Don district, where the terrain is rugged and mountainous, the average altitude is 600m, the system of rivers, streams, creeks and streams is quite dense, the largest is Pho Day river, Khu ATK Cho Don, including 25 relics, of which: 06 relics have been ranked at national level, 03 relics have been ranked at provincial level, 16 relics have been included in the inventory list.
After the nationwide resistance war, the Party Central Committee sent a special task force led by Comrade Tran Dang Ninh to Viet Bac to find a place to build a safe base for the organs of the Party Central Committee. ATK. After the survey period, the team decided to choose some locations with difficult terrain, the traffic network is trails forming a continuous area over 3,000km⊃2; on the border of the three provinces of Thai Nguyen, Tuyen Quang and Bac Kan
Therefore, during the resistance war against the French, the central organs of the Party, the Government and Uncle Ho worked in many places in the ATK zone. In particular, at ATK Bac Kan, Uncle Ho lived and worked in three places: Ca village, Binh Trung commune (1947), Peo village, Binh Trung commune (1949) and Na Pau, Luong Bang commune (1951) ). Comrade Pham Van Dong also lived and worked in Khau Ma hill, Luong Bang commune in 1950-1951 and comrade Truong Chinh lived and worked in Na Quan village, Binh Trung commune in 1951-1952.
All of the above places have been ranked as national historical monuments. In addition, there are many agencies located in Bac Kan such as the Ministry of Finance, the Military Workshop located in Ban Thi commune (Cho Don district)…
Source: Collected internet.