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TELEGRAM NUMBER 606 OF 3 JULY 79
Relations with
China
INFO GOVERNOR HONG KONG, WASHINGTON, MOSCOW AND TOKYO INFO SAVING TO ULAN BATOR, SINGAPORE, RANGOON, ISLAMABAD AND NEW DEHLI.
NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS: APPOINTMENTS
THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS (NPC) CLOSED ''VICTORIOUSLY??
ON 1 JULY. IT APPROVED REPORTS ON THE WORK OF THE GOVERNMENT (MY TELNOS 583-6), THE ECONOMY (MỲ TELNO 598) AND LEGAL MATTERS (MY TELNO 603). THE TEXTS OF SEVEN DRAFT LAWS (MY TELMO 603)
WERE ADOPTED.
2. THE LAST TASK OF THE CONGRESS WAS TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING
APPOINTMENTS:
(A) VICE PREMIERS
CHEN YUN
EO YIBO
YAO YILÏN
(B) VICE CHAIRMEN OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE MPC
PENG ZHEN
XIAO JINGGUANG
ZHU YUNSHAN
SHI LIANG
(C) PRESIDENT OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
FANG YI
ALL THREE VICE-PREMIERS ARE EXPERIENCED ECONOMIC AND
FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATORS. CHEN AND GO BOTH SERVED AS VICE- PREMIERS DURING THE 1950S, WHEN THEY PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN CHINA'S ECONOMIC REHABILITATION, AND UNTIL THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION IN 1966. YAO, A YOUNGER CASUALTY OF THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION, WAS MINISTER OF COMMERCE UNTIL HIS TRANSFER AT THE END OF 1978 TO THE KEY POST OF DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL
OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE. ALL THREE ARE ALIGNED WITH
DENG XIAOPING.
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