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JAAND DIGIDIT NO. 51
2 1 APR 1983
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1. IF FUNG KING-HEY'S INFORMATION IS CORRECT, WE WOULD CONCUR
WITH RESEARCH DEPARTMENT'S JUDGEMENT THAT THIS WOULD MEAN AN
UPGRADING OF THE NCNA JOBS. XU JIATUN'S CURRICULUM VITAL SHOWS
HIM TO HAVE A SOLID PARTY BACKGROUND, BUT ON A MUCH HIGHER PLANE
THAN WANG KUANG. IT WOULD BE NO BAD THING TO HAVE A MORE ABLE
DIRECTOR THAN WANG BUT ONE WONDERS HOW MUCH CAN BE EXPECTED OF A
MAN WHO SPEAKS NEITHER OF THE IMPORTANT LANGUAGES OF HONG KONG AND
HAS SPENT NEARLY ALL HIS CAREER IN JIANGSU. NOR CAN XU BE SAID
TO HAVE DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF BY THE DEGREE TO WHICH HE SUFFERED FROM THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION, SINCE HE WAS NOT RELIEVED OF HIS POSTS UNTIL 1968, AND HE RE-EMERGED VERY QUICKLY IN 1970, AS VICE-
CHAIRMAN OF THE JIANGSU REVOLUTIONARY COMITTEE.
2. YOU WILL RECALL THAT I WAS TOLD BY AN AUSTRALIAN IN EARLY
MARCH THAT A VICE-MAYOR OF SHANGHAI, ZHAO XINGZHI, WOULD SUCCEED
WANG KUANG. THE SAME INFORMATION ALSO CAME TO US FROM THE
AMERICAN CONSULATE-GENERAL IN SHANGHAI. BUT WE HAVE HEARD NOTHING
FURTHER ON THE SUBJECT.
R N PEIRCE
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