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R.P. MARGOLIS ESQ, ACTING POLITICAL ADVISER HONG KONG
FLE REF: U/N DATED 30 AUGUST 1983
FOLLOWING FOR:
C.C.
W. MORRIS ESQ, HONG KONG DEPARTMENT F C O R.N. PEIRCE ESQ PEKING.
N.J. COX ESQ. FED, FCO.
3075
J PENGFE-1:
PLEASE REFER TO BOB PEIRCE'S TELELETTER OF 26 AUGUST.
I WAS TOLD BY MATTHIAS WISSMAN, A CDU MEMBER OF THE BUNDESTAG WHO WAS RECEIVED BY JI PENGFE. DURING A RECENT VISIT TO PEKING, THAT J WAS IN VERY POOR HEALTH INDEED. WISSMAN HAD MET JI TWO YEARS EARLIER AND HAD FOUND HIM REASONABLY ALERT AND SHARP. HE WAS SHOCKED BY HIS PRESENT STATE. JI HAD ONLY BEEN ABLE TO MANAGE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE WEATHER AND HAD THEN DRIFTED OFF IN A WAY THAT ALL PRESENT FOUND EMBARRASSING. THIS MAY CONCEIVABLY ACCOUNT FOR THE SLIGHTLY NON-STANDARD LINE WHICH JA TOOK WITH CONGRESSMAN ADDABBO.
(attached).
2. HKD REGISTRY PLEASE PASS COPY TO FED.
SIGNED: R.P. MARGOLIS
NNNN