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RESTRICTED
TELELETTER
FROM: P.b. WEBB, ASSISTANT POLITICAL ADVISER, HONG KONG FILE REF: NFR
DATED 4 OCTOBER 1983
TO: T. SMITH ESQ., H.M. EMBASSY, PEKING
C.C.: P. CLARK ESQ., RESEARCH DEPARTMENT, FCO
CHEN BOJAN
MOST INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS HERE TODAY CARRIED AN AFP REPORT FROM PEKING SAYING THAT CHEN BOJIAN, PRESENTLY A DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF NCNA IN PEKING, HAD BEEN APPOINTED A DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF NCNA'S HONG KONG OFFICE IN SUCCESSION TO XIE
WENQING (WHO LEFT ON MAY TO BECOME MINISTER OF RADIO AND TELEVISION).
2. CHEN'S NAME IS UNFAMILIAR TO ME AND 4: HAVE SEEN NO CONFIRM- ATION OF HIS APPOINTMENT. WE HAVE NO RECORD OF HIS HAVING MADE AN APPLICATION FOR A VISA. SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD LOOK OUT FOR ONE AND, IF POSSIBLE, LET US KNOW WHETHER HE IS LIKELY TO BE ARRIVING IN HONG KONG.
SIGNED P.1. WEBB.
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