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OF 310915Z JANUARY 86
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
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03 FEB 1986
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT : RESTRICTED: REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.
LU PING WAS WIDELY REPORTED IN THE MEDIA (MOST PAPERS, EXCEPT
LEFT-WING) ON 30 JANUARY TO HAVE SAID, IN A MEETING WITH WOMEN REPRESENTATIVES ON 29 JANUARY, THAT THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE
FUTURE SARG WOULD BE SELECTED (SQUARE BRACKETS BEGIN) XUAN CHU NOT
(NOT) XUAN JUL (SQUARE BRACKETS END) BY HONG KONG PEOPLE. SHAO
TIAN-REN, ONE OF THE LU PING GROUP, WAS ALSO REPORTEDTO HAVE SAID TO THE SAME GROUP OF WOMEN THAT THE FUTURE CHIEF EXECUTIVE WOULD BE
SELECTED BY ELECTION OR CONSULTATION BEFORE 1 JULY 1997 SO THAT THERE
WOULD NOT BE A POWER VACUUM (SQUARE BRACKETS BEGIN) ZHEN KONG
(SQUARE BRACKETS END) AT THE TRANSITION POINT (SQUARE BRACKET
BEGIN) JHAO TIN (SQUARE BRACKETS END.)
(NOTE: THE GROUP OF WOMEN CONCERNED WERE NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF
ANY PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION. THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 32 DRAWN FROM
COMMERCE, MEDIA AND LEGAL CIRCLES).
YOUDE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
RESEARCH D (FE)
COPIES TO:
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
D/HD PUSD
MR WILSON
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