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JI CHAOZHU
1. JUDGING BY THE BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL GIVEN TO US BY THE US
EMBASSY HERE, WE SHOULD WELCOME THE PROPOSED APPOINTMENT. AN IS AN
EXCELLENT ENGLISH SPEAKER, HIS WELL KNOWN TO THE HANGHEST LEVELS OF
THE LEADERSHIP AND IS APPARENTLY A HIGHLY INTELLIGENCE AND CAPABLE
OFFICIAL.
2. AM SENDING COPIES OF THE BMOGRAPHIC MATERIAL BY BAG. JIM IS NOW
55. HE SPENT ELEVEN YEARS IN THE UNITED STATES IN HIS YOUTH AND
RETURNED TO CHINA PN 1950. FROM 1954 TO 1973, HE WAS ONE OF CHINA'S FOREMOST ENGLISH INTERPRETERS, WORKING FOR MANY SEMMOR LEADERS,
SUCH AS ZHOU ENLAH UMU SHAOQIM AND UN XIHANNAN. HE WAS THE SENHOR
INTERPRETER IN THE CHANESE UNAISON OFFICE IN WASHINGTON FROM 1973
TO 1975. HE THEN BECAME DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF *INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS, CONFERENCE, TREATIES AND LAW IN THE MEHNISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. HE WAS THE INTERPRETER FOR SOME OF
MAO'S LAST MEETHINGS WITH FOREIGNERS IN 1976 AND MAY HAVE FALLEN
UNDER A BIT OF A CLOUD THEREAFTER.
3. BUT BY 1978 J# WAS A DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAN AND OCEANIC
AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT AND IN 1979 WAS DENG'S INTERPRETER DURING HIS
VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES. HE WAS MINISTER-COUNSELLOR IN WASHINGTON
FROM 1982 TO 1985, WHERE HE WAS HEAD OF THE POLITICAL AFFAIRS
SECTH PON. HE THEN BECAME AMBASSADOR TO FJ AND TO KNIRINBATH. HE HAS
BEEN DESCRIBED TO US AS INTELLIGENT, ALERT, ENGAGING AND
WELL-KNFORMED ABOUT THE UNITED STATES. HE IS MARRIED TO WANG XINANGTONG, A FORMER ENGLISH-LANGUAGE TRANSLATOR AT THE UN.
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