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OF 030001Z JULY 89
INFO ROUTINE UKREP JLG HONG KONG, PEKING, LISBON
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MDLIAN 3363
HK AND MACAO OFFICE OF THE STATE COUNCIL: POSTING OF CHEN ZIYING
1. ON 29 JUNE AT LEAST SIX CHINESE NEWSPAPERS QUOTING SOURCES FROM PORTUGAL AND MACAO REPORTED THAT CHEN ZIYING (CHINESE AMBASSADOR IN LISBON) HAD BEEN POSTED AS VICE DIRECTOR OF THE HK AND MACAO OFFICE OF THE STATE COUNCIL. THE EXPRESS ADDED THAT IT WAS UNCLEAR WHETHER HE WOULD REPLACE LI HOU OR LU PING OR WHETHER HE WOULD FILL A NEW POST DEALING WITH MACAO.
2. IN THE MARGINS OF JLG XII WE RECALL BEING TOLD THAT CHEN WAS EXPECTED TO BECOME A VICE DIRECTOR OF THE HK AND MACAO AFFAIRS OFFICE OF THE MFA WHICH SEEMS TO US A MORE LIKELY POSTING. GRAFTEFUL FOR ANY COMMENTS FROM PEKING AND LISBON.
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