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FM PEKING
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TELNO 1561
OF 070754Z NOVEMBER 90
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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PERSONAL FOR PAUL, HONG KONG DEPARTMENT.
HONG KONG PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR.
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MY TELNO 1555 : LU PING.
1. CHEN ZIYING TELEPHONED ME ON 7 NOVEMBER TO SAY THAT HE HAD CONVEYED SIR DAVID'S KIND PROPOSAL TO LU PING. IT HAD BEEN APPRECIATED IN THE SPIRIT IN WHICH IT HAD BEEN MADE. CHEN SAID HOWEVER THAT HIS UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT LU PING HAD INTENDED TO VISIT HONG KONG SOME TIME AGO, BUT HE HAD SINCE THEN CHANGED HIS PLANS. HE WOULD NOT NOW BE GOING TO HONG KONG FOR THE ''FORESEEABLE FUTURE''. CHEN ADDED THAT LU PING'S OFFICE WOULD
SEND SOMEONE ROUND TO RECOVER THE PASSPORTS.
2. ALL THIS IS PRETTY RUM. INCLUDING LU PING, WE RECEIVED ALTOGETHER ELEVEN PASSPORTS FOR VISAS TO HONG KONG WITH THE INTENDED TRAVEL DATE OF 12 NOVEMBER. WE SHALL PROBABLY NEVER KNOW WHAT CHANGED LU PING'S MIND, BUT IT LENDS SOME SUPPORT TO THE SPECULATION THAT HE MAY INDEED BE IN LINE TO REPLACE JI PENGFEI.
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