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TELNO 128
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OF 10110OZ JANUARY 90
PM.
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG-HONG-
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001621
MDLIAN 9204
RETIREMENT OF KE ZAISHUO
LAST NIGHT'S TELEVISION NEWS AND CERTAIN OF THIS MORNING'S PAPERS CARRY REPORTS THAT KE WILL RETIRE AS THE CHINESE SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE ON THE JLG, PROBABLY WHEN HE RETURNS TO PEKING IN FEBRUARY FOR THE LAST PLENARY SESSION OF HE BLDC. KE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE SAID THAT HIS RETIREMENT WAS DUE TO THE STRICT
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POLICY OF TIMELY RETIREMENT. IT WAS ALSO REPORTED THAT KE WOULD BE REPLACED BY GUO FENGMIN AND GUO BY CHEN
ZIYING.
COMMENT
2. THERE HAS SO FAR BEEN NO SPECULATION IN THE LOCAL MEDIA AS TO THE POSSIBLE SIGNIFICANCE OF KE'S IMMINENT REPLACEMENT, NEW OF WHICH COMES HARD ON THE HEELS OF RUMOURS THAT XU JIATUN WILL ALSO BE REPLACED IN THE NEAR FUTURE. WE AND UKREP JLG WOULD BE MOST INTERESTED IN PEKING'S VIEW ON THIS LATEST DEVELOPMENT. WE ARE REPLYING SEPARATELY TO YOUR TELNO 85.
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