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Defects lila. 39
022650
MDLIAN 4371
CONFIDENTIAL FM HONG KONG
TO ROUTINE FCOLN
TELNO 2631
OF 21102OZ AUGUST 91
37
I FICO10/1
ни
27 AUG 1991
TOP COPY Q DIST?
OUR TELNO 2560: CHEN ZHESHENG.
YOU WILL WISH TO KNOW THAT MING PAO HAS REPORTED CHEN'S DEPARTURE. A BACK PAGE LEAD NOTES HE IS THE SECOND SENIOR NCNA OFFICIAL FOLLOWING XU JIATUN TO LEAVE WITHOUT PERMISSION. IT SAYS THAT IT WAS NOT KNOWN WHETHER HE HAD SOUGHT POLITICAL ASYLUM FROM THE
FRENCH GOVERNMENT. NCNA HAVE NOT MENTIONED THE MATTER TO US AGAIN
DESPITE NUMEROUS OPPORTUNITIES TO DO SO.
FORD
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ΜΑΙΝ
60
DISTRIBUTION
64
.HONG KONG AGREEMENT
. (RESTRICTED)
LIMITED
HKD
HD/FED
NEWS D
PLANNERS
PUSD RAD
PS/LORD CAITHNESS
PS/MR LENNOX-BOYD
SIR J COLES
MR BURNS
ADDITIONAL
4
MS BARRETT LEGAL ADVISERS
MISS BROOKS LEGAL ADVISERS
MR APPLEYARD CABINET OFFICE SIR P CRADOCK NO.10
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