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INFO ROUTINE PEKING, HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG INFO ROUTINE BTC HONG KONG, WASHINGTON
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FCO TELNO 191 TO PEKING: NEW CHINESE AMBASSADOR
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MDLIAN 6405
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M.
1. MA YUZHEN IS WELL-REGARDED IN LOS ANGELES. HE IS SOPHISTICATED, A GOOD CONVERSATIONALIST (HIS ENGLISH IS EXCELLENT) AND HE APPEARS AT MANY FUNCTIONS. I HAVE HEARD HIM SPEAK IN PUBLIC AND HE COMES ACROSS VERY WELL. HE IS ALWAYS UP TO DATE ON HONG KONG, HAS ATTENDED CAND BEEN MADE VERY WELCOME AT) MEETINGS OF THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION IN LOS ANGELES CA TRADE ORGANISATION) AND WE
HAVE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE TERRITORY.
2. HIS WIFE, ZOU JICHUN, IS A LITTLE SHY BUT SPEAKS GOOD ENGLISH AND IS A VERY PLEASANT PERSON. SHE OFTEN ACCOMPANIES HER HUSBAND
AND IS ACTIVE IN THE LADIES CONSULAR ORGANISATION. SHE WAS A DOCTOR AT HOME. THEIR THREE CHILDREN ARE IN CHINA.
3.
MR MA WILL BE LEAVING LOS ANGELES IN ABOUT MID-APRIL.
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