CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELNO 735
OF 07100OZ MARCH 91
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12 MAN 1991
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AND TO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
NCNA PERSONNEL CHANGES
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1. NEWSPAPERS HERE HAVE REPORTED THAT CHEN RONGCHUN, CURRENTLY MAYOR OF QUANZHOU IN FUJIAN PROVINCE, WILL BE POSTED TO NCNA, HONG KONG BRANCH, IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THE REPORTS SUGGEST HE WILL BE JI SHAOXIANG'S REPLACEMENT DEALING WITH FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
2. WHEN WE ASKED YANG YOUYONG TODAY WHETHER THIS WAS TRUE HE REPLIED ''IT IS NOT FORMALLY ANNOUNCED YET: ALL IN GOOD TIME SINCE THIS WAS SAID IN THE HEARING OF LU PING AND HIS VISITING DELEGATION (NONE OF WHOM DEMURRED) IT AMOUNTS TO CONFIRMATION. THE NEWSPAPER REPORTS SAY THAT CHEN IS AGED 49, A GRADUATE OF THE PEKING COLLEGE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SERVED AT THE EMBASSY IN LONDON AT AN UNSPECIFIED TIME (THOUGH KEN WALKER DOES NOT RECALL THE NAME), AND WAS A REPRESENTATIVE OF A FUJIAN TRADING COMPANY IN HONG KONG FROM 1985 TO 1988 (WE SHALL BE CHECKING THIS POINT). HE IS REPORTED AS HAVING CLOSE LINKS TO ZHOU NAN.
3. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY INFORMATION ON CHEN WHICH RAD OR OTHERS MIGHT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE.
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