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PEKING TELEGRAM NO. 234: NEW DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE HKMAO, STATE COUNCIL.
1. WEN WEI BAO REPORTED ON 2 MARCH THAT CHEN ZIYING HAD BEEN APPOINTED DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE STATE COUNCIL, HKMAO.
2. LU PING'S TEAM HAVE CONFIRMED THIS TO US. CHEN CONCURRENTLY REMAINS DIRECTOR OF THE MFA'S HKMAO. HE WILL LEAVE THIS JOB ONCE A SUCCESSOR IS APPOINTED. CHEN ZUO'ER SAID THAT THE SUCCESSOR, ON WHOSE NAME HE WOULD NOT BE DRAWN, WAS STILL ABROAD (WHICH APPEARS TO RULE OUT WANG JIAJI).
3. CHEN ZUO'ER HAS ALSO TOLD US THAT CHEN ZIYING WILL, AT LEAST INITIALLY, BE THE ONLY STATE COUNCIL HKMAO DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
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