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DURING THE COURSE OF A BANQUET ON 4 FEBRUARY HOSTED BY ASSISTANT MINISTER JIANG ENZHU, I MENTIONED THAT I HAD NOTICED THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN NEW YORK OF AMBASSADOR JI CHOAZHU AS DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY GENERAL AT THE UN. I ASKED IF AGREMENT WAS BEING SOUGHT FOR A SUCCESSOR TO JI IN LONDON SINCE I HAD THE IMPRESSION THAT THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR WOULD BE LEAVING ABOUT THE END OF FEBRUARY. JIANG SAID THAT THE AMBASSADOR WOULD PROBABLY LEAVE LONDON 'IN MARCH'' AND THAT HE THOUGHT INSTRUCTIONS WOULD SOON GO TO THE CHINESE EMBASSY ON THE MATTER OF HIS SUCCESSOR.
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