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FOLLOWING FOR: DAVID WARREN ESQ, FED, FCO
COPIED TO:
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1. IT WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE UN SECRETARIAT ON 29 JANUARY THAT JI CHAOZHU HAD BEEN APPOINTED TO REPLACE HIS COUNTRYMAN. XIE QIMEI AS UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR TECHNICAL COOPERATION FOR DEVELOPMENT.
2. THIS IS ONE OF THE LESS GLAMOROUS UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL JOBS AT THE UNITED NATIONS. WE ARE INCLINED TO THINK THAT JI MUST HAVE BEEN DEMOTED FOR POLITICAL REASONS. THIS IS ALSO INCIDENTALLY THE
VIEW OF LORD YOUNG WHO BUMPED INTO SIR DAVID HANNAY AT KENNEDY AIRPORT THE OTHER DAY.
3. IT WOULD BE VERY INTERESTING TO HAVE YOUR VIEWS AS TO WHY JI HAS
BEEN MOVED AWAY FROM LONDON. MY RECOLLECTION FROM MY EARLIER JOB IS
THAT HE WAS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB THERE AS AMBASSADOR. BUT HE DID
SEEM TO ME TO HAVE SUFFERED SOMETHING OF A SET-BACK AFTER THE TIANANMEN INCIDENT. IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY HE WAS AWAY FROM LONDON
FOR QUITE A LONG TIME AFTERWARDS. I ALSO RECALL HIM SPEAKING FAIRLY FRANKLY ABOUT THE EVENTS OF JUNE 1989 TO MINISTERS AND OFFICIALS, INCLUDING ME.
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