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INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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OUR TELNO 2316: JOHN NI CHANG YI.
pa. Taime 18/9.
1. AS FORESHADOWED IN TUR, WE LET NCNA KNOW THAT WE HAD GIVEN JOHN NI A VISA, EMPHASISING THE FACT THAT HE WOULD BE ACTING AS HEAD OF CHUNG HWA IN A PRIVATE, NON-OFFICIAL CAPACITY.
2. NCNA SUBSEQUENTLY REVERTED, PRODUCING TWO TAIWANESE NEWSPAPER ARTICLES WHICH INDICATED THAT NI HAD TRANSFERRED TO THE TAIWANESE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS RATHER THAN RESIGNED HIS OFFICIAL POST ALTOGETHER. THEY CLAIMED THESE PROVED HE WAS IN FACT HERE IN
AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY AND ASKED US TO REVOKE HIS VISA.
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