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TO IMMEDIATE F.C.O TELNO.839 OF 6 JULY 78,
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THE FOLLOWING IS THE LIC ASSESSMENT FOR JUNE 1978.
CHINESE COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES.
1. AS PART OF A MAJOR REORGNISATION OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST
PARTY APPARATUS IN HONG KONG A NEW SENIOR COMMUNIST OFFICIAL WONG HONG (M. WANG KUANG) IS ABOUT TO BE POSTED FROM CHINA TO HONG KONG. HIS OVERT POSITION WILL BE THAT OF DIRECTOR OF
WE BELIEVE THE LOCAL BRANCH OF THE NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY. THAT HE WILL ALSO BECOME FIRST SECRETARY OF THE CLANDESTINE HONG KONG AND MACAU WORK COMMITTEE, WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR CO-ORDINATING THE LEADERSHIP OF ALL PARTY, STATE AND MASS ORGANISATIONS IN THE TERRITORY, WHICH PREVIOUSLY CAME UNDER SEPARATE CONTROL. WONG IS A VETERAN CADRE WHO, BEFORE THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION, HELD A NUMBER OF SENIOR APPOINTMENTS IN THE FIELD OF PROPAGANDA AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS IN KWANTUNG PROVINCE,
AFTER FALLING VICTIM TO THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION HE WAS REHABILITATED IN MARCH 1978 AND CAME TO NOTICE AS DIRECTOR OF THE STATE PUBLISHING BUREAU IN PEKING WHICH IS AN APPOINTMENT EQUIVALENT TO THE RANK OF A DEPUTY MINISTER. IN JUNE HE WAS ELECTED VICE-CHAIRMAN OF
WONG WILL BE THE MOST SENIOR THE CHI NAN UNIVERSITY IN CANTON,
CHINESE PARTY CADRE EVER TO HAVE SERVED IN HONG KONG AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY TWO OTHER VETERAN PARTY CADRES ALSO UNDER NCNA
COVER.
THE INCOMING GROUP REPRESENTS STRONG REINFORCEMENT OF PEKING'S TEAM IN HONG KONG. IT IS NOT YET CLEAR HOW RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE NEW CHAIN OF COMMAND UNDER WONG WILL BE DIVIDED BUT THE PRESENT DIRECTOR OF NCNA IN HONG KONG, LI CHU-SHENG IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN AS WONG'S NUMBER TWO.
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