HOFO 026/21
T/L FCO
T/L PEKING
GPS 145
CONFIDENTIAL
265
TELELETTER
FROM:
RP MARGOLIS
Enter
DEPUTY POLITICAL ADVISER
HONG KONG
DATE:
21 APRIL 1983
T
W MORRIS ESQ
HK AND GD
FCO
Mr. Mous
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to M Cox FED
Munther RD
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KOND JA KUNTRY NO. 41 2 6 APR 1983
RECTAL TRY
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C.C.:
R N PEIRCE ESQ
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CMILLS
H M EMBASSY
PEKING
POSSIBLE NEW FIRST DIRECTOR OF NCNA HONG KONG
Peire's swey?
PLEASE REFER TO FCO TELEGRAM NO. 229 AND TO YOUR TELELETTER OF
19 APRIL.
FUNG KING-HEY HIMSELF TOLD THE GOVERNOR THAT HE HAD HEARD THE
STORY FROM LIAO CHENG ZHI. WE HAVE ALSO HEARD INDEPENDENTLY FROM OTHER SOURCES THAT XU WILL SUCCEED WANG KEUNG. TWO PROMINENT HONG KONG BUSINESSMEN, GORDON WU AND Y.L. YANG, WHO HAVE VISITED CHINA RECENTLY, HAVE INDEPENDENTLY REPORTED HEARING THE SAME STORY.
GORDON WU'S INFORMANT IS NOT KNOWN. Y.L. YANG APPEARS TO HAVE HEARD
THE STORY FROM WAN LI. SIR S.Y. CHUNG ALSO REPORTED TO EXCO THAT
AN OFFICIAL MEMBER OF LEGCO, F.K. HU, HAD BEEN VISITED IN HONG KONG ABOUT A MONTH AGO BY QUOTE A PARTY SECRETARY FOR JIANGSU PROVINCE
UNQUOTE. THE IMPLICATION OF SIR S.Y. CHUNG'S REMARKS WAS THAT
THIS MAY HAVE BEEN XU PAYING A PREPARATORY VISIT TO HONG KONG.
SIGNED: R.P. MARGOLIS
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