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SUBJECT: REPORTED ASSIGNMENT OF FAO DIRECTOR LI CHUWEN TO

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2. BASED ON HONG KONG PRESS REPORTS (REFTEL), WHEN I EN- COUNTERED FOREIGN AFFAIRS OFFICE (FAO) DIRECTOR LI CHUWEN AT THE JAPANESE CONGEN'S RECEPTION FOR THE EMPEROR'S BIRTHDAY, I ASKED HIM WHEN HE WOULD BE LEAVING FOR HONG KONG. SOMEWHAT TO MY SURPRISE, LI RESPONDED THAT HE HAD BEEN OFFERED THE JOB AND WAS BEING URGED TO TAKE IT, BUT HE REMINDED ME OF HIS PREVIOUS STATEMENTS THAT HE PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO RETIRE TO A SENIOR RESEARCH POSITION AT SHANGHAI'S INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, AN ORGANIZATION HE PREVIOUSLY HEADED. HE SAID HE HADN'T MADE UP HIS MIND.

3. THE FOLLOWING EVENING AT 4 MAY 1 CULTURAL EVENT, I WAS SEATED NEXT TO FAO DEPUTY DIRECTOR SHI CHI. WHEN I MENTIONED THE REPORT AND SAID I HAD DISCUSSED IT WITH LI, SHI'Så ud IMMEDIATE RESPONSE WAS WHAT DID HE SAY?WHEN I DESCRIBED MY CONVERSATION WITH LI, SHI COMMENTED, I THINK HE WILL GO:

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4. FOR HONG KONG: SINCE IT APPEARS LIKELY THAT LI CHUWEN WILL BE TAKING "OVER AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF NCNA IN HONG KONG, WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON HIM: AN LI CHUWEN IS AN INTERESTING AND COMPLEX INDIVIDUAL. DURING WORLD WAR II HE WAS IN HUNNAN WHERE HE MADE A NUMBER OF E AMERICAN FRIENDS, INCLUDING ROBERT BARNETT. AFTER TEE WAR HE TRAVELLED TO BEIJING AND THEN ON TO THE UNITED STATES WHERE HE ATTENDED YALE DIVINITY SCHOOL. I BELIEVE HE ALSO SPENT SOME TIME AS A STUDENT IN ENGLAND. HE RETURNED TO SHANGHAI WHERE HE BECAME PASTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY PROTESTANT CHURCH HIS WIFE, ZHANG RUNYUAN (4545/3387/3853) WAS ACTIVE WITH THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTAN ASSOCIATION, AN ORGAN- IZATION FROM WHICH SHE RECENTLY RETIRED.

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-LI SUFFERED DURING THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION AS AN INTELLECTUAL! BUT HE APPARENTLY WAS NOT TREATED TOO HARSHLY.

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