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FUTURE OF HONG KONG: CHINESE IN CHARGE OF THE HONG KONG QUESTION 1. AT LUNCH ON 12 JULY, WE ASKED LU PING WHETHER A REPLACEMENT
HAD BEEN FOUND FOR LIAO CHENG-HI (THE FORMER HEAD OF THE HONG
KONG AND MACAO OFFICE WHO DIED ON 10 JUNE.
2. LU SAID THAT PRESIDENT LI XIANNIAN WAS OVERSEEING THE WORK.
WE SAID THAT WE HAD SEEN HONG KONG REPORTS OF A MEETING ON 25 JUNE
BETWEEN DENG XIAOPING AND HONG KONG DELEGATES TO THE NATIONAL
PEOPLE'S CONGRESS AND THE CHINESE PEOPLE'S POLITICAL CONSULTATIVE
CONFERENCE AT WHICH DENG HAD SAID THAT LI AND ZHAO ZIYANG WERE
DEALING WITH THE HONG KONG QUESTION. LU SAID THAT THERE WAS A
DIVISION OF LABOUR BUT THAT LI WAS IN DIREST CHARGE. WE ASKED
WHETHER YE FEI OR JI PENGFEI WERE INVOLVED. LU SAID YE WAS NOT: HE
ONLY DEALT WITH OVERSEAS CHINESE AFFAIRS. JI, HOWEVER, WAS INVOLVED.
3. WE RECEIVED THE CLEAR IMPRESSION FROM LU THAT THERE IS AS YET
NO FORMAL NEW HEAD OF THE HONG KONG AND MACAO OFFICE. BENEATH DENG
HIMSELF, THE CHAIN OF COMMAND WOULD THUS APPEAR TO BE LI XIANNIAN,
ZHAO ZIYANG AND JI PENGFEI.
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