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YOUR TELNO 3021 HU YAOBANG
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29 APR 1986
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1. WE HAVE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT ZHU LIANG, BUT NONE ABOUT ZHENG PIJIAN.
2. ZHU WAS BORN IN ABOUT 1925. HE WAS APPOINTED DEPUTY SECRETARY- GENERL OF THE ALL-CHINA ASSOCIATION OF YOUTH IN MAY 1961. IN JUNE 1962, HE WAS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL INTERNATIONAL LIAISON DEPARTMENT OF THE COMMUNIST YOUTH LEAGUE. HE WAS REPORTED TO BE THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE ASSOCIATION OF YOUTH IN APRIL 1964. HE REAPPEARED AFTER THE MOST VIOLENT PERIOD OF THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION IN SEPTEMBER 1971, WHEN HE WAS REPORTED TO BE MEETING FOREIGN STUDENTS AND YOUTHS. HE BNECAME A DEPUTY DIRCTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL LIAISON DEPARTMENT OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE IN JULY 1981. IN THAT CAPACITY, HE ATTENDED THE LABOUR PARTY CONGRESS IN BRITAIN IN SEPTEMBER 1982. HIS APPOINTMENT AS SUCCESSOR TO IAN LI REN WAS ANNOUNCED ON 26 DECEMBER 1985.
3. ON GIFTS, I SUGGEST THAT YOU SHOULD FOLLOW THE PATTERN ADOPTED FOR ZHAO ZIYANG'S VISIT: IE THAT GIFTS SHOULD BE GIVEN TO ALL MEMBERS OF HU'S PARTY WHO EQUATE IN RANK TO RECIPIENTS OF GIFTS IN ZHAO'S PARTY. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MEI ZHAORONG THAT FEI XIAOTONG AND ZHU LIANG RANK AS FULL MINISTERS AND THAT ZHENG PIJIAN RANKS AS A VICE-MINISTER. AS A GIFT FOR HU HIMSELF, I SEE NO PROBLEM ABOUT A HANDCARVED TABLE.
4. IT HAS BEEN HINTED TO ME STRONGLY THAT MY REQUEST FOR A CALL ON HU WILL BE GRANTED. BUT, EVEN IF IT IS, THE CALL COULD TAKE PLACE VERY NEAR THE TIME OF HU'S DEPARTURE AND/OR IN THE COMPANY WITH THE AMBASSADORS OF OTHER COUNTRIES WHICH HU WILL BE VISITING.
5. WE SHALL SEND YOU A SET OF SCENE-SETTING TELEGRAMS IN MID-MAY. THESE WILL COVER THE CURRENT POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SCENE IN CHINA: HU'S OBJECTIVES AND THE SUBJECTS WHICH HE IS LIKELY TO BRING UP WITH MINISTERS: AND THE RECORD AND PERSONALITY OF HU HIMSELF.
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