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MY REGISTRY

02 FEB 1987

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PERSONAL FOR ACTING GOVERNOR FROM WILSON

YOUR TELNO 355: NAME

1. I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE ADVICE ABOUT AN APPROPRIATE

NAME.

2. ALTHOUGH WEI (7279) IS AN ATTRACTIVE SURNAME SINCE IT SOUNDS RIGHT IN CANTONESE AND MANDARIN I AM CONCERNED THAT BY ADDING RADICAL 162 (CCC 6595) THE MEANING OF THE WHOLE NAME IS NEGATED. SINCE THAT RADICAL IS SOMETIMES CALLED 'RUNNING MAN', THE GAME

IS EASY TO PLAY.

3. XIN (0207) SEEMS RIGHT IN EVERY WAY. BUT I HAVE SOME DOUBTS ABOUT YI (1150) SINCE BESIDES MEANING 'GREAT' IT CAN ALSO BE USED FOR YI (1704) MEANING TO PLAY CHESS.

4. I AM NOT ATTRACTED BY WEI XIN (5898 0207) BECAUSE IT HAS

STRONGLY THE DISADVANTAGE GIVEN IN PARA 4 OF YOUR TUR.

5. THESE CONSIDERATIONS LEAD ME TO THINK THAT THE RIGHT NAME IS PROBABLY WEI YIXIN (5898 0110 0207), A CONCLUSION REACHED

INDEPENDENTLY OF THE SCMP ARTICLE.

6. FOR NATASHA I AGREE THAT YAN LISHAN (7346 7787 3790) OR WAI LISHAN (5898 7787 3790) IS A GOOD NAME.

7. COULD YOU PLEASE CONSIDER THE OPTION IN PARA 5 ABOVE WITH A

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