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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
OUR TELNO 187 (NOT TO PEKING) : APPOINTMENT OF THE GOVERNOR
MEDIA ARRANGEMENTS
1. TVB CHINESE IN ITS 1 P.M. NEWS TODAY QUOTED THE JAPANESE
YOMIURI SHIMBUN AS SAYING THAT HU YAOBANG HAD SUBMITTED HIS
RESIGNATION FROM THE POST OF PARTY SECRETARY GENERAL AND THAT THE
RESIGNATION WAS BEING CONSIDERED. THE GOVERNOR DESIGNATE MAY BE
ASKED TO COMMENT ON THIS REPORT AND, MORE GENERALLY, ON RECENT
DEVELOPMENTS IN CHINA AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR HONG KONG.
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