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CONFINDENT HAL

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TO PRIORITY FCO

TELNO 747

OF 01022OZ MAY 87

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YOUR TELNO 382:

JI CHAOZHU

1. JUDGING BY THE BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL GIVEN TO US BY THE US

EMBASSY HERE, WE SHOULD WELCOME THE PROPOSED APPOINTMENT. AN IS AN

EXCELLENT ENGLISH SPEAKER, HIS WELL KNOWN TO THE HANGHEST LEVELS OF

THE LEADERSHIP AND IS APPARENTLY A HIGHLY INTELLIGENCE AND CAPABLE

OFFICIAL.

2. AM SENDING COPIES OF THE BMOGRAPHIC MATERIAL BY BAG. JIM IS NOW

55. HE SPENT ELEVEN YEARS IN THE UNITED STATES IN HIS YOUTH AND

RETURNED TO CHINA PN 1950. FROM 1954 TO 1973, HE WAS ONE OF CHINA'S FOREMOST ENGLISH INTERPRETERS, WORKING FOR MANY SEMMOR LEADERS,

SUCH AS ZHOU ENLAH UMU SHAOQIM AND UN XIHANNAN. HE WAS THE SENHOR

INTERPRETER IN THE CHANESE UNAISON OFFICE IN WASHINGTON FROM 1973

TO 1975. HE THEN BECAME DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF *INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS, CONFERENCE, TREATIES AND LAW IN THE MEHNISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. HE WAS THE INTERPRETER FOR SOME OF

MAO'S LAST MEETHINGS WITH FOREIGNERS IN 1976 AND MAY HAVE FALLEN

UNDER A BIT OF A CLOUD THEREAFTER.

3. BUT BY 1978 J# WAS A DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAN AND OCEANIC

AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT AND IN 1979 WAS DENG'S INTERPRETER DURING HIS

VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES. HE WAS MINISTER-COUNSELLOR IN WASHINGTON

FROM 1982 TO 1985, WHERE HE WAS HEAD OF THE POLITICAL AFFAIRS

SECTH PON. HE THEN BECAME AMBASSADOR TO FJ AND TO KNIRINBATH. HE HAS

BEEN DESCRIBED TO US AS INTELLIGENT, ALERT, ENGAGING AND

WELL-KNFORMED ABOUT THE UNITED STATES. HE IS MARRIED TO WANG XINANGTONG, A FORMER ENGLISH-LANGUAGE TRANSLATOR AT THE UN.

EVANS

PEHPAN 5958

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FED

HKD NEWS D. PUSD

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RES D. PS

PS/MR RENTON MR GILLMORE MR MCLAREN

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