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TRANSIT OF HONG KONG BY CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER

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0 1 JUL 1927

XINHUA, IN THEIR ENGLISH LANGUAGE BULLETIN ISSUED HERE ON 21 JUNE CARRIED THE FOLLOWING PIECE DATELINED HONG KONG, 20 JUNE:

**CHINESE STATE COUNSELLOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER WU XUEQIAN ARRIVED

HERE THIS AFTERNOON ON ROUTE TO BEIJING AFTER HIS VISIT TO 7 AFRICAN

AND 3 LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES.

''WU HAD A COURTESY MEETING WITH HONG KONG GOVERNOR DAVID WILSON

DURING HIS STOP OVER HERE.

PRESENT AT THE MEETING WERE LI CHUWEN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG BRANCH OF XINHUA NEWS AGENCY AND OFFICIALS OF THE HONG KONG

GOVERNMENT.

**WE LEFT HERE FOR SHENZHEN THIS AFTERNOON.'

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