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31.

We met Dr.

Jiang Zhong-zhou, Deputy Director of

at dinner that evening. A surgeon by

the Health Bureau,

profession, born in Harbin, Dr. Jiang was a very pleasant and

friendly man who again asserted his country's wish to ensure

maximum cooperation between the two territories which, in the

case of Guangdong was facilitated by our proximity. He is

Vice-Chairman of the Red Cross of Guangdong Province and hoped

to be elected the following day to the chairmanship whereupon

he hoped to establish closer working relations with the Hong

Kong Red Cross.

32.

In the afternoon of 6 November, we met Madam Sun

Xin-bao, Chief of the Customs Office at Baiyun Airport,

Guangzhou Customs. Sun spoke from a prepared script and

introduced us to Chen Jian-wen, Deputy Director of the Central

Office of Guangzhou Customs. Like all the Customs officials

we met they were particularly helpful and friendly and were

proud of the fact that the Guangzhou Customs had established a

reputation as being one of the most efficient customs units in

China. Because of the greatly increased flow in both cargo

and passengers between Hong Kong and Guangzhou, they had had

to introduce significant improvements in procedures e.g. a

green and red channel system. They declared that their main

aim was to prevent the transit of drugs through China but

nevertheless conceded that the Golden Triangle smugglers were

trying to use Guangzhou as a "detour route". They then listed

their successes in recent years.