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ALYSON JK BAILES, BRITISH EMBASSY, PEKING NFR DATED 12 OCTOBER 1989

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BOYD MCCLEARY ESQ, F E D F CO ROSALIND MARSDEN

MARSDEN, H K D. FCO STEPHEN BRADLEY, A P A, HONG KONG DOUG MARTIN, UKREP J L G, HONG KONG

CHINESE EMBASSY : MADAME ZHANG YOUYUN.

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1. DURING THE JLG IN LONDON MADAME ZHANG TOLD ME THAT SHE WOULD NOT BE LEAVING LONDON BEFORE CHRISTMAS WITH HER HUSBAND, BUT EXPECTED TO BE ABLE TO STAY ON LONG ENOUGH TO ATTEND JLG XIV IF NOT JLG XV. WE WERE THEREFORE SURPRISED TO FIND AMONG THE MFA VISA APPLICATIONS RECEIVED ON 29 SEPTEMBER ONE FOR A MR YUAN SHIYIN, WHO WANTS TO TRAVEL TO LONDON ON 25 OCTOBER TO TAKE OVER MADAME ZHANG YOUYUN'S JOB AS POLITICAL COUNSELLOR. HE HAS APPLIED FOR A

DIPLOMATIC WORKING VISA FOR THREE YEARS.

2. IT MAY OF COURSE BE THAT MR YUAN AND MADAME ZHANG WILL OVERLAP IN POST FOR A WHILE, SINCE THERE ARE OTHER GAPS TO COVER INCLUDING ZHANG YIJUN'S JOB (HIS SUCCESSOR IS NOW IDENTIFIED BUT MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY). IN ANY CASE IT MIGHT BE WORTH TAKING ANY CHANCE THAT ARISES TO CLARIFY THINGS WITH THE EMBASSY, THE POINT IS OF EXTRA INTEREST SINCE WE WERE EARLIER TOLD (BY MFA SOURCES, BUT UNOFFICIALLY) THAT MADAME ZHANG'S SUCCESSOR WOULD CEDE HIS JLG MEMBERSHIP TO CHEN ZIYING OF THE MFA HKMAO AT THE TIME OF THE TAKEOVER. IT WILL ALSO BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT JOB MADAME ZHANG GETS WHEN SHE COMES BACK.

3. I AM COPYING THIS TELELETTER TO ROSALIND MARSDEN, H K D, FCO, STEPHEN BRADLEY, A P A, HONG KONG AND DOUG MARTIN UKREP J L G HONG KONG.

FED REGISTRY PLEASE PASS COPY TO HKD REGISTRY.

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