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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

PERSONAL FOR PAUL, HKD FROM GOVERNOR

PEKING TELNO 1570: DENG XIAOPING

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1 SIR Y.K. PAO TOLD ME LAST WEEK THAT HE WAS PLANNING TO MAKE A VISIT TO PEKING TO SEE DENG XIAOPING, BUT WAS WAITING TO HEAR WHEN THIS WOULD BE CONVENIENT FOR DENG. HE HAS NOW TOLD ME

(PLEASE PROTECT) THAT HE HAS HEARD FROM DENG'S DAUGHTER THAT HER FARTHER IS NOT SEEING ANY VISITORS AT THE MOMENT, AND THAT IT WOULD THEREFORE BE DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO FIT SIR Y.K. PAO IN. A PITY. I HAD PRIMED SIR Y.K. PAO TO SAY SOME HELPFUL WORDS ON THE NEED BUSINESSMEN SAW FOR US TO GET AHEAD WITH THE AIRPORT.

2. ALTHOUGH DENG'S DAUGHTER ALSO CLAIMED THAT HER FATHER WAS IN GOOD HEALTH, AND THE RELUCTANCE TO BREAK DENG'S HERMIT-LIKE EXISTENCE COULD BE TAKEN AT FACE VALUE, THE EXPECTATION AND THEN POSTPONEMENT OF A MEETING IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH RUMOURS OF ILL- HEALTH.

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