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TO SE BRADLEY ESQ, DEPUTY POLITICAL ADVISER, HONG KONG PEKING FOR CHANCERY.
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1. I SEE FROM OUR RECORDS THAT YONG LONGGUI, LEADER OF THE CHINESE TEAM WHICH IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS
MONTH, VISITED HONG KONG IN 1989. SO I PRESUME HE IS KNOWN TO YOU. EVEN SO, YOU MAY FIND IT USEFUL TO HAVE THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS ON YONG FROM OUR RECORDS.
2. YONG IS AGED 74 A NATIVE OF JIANGSU. DURING THE 1950S AND
EARLY 1960S, HE WAS SUCCESSIVELY HEAD OF THE RESEARCH BUREAU OF THE STATE PLANNING COMMISSION, HEAD OF THE COMMISSION'S WORLD ECONOMY BUREAU, AND A VICE-DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. IN THE EARLY 1960S HE
TRAVELLED TO SEVERAL AFRICAN AND ASIAN COUNTRIES AS A MEMBER OF
CHINESE DELEGATIONS TO VARIOUS AFRO-ASIAN MEETINGS. HE BECAME A
VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE CHINA COUNCIL FOR THE PROMOTION OF
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN 1965, DISAPPEARED FROM VIEW DURING THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION AND REAPPEARED IN 1979 AS DIRECTOR OF THE
PLANNING BUREAU OF THE STATE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL
COMMISSION. IN 1983 HE WAS AN ADVISER TO THE FINANCE AND ECONOMIC COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL PEOPLES' CONGRESS AND IN 1985
HE WAS SELECTED AS A MEMBER OF THE BASIC LAW DRAFTING COMMITTEE.
HE WAS IN A GROUP OF BLDC MEMBERS LED BY HU SHENG WHICH VISITED
HONG KONG IN 1989.
3. LUO JIAHUAN, THE SECOND LISTED MEMBER OF THE TEAM, WILL BE WELL-KNOWN TO THE GOVERNOR AND OTHERS FROM HIS PARTICIPATION IN
THE HONG KONG NEGOTIATIONS IN 1983-84. LUO, WHO IS NOW 62 AND WAS BORN IN GUANG DONG, WAS AMBASSADOR TO SIERRA LEONE FROM 1985
TO 1988.
SIGNED K WALKER
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