RESTRICTED
HKCOLO
RECEIV
15 FEB 1991
RESTRICTED
FM PEKING
TO TELELETTER FCO
TELELETTER 010/1
OF 070341Z FEBRUARY 91
fly
AND TO TELELETTER UKMIS NEW YORK
FROM
TELELETTER
SIR ALAN DONALD, PEKING
010/1 OF 07 FEBRUARY 1991
FOLLOWING FOR DAVID WARREN, FE D, F CO
R.N. PEIRCE, UKMIS NEW YORK
COPIED TO:
JI CHAOZHU.
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1. I WAS INTERESTED IN BOB PEIRCE'S THOUGHTS ON JI CHAOZHU'S NEW JOB (HIS TELELETTER OF 31 JANUARY TO YOU). JI TOLD ME MONTHS AGO OF HIS PLANS TO LEAVE LONDON AND MOVE TO THE UN. IT IS THEREFORE NO SURPRISE THAT HE SHOULD BE DUE TO REPLACE XIE QIMEI. GIVEN JI'S PERSONAL QUALITIES, HE IS LIKELY TO MAKE A GOOD IMPRESSION IN NEW YORK AND MAY, THEREFORE, HAVE BEEN A SHREWD CHOICE FOR THE POST. MOREOVER, JIANG ENZHU CONFIRMED TO ME RECENTLY THAT BOTH XIE AND JI HAVE RUN THE FULL LENGTH OF THEIR POSTINGS IN NEW YORK AND LONDON RESPECTIVELY.
2. I THEREFORE DOUBT THAT THE POSTING IS A DEMOTION. GIVEN HIS UNUSUAL PERSONAL BACKGROUND, JI MAY HAVE DONE WELL TO HAVE BEEN POSTED TO LONDON. A FURTHER PROMOTION WOULD SURELY BE UNLIKELY. WERE HE IN TROUBLE, WE DOUBT THAT HE WOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO GO TO THE UN JOB.
3. A FURTHER REASON TO DOUBT THAT JI HAS SUFFERED IS THAT I BELIEVE (ALTHOUGH NOTHING IS YET OFFICIAL) THAT HE IS TO BE SUCCEEDED IN LONDON BY SOMEONE OF THE SAME MOULD. IF THERE WERE A SERIOUS 4 JUNE EFFECT, WE THINK THAT A MORE OBVIOUS HARD-LINER WOULD HAVE BEEN CHOSEN. AS IT IS, JI AND THE PROPOSED NEW AMBASSADOR ARE OLD PERSONAL FRIENDS AND SHARE THE SAME OUTLOOK.
4.
I AM COPYING THIS TELELETTER TO R.N. PEIRCE, UKMIS NEW YORK.
ALAN DONALD.
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