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MY TELNO 507: CALL ON LU PING: THE NEW GOVERNOR.

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1 DURING MY CALL ON 8 APRIL, I ASKED LU IF THERE WERE ANY PARTICULAR POINTS HE WISHED TO RAISE WITH ME. IN RESPONSE LU REFERRED TO A NUMBER OF ISSUES (MAIN POINTS REPORTED IN MY

4 IFTS). HE BEGAN BY SAYING THAT THE CHINESE SIDE'S MAJOR INTEREST AT PRESENT WAS WHO WOULD BE THE NEW GOVERNOR. HE HOPED THAT IRRESPECTIVE OF THE RESULT OF THE GENERAL ELECTION, THE NEW GOVERNOR WOULD CONTINUE THE EXCELLENT COOPERATION THAT THE

CHINESE SIDE HAD WITH LORD WILSON.

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I TOOK NOTE, REMARKING THAT THERE HAD BEEN A GREAT DEAL OF SPECULATION IN THE HONG KONG PRESS, BUT THAT THIS WAS ALL BASED ON RUMOUR. I WAS SURE THAT THE NEW GOVERNOR WOULD WANT TO ESTABLISH GOOD COOPERATIVE RELATIONS WITH CHINA, AS LORD WILSON HAD DONE.

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