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PEKING TELNO 102 (NOT TO ALL): HAN DONGFANG
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HAN SAFELY IN HK. NEGATIVE TB TEST. PRESS INTEREST. NOW RESTING PRIOR TO DEPARTING FOR THE U.S.
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2. HAN AND HIS WIFE (CHEN JINGYUN) ARRIVED IN HONG KONG ON 1 SEPTEMBER. WE HAD BEEN IN TOUCH WITH ASIAWATCH DIRECTLY AND WERE AWARE OF THE DETAILS. HE WAS TAKEN TO BMH AND UNDERWENT A SERIES OF TESTS WHICH SHOWED HIM NOT/NOT TO HAVE AN ACTIVE CASE OF TB. AFTER ONE NIGHT HE WAS DISCHARGED AND IS NOW RESTING QUIETLY UNDER THE WING OF ASIAWATCH.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS HAD OBTAINED DETAILS OF HAN'S TRAVEL PLANS IN ADVANCE FROM HIS FATHER IN LAW IN PEKING. HE WAS THEREFORE MET AT HUNG HOM STATION (AND INDEED ACCOMPANIED ON THE TRAIN FROM CANTON) BY A POSSE OF JOURNALISTS. HIS ARRIVAL WAS GIVEN WIDESPREAD COVERAGE IN THE PRESS ON 2 SEPTEMBER, ALTHOUGH THE ARREST IN PEKING OF SHEN TONG WAS GIVEN A HIGHER PROFILE. HE WAS QUOTED AS SAYING THAT HE WOULD RETURN TO CHINA AS SOON AS HIS HEALTH ALLOWED. WE HAVE RECEIVED FEW PRESS ENQUIRIES AND SEEN NO ADVERSE COMMENT FROM NCNA OR THE PRO-CHINA PRESS.
4. THE U.S. C-G ARE NOW GOING THROUGH THE PROCEDURES TO OBTAIN FROM THE U.S. INS THE WAIVER NECESSARY FOR A RECENT TB CASE TO ENTER THE U.S. (THE MEDICAL REPORT INDICATED A RECENT CASE OF PULMONARY TB NOW IN REMISSION, AND HAN IS ON MEDICATION). WE ANTICIPATE THAT HAN AND HIS WIFE WILL LEAVE HONG KONG WITHIN TWO WEEKS.
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