TENG HSIAO-PING CONFIRMS CHOU EN-LAI'S HEALTH WORSENING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-112-7-19-9
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: May 25, 2010
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: October 9, 1975
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/05/25: LOC-HAK-112-7-19-9
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TENG ' SIAO-PING CONFIRMS CHOU EN-LAI'S HEALTH WORSENING
O J3,1`3SA6 HONG KONG AFP IN ENGLISH 0632 GMT 9 OCT 75 OW
(BY RENE FLIPO)
(TEXT) PEKING, OCT 9 (AFP)--DEPUTY PREMIER TENG HSIAO-PING
HAS CONFIRMED THAT THE HEALTH OF PREMIER CHOU EN-LAI
DETERIORATED RECENTLY.
MR CHOU, 77, HAS BEEN HOSPITALIZED FOR MORE THAN 19
MONTHS FOR AN AS YET UNDISCLOSED AILMENT. DEPUTY PREMIER
TENG TOLD A VISITING FOREIGN DIGNITARY A FEW DAYS AGO THAT
MR CHOU WAS "NOT IN GOOD CONDITION" AND COULD NO LONGER
RECEIVE VISITORS, A DIPLOMAT DISCLOSED WERE TODAY.
OBSERVERS MAD NOTED TWAT MR C'-40U BROKE WITH CUSTOM
AND PROTOCOL BY FAILING TO MEET FORMER BRITISH PRIME
MINISTER EDWARD HEATH AND NORTH VIETNAMESE PARTY LEADER
LE DUAN WHEN THEY CAME THROUGH PEKING LAST MONTH. BOTH
VISITORS MET C'AIRMAN MAO TSE-TUNG.
NOR DID MR CHOU HAVE A MEETING THIS WEEK '4TTH YUGOSLAV
PREMIER DZEMAL BIJEDIC, WHO IS VISITING CHINA AT PRESENT AT
MIS INVITATION. MR BIJEDIC WAS LEAVING THE CAPITAL LATER
TODAY FOR A SHORT PROVINCIAL TOUR.
CHINESE OFFICIALS TOLD FOREIGN RESIDENTS OF PEKING LAST
WEEK THAT MR CHOU WAS UNDER "MEDICAL TREATMENT". IT WAS
THE FIRST TIME THE CHINESE HAD ADMITTED THAT THE PREMIER
WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR REASONS OTHER THAN "FATIGUE" RESULTING
FROM HIS ADVANCED AGE.
9 OCT 0729Z JOR/TM
No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/05/25: LOC-HAK-112-7-19-9