Reference.
STAFF IN CONFIDENCE
(16)
MR. CARTER
THE GOVERNORSHIP OF HONG KONG
Mr. Halls, the Prime Minister's Principal
Private Secretary, has now replied to my letter
of 21 June in which I conveyed the Commonwealth
Secretary's recommendation that Sir David Trench's
term of office should be extended for one year,
i.e., until April 1970.
Mr. Halls says that the Prime Minister is
content with this recommendation provided that
the Foreign Secretary agrees with it having regard
to the wider issues which affect China and the
problems of Hong Kong generally. He has asked
for specific confirmation from the Foreign Office
on this point.
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be 17/5.68 (spi)
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$26.
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(J. R. WILLIAMS)
25 June, 1968.
Copies to:
Mr. Godden
Sir A. Galsworthy
STAFF
IN CONFIDENCE
Mr. Gaminara
These pps. can now be registered.
we await the Foreyn Secretary's When it is received, it will be ne seek the Queen's approval.
Concurrence.
necessary
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