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Minute
101
Prime Minister
Secretary of State
The Governorship of Hong Kong
You asked in March that, I should
consult you in good time when we started
thinking about a successor to the
present Governor of Hong Kong,
Sir David Trench, whose normal five
year term of office ends next April.
2. After giving the matter very
careful consideration I recommend that
we should not look for a successor at
this stage but that Sir David Trench's
term should be extended by one year:
that is to say until April 1970.
3.
This recommendation is based on
four main reasons. First, the
situation in Hong Kong (which involves
our relations with China) is still
delicate and the continuing presence
at the helm of Sir David Trench, whose
experience of the Colony and whose
grasp of the problems there has
impressed me, would be invaluable over
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