29
EN CLAIR
B.I.S. HONG KONG
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TELNO 1
UNCLASSIFIED
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
29 SEPTEMBER 1970
SECRETARY OF STATE HAS APPROVED APPOINTMENT PHILIP
HADDON HYPHEN CAVE TO SUCCEED SIR JOHN COWPERTHWAITE AS FINANCIAL
SECRETARY WHEN SIR JOHN LEAVES POST ON RETIREMENT EARLY SUMMER
NINETEEN SEVENTYONE STOP MISTER HADDON CAVE COMMA PRESENTLY
DEPUTY FINANCIAL SECRETARY COMMA LEAVES FOR LONDON WEDNESDAY TO
BEGIN TWOMONTH ATTACHMENT AT BANK OF ENGLAND COMMA
TREASURY AND AYE NUMBER OF OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS N
PREPARATION FOR TAKING UP HIS APPOINTMENT STOP HE WILL RETURN
HONGKONG BEFORE END OF
NOVEMBER ENDS INFORMS
FILES H.K.D.
NEWS D.
THILI/IS
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
U.N.D.