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Mr. Day
Mr. Wright
Mr. Wilford
Mr Daunt
Miss Deas
Governorship of Hong Kong
Problem
Ministers have agreed that Mr. C.M. MacLehose (at present
HM Ambassador in Copenhagen) should be appointed Governor of
Hong Kong when Sir D. Trench retires in October 1971. Although
it is not envisaged that Mr. MacLehose should leave Copenhagen
before March or April 1971, there are "Hong Kong" reasons for
announcing his new appointment in the fairly near future, and it
is therefore desirable to make the announcement somewhat earlier
than usual. Mr. Royle has suggested that the announcement might
be made at an early stage during Sir D. Trench's visit to this
country from mid-October to mid-December. Mr. Maca se has
agreed with the principle of an early announcement but has said
that he would wish to be in Copenhagen when the announcement is
made.
He will be on leave from 3 to 26 October and the Danes whom
he would wish to inform in advance about his new posting will be
away until the end of October.
2.
Thus the problem is to determine the timing for the announce-
ment in the light of these considerations.
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