Registry No. AKK 14/14
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
Top Secret.
Secret.
Confidential.
Restricted. Unclassified.
PRIVACY MARKING
..In Confidence
DRAFT LETTER
To:-
John Tilney Esq MP
House of Commons
Type 1 +
From Mr Royle
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
HKD
1.
Thank you for your letter of 11 October
concerning promotions to the Supreme and District
Court Benches. I very much regret the delay in
obtaining the necessary information from Hong
Kong.
2.
I now understand from Hong Kong, however,
that since your cousin wrote to you he has, as
Chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association, presented
a petition on the same subject to the Secretary
When this is received from the
of State.
Governor I can assure you that it will receive
very careful consideration.