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Miss Kelly (HKIOD)
Reference.
CONFIDENTI AL
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LIFE PEERAGES FOR HONG KONG
1. When I composed my minute of 11 December, I inadvertantly omitted the following paragraph, which should have come between paragraphs 5 and 6:-
"If there were a worthy individual in Hong Kong (a British subject) who merited the honour of a peerage, then the Governor and the Secretary of State could no doubt invite the Prime Minister to consider the matter. If a Hong Kong worthy was given such an honour, I dare say other territories might wish to see their own worthies similarly honoured.'
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12 December 1973
CONFIDENTIAL
A.R.R.
A R Rushford
Deputy Legal Adviser
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