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REGISTRY No.51
22 MAR 1973
STAFF IN CONFIDENCE
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TO PRIORITY FCO TELNO 314 OF 21 MARCH. 1973
FOLLOWING FOR SIR DUNCAN WATSON,
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YOUR TELEGRAM 253: SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
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FORMALITIES NOW BEING CONCLUDED, I PROPOSE TO MAKE AN
ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE FOLLOWING TERMS. I WILL NOTIFY YOU OF THE DATE
WHEN YOU HAVE CONFIRMED APPROVAL OF THE TERMS:-
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TWO SENIOR APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED TODAY.
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN HAS BEEN PLEASE TO INSTRUCT THAT THE
FON MR JUSTICE BRIGGS SHOULD BE APPOINTED AS CHIEF JUSTICE HONG KONG TO SUCCEED SIR IVO RIGBY WHO LEAVES ON RETIREMENT IN MAY 1973.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS HAS APPOINTED MR DENYS TUDOR EMIL ROBERTS, C.B.E., Q.C. TO BE
COLONIAL SECRETARY TO SUCCEED SIR HUGH NORMAN-WALKER WHO LEAVES
HONG KONG AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
MR JUSTICE BRIGGS, WHO WAS BORN IN 1914, IS SINGLE. HE HAS BEEN A PUISNE JUDGE IN HONG KONG SINCE NOVEMBER 1965. HE WAS EDUCATED AT SHERBORNE AND CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD, AND WAS CALLED TO THE BAR OF GRAY'S INN IN 1938. DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR HE SERVED IN THE
ARMY. HE JOINED THE COLONIAL SERVICE IN NIGERIA AS A CROWN COUNSEL
IN 1947. LATER HE WAS ATTORNEY GENERAL, EASTERN REGION, NIGERIA,
AND APPOINTED A Q.C. IN 1955.
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