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PMVH (74) 17
13 December 1973
COPY NO 28
PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO HONG KONG
JANUARY 1973
PERSONALITIES
Brief by Foreign and Commonwealth Office
MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS
Governor
Sir Crawford Murray MacLehose KCMG MBE
Governor and President of the Executive and Legislative Councils Born 1917
Appointed to Colonial Service (Malaya) 1939
War Service with RNVR 1943-1946
Transferred to Foreign Service 1947
Political Adviser Hong Kong 1959-1962
HM Ambassador Saigon 1967-1969
HM Ambassador Copenhagen 1969-1971
Appointed Governor of Hong Kong November 1971
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Ex-Officio Members
Lieutenant-General E N W Bramall, OBE MC
Commander British
Forces
Born 1923. Late Royal Green Jackets Promoted to Brigadier 1967
Major-General, General Officer Commanding 1 Division 1972
Appointed to Hong Kong, November 1973
DTE Roberts. CBE QC JP
Born 1923: Crown Counsel Nyasaland 1953: Attorney-General Gibraltar 1960: Solicitor General Hong Kong 1962: Attorney-General
1966
Appointed Colonial Secretary in 1973
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Colonial Secretary