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Your telno. 1073:
Commissioner for Narcotics.
For Davies from Stuart.
Coincidentally I met Michael Davies yesterday before your telegram arrived. He still seems a somewhat brittle person;
but I think he has mellowed somewhat
and become more sensitive since I last worked with him
ten years ago. and diligence.
There is no doubt about his intelligence However, none of us in the FCO have worked with him sufficiently recently to make a fair assessment possible. Given the nature of the job, involving not only powers of coordination but also acceptability as a coordinator in Hong Kong, and in the light of the recent failure over Howell, you may think that, if you are interested, he should be interviewed in Hong Kong. travels fairly frequently to the Sub-Continent.
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He made it clear to me that he would be very interested in succeeding Rolph if the chance came his, way. If you want to approach him informally I could act as a Channel.
Champion and Macoun agree with the above
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