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Mr Youde
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PS/Lord Goronwy-Roberts
CALLS BY MR DENYS ROBERTS: 7/8 MAY
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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No.52
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- 8 MAY 1974
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Mr Denys Roberts CBE QC JP, the Colonial Secretary in
Hong Kong, will be making calls in the FCO on 7/8 May as follows:
Tuesday 7 May
3.15 p.m.
Mr Youde
4.00 p.m.
Lord Goronwy-Roberts
Wednesday 8 May
3.30 p.m.
Sir Duncan Watson
4.30 p.m.
Sir Thomas Brimelow
2.
The Hong Kong Colonial Secretary is the Governor's
principal adviser on policy, the government's chief executive, and
head of the civil service. Mr Roberts was born in 1923 and
appointed to his present position last year. He was previously
Crown Counsel in Nyasaland (1953), Attorney-General in Gibraltar
(1960), and Solicitor-General (1962) and Attorney-General (1966)
in Hong Kong.
3.
Mr Roberts' calls on Lord Goronwy-Roberts and Sir Thomas
Brimelow are mainly courtesy calls. He is currently on leave in
the UK, and is visiting the Office with our encouragement. He will
be having general discussions with the Department and has not given
notice of any particular points which he wishes to raise with
Ministers or senior officials.
4.
I attach background notes on questions of topical interest
in Hong Kong in case Mr Roberts raises them. I will attend both calls.
6 May 1974
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Sir D Watson PS/PUS
A C Stuart
Hong Kong & Indian Ocean
Dept.
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