'P FCO
GR 130
CYPHER/CAT A
FM HONG KONG 180819Z
SECRET
HISK 382/51.
RAANID IN COCK? NO. 51 10 MAR 1970
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NO DISTRIBUTION
TO PRIORITY F.C.O TELNO.302 CF 10 MARCH 78.
FOR STEWART, HKGD, FROM GOVERNOR.
MY TELNC.265: GENERAL PURDON.
0835/10
1. PLEASE TELL CRANE THAT I HAVE NOW HEARD FROM OUR HIGH
COMMISSIONER IN NICOSIA WHO KNEW PURDON WELL WHEN HE WAS
GCC LAND FORCES BFNE. HIS LETTER READS, IN PART, ''HE IS A SHREWD IRISHMAN OF GREAT CHARM, KINDNESS AND LOYALTY,
WHO WAS MUCH LOVED BY THOSE UNDER HIS COMMAND DURING HIS
TIME IN CYPRUS. HIS NATURAL BENT IS I SHOULD SAY TOWARDS
MAN MANAGEMENT, MOPALE AND PERSONAL RELATIONS.''
2. C.P AND I ARE NOW ANXIOUS THAT CRANE SHOULD SEE PURDON
AND LET US KNOW WHETHER HE THINKS HE WOULD DO. OUR
IMPRESSION IS THAT ON HIS RECORD WE WOULD BE UNLIKELY TO
DO BETTER.
MACLEHOSE
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