UNCLASSIFIED
THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG : CURRICULUM VITAE
Sir (Crawford) Murray MacLehose, GBE (1976), KCVO (1975), HONG (1971), CKG (1964), MBE (1945)
Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Hong Kong, since 1971
Born 16 October 1917
Educated at Rugby and Balliol College, Oxford
1942-46
1947
Lieutenant, RNVR
Joined the Foreign Office
married Margaret Noël Dunlop
Vice-Consul, Hankow
1949
Consul, Hankow
1950
Foreign Office
1951
First Secretary (Commercial) and Consul, Prague
1954
1956
1959
First Secretary, Wellington
First Secretary (Commercial), Paris
Counsellor
Folitical Adviser, Hong Kong
Head of Far Eastern Department, Foreign Office
Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs
1963
1965
1967
1969
HM Ambassador, Copenhagen
1971
HM Ambassador, Saigon
Governor, Hong Kong
Married with 2 daughters
The Governor has been extremely successful in Hong Kong. Although he is regarded by some quarters as an autocrat, the mass of the population is favourably disposed towards him, mainly due
He has to his successes in the Social Services field (see Brief). raised Hong Kong's relations with the People's Republic of China to a high level, and visited China in early 1979.
The most serious problem with which he has had to contend
since 1971 has been the quasi-revolt by the Hong Kong Police and the bad feeling in the Territory caused by tough anti-corruption
measures
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