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DESKBY 170100Z
FM FCO 16183OZ DEC 81
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 957 OF 16 DECEMBER
PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM CLIFT
FCO TEL NO 955: NEW GOVERNOR
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PROPOSED TEXT OF ANNOUNCEMENT AS FOLLOWS: QUOTE:
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN HAS BEEN PLEASED TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF SIR EDWARD YOUDE KCMG MBE AS GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, HONG KONG, IN SUCCESSION TO SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE GBE KCMG KCVO, WHOSE TERM OF OFFICE EXPIRES IN APRIL 1982. SIR EDWARD IS EXPECTED TO TAKE UP HIS APPOINTMENT SHORTLY THEREAFTER. UNQUOTE.
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CURRICULUM VITAE OF YOUDE IN MIFT.
WE PROPOSE TO BRIEF NEWS DEPARTMENT DEFENSIVELY AS FOLLOWS
FOR THEIR 1230Z DAILY PRESS CONFEREOCE ON DAY OF ANNOUNCEMENT. AS STATED IN TUR WE AIM TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT AT 1000Z ON MONDAY
21 DECEMBER BUT WILL CONFIRM.
A) WHY DELAY IN APPOINTMENT?
SIR E YOUDE HAD TO
B) IS HE NOW FIT?
MEDICALLY CLEARED.
SOME DELAY IN DECISION BECAUSE
UNDERGO AN OPERATION.
YES, HE HAS FULLY RECOVERED OND BEEN
C) WHEN WILL HE RELINQUISH FCO POST?
SHORTLY AFTER CHRISTMAS.
D) WHAT BRIEFING WILL HE HAVE? BRIEFING PROGRAMME HAS NOT YET BEEN FINALISED. IT WILL BE COMPREHENSIVE, THOUGH OF COURSE SIR E YOUDE HAS CONSIDERABLE KNOWLEDGE OF HONG KONG AFFAIRS. HONG KONG HAS BEEN ONE OF HIS AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY DURING HIS LAST 18 MONTHS IN FCO.
E) ANY CONNECTION BETWEEN SIR E YOUDE'S APPOINTMENT AND
REACHING OF AGREEMENT WITH CHINA
NO.
OVER 1997?
BUT OF COURSE SIR E YOUDE'S PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE WILL BE A
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