CONFIDENTIAL AND PERSONAL:
STAFF IN CONFIDENCE
Dear Michae
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
London SW1A 2AH
Telli to nime
4 December 1981
BS 15 / Aus
Appointment of Governor:
Hong Kong
The Prime Minister and the Secretary of State discussed some time ago the question of who should succeed Sir Murray MacLehose as Governor of Hong Kong. They agreed that Sir Edward Youde would be the best candidate, subject to confirmation that he was fit enough to undertake the duties.
As the Prime Minister knows, Sir Edward Youde has recently undergone a coronary bypass operation which was fully successful. In consequence, the Medical Advisers have passed him fit. Lord Carrington would therefore propose to recommend Sir Edward Youde's appointment to The Queen.
Yous
ever
Jian
Rian
M O'D B Alexander Esq 10 Downing Street
Also at HERE/Yade/E
(B J P Fall) Private Secretary
HKA 431/343/16
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