SECRET
OO HONG KONG
GRS 370
SECRET
FM FCO 171345Z AUG 84
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1649 OF 17 AUGUST
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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FOR GOVERNOR FROM GALSWORTHY
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MIPT: FUTURE OF HONG KONG:
APPOINTMENT OF MONITORS.
1. FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE SUPPLIED BY
SIR P NAIRNE:
BEGINS:
THE RIGHT HON SIR PATRICK NAIRNE GCB MC MA
1. SIR PATRICK NAIRNE HAS BEEN MASTER OF ST CATHERINE'S COLLEGE
OXFORD SINCE 1981 AND CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX
SINCE 1983.
2. HE IS AN HON FELLOW OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, OXFORD AND ALSO
AN HON DR OF LAWS OF LEICESTER UNIVERSITY AND AN HON DR OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX. HE RECEIVED AN HON LLD AT ST ANDREWS
UNIVERSITY THIS YEAR.
3. SIR PATRICK ENTERED THE HOME CIVIL SERVICE IN 1947 AFTER
TAKING A FIRST CLASS HONOURS DEGREE IN MODERN HISTORY AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. HE SERVED FIRST IN THE ADMIRALTY AND
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, RISING TO THE RANK OF DEPUTY UNDER-SECRETARY
OF STATE. HE SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME SECOND PERMANENT SECRETARY IN
THE CABINET OFFICE, SERVING AS CHAIRMAN OF THE EUROPEAN UNIT,
BETWEEN 1973 AND 1975. FROM AUTUMN 1975 UNTIL SUMMER 1981 HE
WAS PERMANENT SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL
SECURITY.
4. SIR PATRICK WAS MADE A COMMANDER OF THE BATH IN 1971 AND WAS
KNIGHTED IN THE SAME ORDER IN 1975. IN 1982 HE WAS ADVANCED TO
THE RANK OF KNIGHT GRAND CROSS. HE WAS MADE A PRIVY COUNCILLOR
IN 1982.
5. DURING THE 1939-45 WAR SIR PATRICK SERVED IN THE SEAFORTH
HIGHLANDERS AND FOUGHT WITH THE 51ST HIGHLAND DIVISION IN NORTH
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