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From the Secretary of the Cabinet and Head of the Home Civil Service
Sir Robert Armstrong GCB CVO
Ref. A084/2127
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Thank you for your letter of 23 July about the selection of monitors for the test of acceptability in Hong Kong.
We spoke on the telephone on 24 July. Among the names I suggested for your consideration were:
Sir John Boynton
(66)
Formerly Chief Executive of Cheshire County Council, and
Election Commissioner,
Southern Rhodesia 1979-80
Sir David Lane
(61)
Former Home Office Minister and Chairman of CRE
Sir Donald Maitland
(61)
Sir James Swaffield
(60)
A Government observer at the ? Salvador elections
Sir Edgar Williams
Prof David Yardley
(71)
(55)
Lawyer, much overseas experience (Australia, Nigeria). Former Professor of Law at University College of Buckingham. Since 1982 Chairman of the Commission for Local Administration in England (a full-time job).
So far as I know, none of these has any special connection with Hong Kong.
Sir Antony Acland KCMG KCVO
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