OUT TELEGRAM
Classification
Caveat
RESTRICTED
STAFF IN CONFIDENCE
zczc
ZCZC
1
RESTRICTED
TC
2
CAVEAT
3
STAFF IN CONFIDENCE
FM
TO
+
LO
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
5
TELNO
TELNO
г
July
OF
AND TO
Precedence
IMMEDIATE
Trupy
Please retype fair with today; daite
Thats?
Tü
7
8
00
O
10
11
N
13
141
15
16
17
18
19
20:
21
22
231
24
251
261
27
28
29
OF 301050Z JUNE 92
PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM PUS
1.
You will receive many tributes as you Leave Hong Kong. But
I wanted to send you and Natasha a heartfelt thank you on behalf
of the Service for all you have done, not just in the last five
years but in the course of a long and distinguished career
2. It is rare in our way of life to have the satisfaction of
seeing that our efforts have contributed in measurable ways to
an improvement in the livelihood of people. But in the case of
Hong Kong, it is no exaggeration to say that the success and
and the welfan fits people, resilience of the territory todayLowes a great deal to your own wisdom and hard work over the years. You and Natasha have giv
so much to Hong Kong: from your days as a language student in
1960, through a highly successful period as Political Adviser
the remarkable years of the Joint Declaration negotiations, your
service as the first leader of the British delegation to the
Joint Liaison Group, and culminating in five crucial years ast
Governors
3. We have all admired the way in which you have carried the
7
YYYY
MAIN
File number
NIKABZ
ADDITIONAL
NNNN
Deat
HKD
Authorised for despatch by:
Initials
Date/time
For COD
use only
Comcen reference
Printed in the UK for HMSO 1/91 Dd FCO3233 M 200 CCN 56294
Catchword:
Drafted RICKETTS
ck pitals)
Tel
n.
270 2647
Telegram number
Processed by
STOCK No.C037B YFB6