No: 20
STAFF.
CONFIDENTIAL
sir,
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONG KONG.
36
24th January, 1947 •
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I have the honour to refer to my confidential
despatch of 14th July, 1946, and your telegram No. 18 of 5th
January, 1947, regarding promotions of Cadet Officers to Class
I and to address you on the subject of an appointment to the
post of Secretary for Chinese Affairs which has been vacated
through the retirement of Mr. R. A. C. North, C.M.G.
2.
in Class I :-
The following Cadet Officers are at present
(1)
Mr. Edward Irving Wynne – Jones
(2)
Mr. George Stacy Kennedy-Skipton
(3)
Mr. Thomas Megarry
(4)
Mr. Ronald Ruskin Todd
(5)
Mr. Brian Charles Keith Hawkins
(6)
Mr. John Barrow
3.
In considering which officer to recommend for the
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post of Secretary for Chinese Affairs, I have omitted Mr. Kennedy-
Skipton, the question of whose resumption of duty is still not
settled.
4.
Mr. Wynne-Jones is now Postmaster General, which
post he has filled satisfactorily since 1936 except for a short
period as Labour Officer in 1940. He is over 51 years of age and
will be due to go on leave prior to retirement in a few years time.
He has not had experience of the Chinese Secretariat and has never
acted as Secretary for Chinese Affairs, most of his service having
been in the Colonial Secretariat, as District Officer, as Magistrate
and latterly as Postmaster General. He is a competent officer but
is not fit for promotion to the important post of Secretary for
Chinese Affairs.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
A. CREECH JONES, P.C., M.P.
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