WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1986
CLIFT TO BECOME POLITICAL ADVISER
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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF MR RICHARD CLIFT AS POLITICAL ADVISER IN THE GOVERNMENT IN SUCCESSION TO MR JOHN BOYD.
MR BOYD WILL TAKE UP A POST OF DEPUTY UNDER-SECRETARY IN THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE.
MR CLIFT, WHO WAS HEAD OF THE FCO HK DEPARTMENT FROM 1979 TO 1984, IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN HONG KONG ON JANUARY 11.
FOLLOWING IS A BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE ON MR RICHARD DENNIS CLIFT, CMGI
BORN: MAY, 1933
1958
1961
1962
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1964
1969
1971
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THIRD, LATER, SECOND SECRETARY, PEKING
BRITISH EMBASSY, BERNE
UK DELEGATION TO NATO
FIRST SECRETARY, FOREIGN OFFICE
FIRST SECRETARY AND HEAD OF CHANCERY, KUALA LUMPUR
FCO
1974 COUNSELLOR (COMMERCIAL), PEKING
1976 - SABBATICAL, CANADIAN NATIONAL DEFENCE COLLEGE
1979
1984
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HEAD OF HONG KONG DEPARTMENT, FCO.
- HIGH COMMISSIONER IN FREETOWN.
NEW ZEALAND RECOGNISES BN(0) PASSPORT *****
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THE GOVERNMENT WELCOMED THE RECOGNITION OF THE BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) STATUS AND PASSPORT BY THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT. IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT A NOTE TO THIS EFFECT HAS BEEN HANDED OVER TO THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER IN WELLINGTON.
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