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IN 1962, HE WAS POSTED TO PEKING AS FIRST SECRETARY AND HM CONSUL. FROM 1964 TO 1968 HE WAS FIRST SECRETARY (COMMERCIAL) AT BERNE AND THEN RETURNED TO LONDON TO WORK IN THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AS ASSISTANT HEAD OF NEAR EASTERN DEPARTMENT. IN 1970 HE WAS MADE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT.

IN 1972 HE BECAME HEAD OF FAR EASTERN DEPARTMENT IN THE FCO AND FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1974/75 HE WAS ON SABBATICAL AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY WITH A FELLOWSHIP AT THE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. FROM 1975 TO 1977 HE SERVED AS COUNSELLOR (COMMERCIAL) AT STOCKHOLM AND WAS THEN APPOINTED MINISTER (ECONOMIC) AT PARIS. IN SEPTEMBER 1979 HE RETURNED TO THE FCO AS ASSISTANT UNDER- SECRETARY OF STATE (ECONOMIC) AND SINCE JULY 1982 HE HAS HELD HIS CURRENT APPOINTMENT IN THE FCO AS DEPUTY UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE (ECONOMIC).

AT VARIOUS TIMES THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN NEGOTIATIONS AS MEMBER OR LEADER OF THE BRITISH TEAM. THESE INCLUDE NEGOTIATIONS ON NUCLEAR TESTS, UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY DISCUSSIONS ON RELATIONS BETWEEN THE DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND THE OECD'S COMMITTEE ON NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS.

MR EVANS WAS MADE A CMG IN 1978.

MR EVANS IS MARRIED AND HAS TWO SONS.

CHIEF SECRETARY GOING ON LEAVE

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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, WILL GO ON LEAVE FROM THURSDAY (NOVEMBER 10) AFTER WINDING UP THE DEBATE ON THE MOTION OF THANKS FOR THE GOVERNOR'S ADDRESS. RETURN ON DECEMBER 4.

HE WILL

DURING HIS ABSENCE, MR DENIS BRAY WILL ACT AS CHIEF SECRETARY IN ADDITION TO HIS POST AS SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS.

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