CONFIDENTIAL & PERSONAL
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SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
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DRAFT letter
To:
His Excellency,
Confidential. Personal Sir David Trench, G.C.M.G.
Restricted. Lindlassified.
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M.C.,
Government House, HONG KONG.
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From W. S. Carter
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
In Confidence
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John Moreton has laid down his responsibili-
ties for Hong Kong and I am therefore writing
about a matter which was discussed with you when
he was in Hong Kong - namely, the appointment of
Sir Michael Hogan's successor as Chief Justice.
I understand that one of the possibilities mentioned
discussed was the "secondment" (for want of a
better term), of an English judge to act as Chief
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release a, judge for this purpose in view of the
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pressure of work in the courts here, particulerly since we could not maintain that it was impossible
to fill the post from the local Bench. Another
possibility to which some consideration was given
was the appointment of a Q.C. from the English
-/hush Bark, but we gather that such an appointment might be opposed within the judicial service.
If you wish to propose the appointment of an a
English Q.C. from the English Bar you should let us
have the proposal very quickly so that we may put it
up to Ministers for consideration and, subject to their
approval, take steps to see whether anyone suitable
would be available. It might be difficult to find a
suitable Q.C. who was interested and it may even now
be too late to secure such a person before the end of
the year.
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