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TELEGRAM NUMBER 341
CONFIDENTIAL
ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE.
CONFIDENTIAL
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
26 MAY 1973
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PLEASE REFER TO MY DESPATCH CR 1/1749/55 11 OF 5 FEBRUARY REGARDING
THE APPOINTMENT OF MR JUSTICE SCHOLES AS SENIOR PUISNE JUDGE, AND
TO SUBSEQUENT PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE WITH MONSON RESTING WITH
MY LETTER OF 5 MAY.
2,
THE CHIEF JUSTICE GOES ON ANNUAL LEAVE FROM 11 JUNE TO 31 JULY,
AND HAS RECOMMENDED APPOINTMENT OF SCHOLES TO ACT AS CHIEF JUSTICE
DURING HIS ABSENCE. AS SCHOLES IS STILL ACTING SENIOR PUISNE
JUDGE THIS WOULD BE NORMAL PROCEDURE.
MOREOVER THIS WOULD, AS
I POINTED OUT IN MY LETTER OF 5 MAY, BE HIS LAST AND ONLY
OPPORTUNITY TO ACT.
3. SUBJECT TO YOUR VIEWS THEREFORE I PROPOSE TO ACT ON THE
CHIEF JUSTICES RECOMMENDATION,
GRATEFUL FOR REPLY. BY
TELEGRAM.
SIR D. FRENCH
FILES.
HONG KONG DEPT.
LEGAL ADVISERS
SIR L. MCNSON
MR. VILFORD.
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27 MAI 1970
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