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.In Confidence

DRAFT Letter

To:-

The Governor trong trong

Type 1 +

From

Telephone No. & Ext.

Department

2.

3.

leave in November

You will recall that during

your 1969 you discussed with Sir Janees Mc Petore the representation from the Hong Kong, Refer Association that appromituments to the Supreme Court Bench should be wade from among

of the Noisaation

Turmbers

You agreed that were foot ofposed to in principle to a very occasional afforstuent of this kind and agreed Hhhat, when

Koo vacancies

ies/ arise in

*

1972 on the reliviment

J

of the Chief Justice and the Justice Blair Keer, it might be mon acceptable to the Judicial Service if ou

filled from the bar rather than appointment from the Bar det at some other time

the vacances was

make

Sir James ME Petice has now received

Letter from

Mr. de Basto, the Chairman of the Bar Association arting for an fexplanation of the delay in altointay a Judge from the Bar. Sir James does not wish to engage in / Correspondence with Mr. de Basto ou this subject and I enclose a suggested draft reply which you may wish to send to tho de Basto.