TNAG-0284-FCO40-320-Appointment-of-Governor-of-Hong-Kong-1970 — Page 17

PRESS RELEASE No. 140

Governor of Hong Kong

The term of office of the present Governor of

Hong Kong, Sir David Trench, G.C.M.G., M.C., expires in

October 1971. Her Majesty the Queen has been pleased

to approve the appointment of Mr. C. M. MacLehose, C.N.G.,

M.B.E.

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at present H.M. Ambassador in Copenhagen, as

his successor as Governor.

NEWS DEF ZUMENT

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FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE,

15 October, 1970.

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