Registry No.
INDIV
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
CONFIDENTIAL AND PERSONAL
DRAFT LETTER
To:-
Top Secret.
Sir David Trench, G.C.M.G.,
Secret.
Confidential.
M.C.,
Restricted.
Government House,
Unclassified.
Hong Kong.
Type 1 +
From
P.U.S.
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
PRIVACY MARKING
STAFF In Confidence
Copy to: (marked Strictly Personal & Confidential)
K.R.C.Pridham,.
Esq., Copenhagen.
As promised in my telegram No.
the
following is the text of the announcement that we
would propose to issue in London.
2.
"The tern of office of the present Governor
of Hong Kong, Sir David Trench, G.C.M.G., M.C. 2
expires in October 1971. Her Majesty The Queen
has been pleased to approve the appointment of
Mr. C. M. MacLehose, C.M.G., M.B.E., at present
H.M. Ambassador in Copenhagen, as his successor
as Governor."
You may find it helpful to have the following
biographical notes on MacLehose. Mr. MacLehose was
born on 16 October, 1917, and was educated at Rugby and
Balliol. He was appointed to the Colonial Service for
service in Malaya in 1939 and appointed Vice-Consul at
Amoy in 1941. He was seconded to the Royal Navy for
service in China 1943 and in 1944 appointed Acting
Consul at Foochow. In 1947 he transferred to the
Foreign Service and was appointed Acting Consul at
Hankow the same year. He returned to the Foreign
Office in 1950 and in 1951 was appointed First
Secretary (Commercial) at Prague. In 1954 he was.
seconded to the Commonwealth Relations Office for
service in Wellington and in 1957 appointed First
Secretary (Commercial) at Paris. In 1959 he was
promoted Counsellor and seconded to the Colonial Office
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