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IF MY RECOMMENDATION IS ACCEPTED THERE WILL STILL BE TWO

UNOFFICAL VACANCIES ON THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AS A RESULT OF THE DEATHS CF P.Y. TANG AND SIR CHO-YIU KWAN. AS IN THE CASES IN PARA. 2 I WISH TO AVOID SELECTIVITY AT THIS STAGE, AND TO HAVE A FREE HAND ON 30TH JUNE. I THEREFORE PROPOSE NOT TO FILL THESE

SUBSTANTIVELY AT PRESENT AND TO MAKE IN ORDER OF

SENIORITY, PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENTS UNDER ROYAL INSTRUCTION ||| TO COVER THE PERIOD 1ST JANUARY 1972 TO 35TH JUNE 1972 (1.E. WOO AND SZETO). THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL AGREES THIS WOULD BE UNDERSTOOD AND ACCEPTED IN COUNCIL.

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