TNAG-0352-FCO40-388-Appointments-to-judiciary-of-Hong-Kong-1972 — Page 29

Registry No.

DEPARTMENT

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MK K 1416

* Date and time (G.M.T.) telegram should

reach addressee(s)

2777

38

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION

PRIORITY MARKINGS

(Date)

Despatched

Top Secret

Secret

Confidential

Restricted

Emergency*

Lediate)

Priority

Kanclassified

STAFF-IN CONFIDENCE

En Qair. Softe

Security classification —if any

DEDIP

STAFF-IN

CONFIDENCE

2715452

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Draft Telegramio:-

Governor Hong

No.......

(Date)

Kone bl7 617

And :-

12

And to..

repeated for information,

[Codeword-if any]....

DEDIP

Addressed to

telegram No.

617

.....(date)...

GOVERNOR HONG KONG

27/7 HER

NOTHING TO BE WRITTEN IN THIS MARGIN

Repeat to:--

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Saving to:-

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Saving to..

Personal for Governor from Wilford

JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS

1.

I am very sorry that you have had to wait so

long for a reply to your saving despatch Staff 37

of 25 April. Two complications have arisen:

(a)

The Secretary of State has had a formal letter

from Mr Henry Litton (copy by bag together

with copy of formal acknowledgment) written

in his capacity as Chairman of the Hong Kong

Bar Association, placing on record the view

that "any appointment to the Bench of the

Supreme Court of Hong Kong of a practising

barrister of less than 12 years standing at

or

the Hong Kong bar/who has not been ordinarily

resident in the Colony during that period,

would not command the respect of the Bar."

This suggests that the Association has got

wind of your proposal in respect of Jackson-

Lipkin and has chosen this way of making their

views known to us. Annexed to the latter is a

list of 14 members of the Bar who are

So

apparently/qualified, Mr Litton himself being apparently a

rently/qua

for /qualified