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STAFF-IN-CONFIDENCE
TO IMMEDIATE BRUNE! TELNO 39 OF 26 MARCH, 1973.
FOLLOWING TELEGRAM NOW REPEATED TO YOU AT REQUEST OF DEPARTMENT WAS RECEIVED FROM HONG KONG TELNO 314 OF 21 MARCH.
BEGINS:
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FOLLOWING FOR SIR DUNCAN WATSON.
YOUR TELNO 253: SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
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FORMALITIES NOW BEING CONCLUDED, I PROPOSE TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE FOLLOWING TERMS. I WILL NOTIFY YOU OF THE DATE WHEN YOU HAVE CONFIRMED APPROVAL OF THE TERMS:-
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BEGINS:
TWO SENIOR APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED TODAY.
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN HAS BEEN PLEASED TO INSTRUCT THAT THE HON MR JUSTICE BRIGGS SHOULD BE APPOINTED AS CHIEF JUSTICE HONG KONG TO SUCCEED SIR IVO RIGBY WHO LEAVES ON RETIREMENT IN MAY 1973.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS HAS APPOINTED MR DENYS TUDOR EMIL ROBERTS, C B E, QC, TO BE COLONIAL SECRETARY TO SUCCEED SIR HUGH NORMAH-WALKER WHO LEAVES HONG KONG AT THE END OF THE YEAR,
MR JUSTICE BRIGGS, WHO WAS BORN IN 1914, IS SINGLE, HE HAS BEEN A PUISNE JUDGE IN HONG KONG SINCE NOVEMBER 1965. HE WAS EDUCATED AT SHERBORNE AND CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD, AND WAS CALLED
TO THE BAR OF GRAY'S INN IN 1938. DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR HE SERVED IN THE ARMY, HE JOINED THE COLONIAL SERVICE IN NIGERIA AS A CROWN COUNSEL IN 1947. LATER HE WAS ATTORNEY GENERAL, EASTERN REGION, NIGERIA, AND APPOINTED A Q C IN 1955.
HE WAS PUISNE JUDGE IN SARAWAK, NORTH BORNEO AND BRUNEI BETWEEN 1958 AND 1962 AND WAS CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE WESTERN PACIFIC (1962-64) BEFORE COMING TO HONG KONG IN 1965.
MR ROBERTS, WHO WAS BORN IN JANUARY 1923, IS MARRIED AND HAS TWO CHILDREN, HE WAS EDUCATED AT ALDENHAM SCHOOL AND WADHAM COLLEGE, OXFORD: HE WAS IN THE ARMY FROM 1943-46.
MR ROBERTS IS A BARRISTER-AT-LAW OF LINCOLN'S INN (1958) AND
WAS APPOINTED CROWN COUNSEL IN NYASALAND IN 1993. HE WAS APPOINTED
ATTORNEY GENERAL IN GIBRALTAR IN 1968 AND TRANSFERRED TO HONG
KONG AS SOLICITOR GENERAL IN 1962. HE HAS SERVED AS ATTORNEY
GENERAL SINCE NOVEMBER 1966. HE WAS AWARDED THE O BE IN 1960
AND THE C B E IN 1979.
ENDS.
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AT THE SAME TIME I WILL ANNOUNCE THAT CLINTON HAS AGREED
TO EXTEND FOR 2 YEARS AND WILL CONTINUE AS D C S.
MACLEHOSE
ENDS.
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