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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 (1950) AND

WAS APPOINTED CROWN COUNSEL IN NYASALAND IN 1953. HE WAS APPOINTED

ATTORNEY GENERAL IN GIBRALTAR IN 1969 AND TRANSFERRED TO HONG

KONG AS SOLICITOR GENERAL IN 1962. HE HAS SERVED AS ATTORNEY GENERAL

SINCE NOVEMBER 1966. HE WAS AWARDED THE 0.B.E. IN 1960 AND THE

C.B.E. IN 1970.

ENDS.

2. AT THE SAME TIME I WILL ANNOUNCE THAT CLINTON HAS AGREED TO

.EXTEND FOR 2 YEARS AND WILL CONTINUE AS D.C.S.

MACLEHOSE

FILES

HD HKIOD

HD GIB & GEN D

SIR D WATSON

MR WILFORD

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COPIES TO:

MR FIFOOT LEGAL ADVISER MR RUSHFORD LEGAL ADVISER

MR LARMOUR

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