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Registry No.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION

Top Secret.

Secret.

Confidential.

DRAFT

LETTER

To:-

Peter Rees Esq QC MP House of Commons

London SW1

Type 1 +

From

Mr Royle

Telephone No. & Ext.

Restricted.

Unclassified.

PRIVACY MARKING

In Confidence

Department

Many thanks for your letter of 20 February about

appointments to the Hong Kong Bench.

Both this problem and the question of the appointment

and calibre of magistrates in Hong Kong (which we

discussed briefly in December) are of course matters

which closely concern the Chief Justice of the day.

This appointment is itself under consideration

since, as you say, Sir Ivo Rigby is due to retire very soom. this year.

I hope that an announcement on this question can be

made shortly. I also hope that you will accept this

letter as an interim reply until this central question

has been settled. I will write to you again as soon

as possible thereafter.

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