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TO PRIORITY FCO TEL NO 611 OF 5 JUNE 1974.

N.I.P.T.

PROPOSALS FOR APPOINTMENTS TO AND RETIREMENTS FROM EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS AS FROM 30 JUNE.

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

1. RETIRE:

(A) SIR ALBERT RODRIGUES

(B) SIR DOUGLAS CLAGUE ·

THESE ARE BOTH EXCELLENT MEN AND SHALL GREATLY MISS THEIR ADVICE, BUT THEY HAVE SERVED FOR 15' AND 13 YEARS RESPECTIVELY AND ROOM MUST BE MADE FOR NEW MEN. THEY BOTH ACCEPT THIS.

(C) MR.ROSS

THIS IS AFTER ONLY 2 YEARS SERVICE. HE IS A MOST WILLING WORKER ANDA SOUND MAN, BUT HE DOES NOT HAVE THE STANDING IN ANY COMMUNITY NORMAL FOR MEMBERSHIP AND THE LATTER WAS CONFERRED MORE IN

RECOGNITION OF SERVICES RENDERED THAN BECAUSE HIS ADVICE WAS

NEEDED IN THE LONG TERM. I NOW WISH TO RETIRE HIM TO ACHEIVE A

SLIGHT SHIFT IN BALANCE BETWEEN EXPATRIATE AND LOCAL MEMBERSHIP

IN THE LATTER'S FAVOUR.

2. APPOINT :

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(A) MR. SAYER (49) ( CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANK)

THE ABSENCE OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PRINCIPLE BANK HAS BEEN A

DRAWBACK AND HE HAS PROVED HIMSELF IN LEG CO. TO BE SOUND AND HARD-WORKING (HE WOULD RETIRE FROM LEG CO.)

(B) MR. T. K. ANN (62) HE IS THE SOUNDEST MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE AND MOST LIBERAL OF THE UNOFFICIAL INDUSTRIALISTS ON LEG CO. (4 YEARS SERVICE) AND HAS WORKED HIS PASSAGE ON INNUMERABLE PUBLIC

BODIES. I WOULD GREATLY WELCOME HIS ADVICE IN EX. CO. HE IS

SHANGHAINESE AND IT IS TIME A MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY WAS ON EX. CO. AGAIN. (HE WOULD RETIRE FROM LEG. CO.)..C) MR OSWALD

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