TNAG-0702-FCO40-855-Appointment-of-Attorney-General-and-Solicitor-General-in-Hon-1978 — Page 71

Rank you.

Mr Freeland

Fryeland

Mr McLaren

Ren

Reference

CONFIDENTIAL

Mrs Gregoin

207xi

CHKA 73/393/5

TASTY NO. 51

Cover

82 1 NOV 1978

DEX INDEX

علم

OFAMER

PA

REGISTRY

Action Taken

P.P.

HONG KONG: VACANCY FOR ATTORNEY-GENERAL

1.

I attach a copy of a letter I have just sent off.

2. Mr Freeland may like to know that the other two candidates of the four mentioned in my letter are Mr I M P Evans of the British Steel Corporation and (as a reserve) Sir John Summerfield. I attach copies of the CVs of these two for his information.

that

3. Mr Freeland may also be amused to know, when Mr Fifoot was mentioned by Mr Hobley in our discussion yesterday, Sir Denys Roberts and he made it clear that in their view an FCO legal adviser (regardless of his competence) would not be acceptable in Hong Kong as Attorney-General on political grounds, since the unofficial members of the Executive Council and the Legislative Council would think he had a divided loyalty, although a member of the colonial legal service from elsewhere would not be suspect on this ground.

Pretty far-fetched, I think!

Seç

17 November 1978

A.R.R.

A R Rushford

(94

на

P.S.

before hand

I ought porhaps to

Having expressed

ravons

uservations

that

say

think

this

has

on

the

whole

been

a

norful

Exercise

and

/

am

not

sorry

to

have

parking and

in it

LAMI

REF

REF.

CODE 18 - 7

Jos

A.R.R

17.11.