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TO ROUTINE HONG KONG TELNO 286 OF 7/4.
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PERSONAL FROM PUS FOR GOVERNOR'S EYES ONLY.
42 ADD 1978
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YOUR TELEGRAMS NOS 391 AND 392. APPOINTMENTS IN HONG KONG. 1. WE WOULD MUCH PREFER NOT TO LEAVE THE ROBERTS/CATER HANDOVER AS LATE AS SEPTEMBER. WOULD IT NOT BE BETTER FOR
ROBERTS TO REMAIN IN CHARGE DURING YOUR LEAVE BUT FOR THE
CHANGE TO TAKE PLACE SOON AFTER YOUR RETURN, SAY 31 AUGUST? · IF YOU AGREE THEN CATER MIGHT DETACH FROM ICAC AT LATEST
BY 1 JULY AND TAKE SIX OR EIGHT WEEKS/LEAVE.
2. THERE IS NO OBJECTION HERE TO ANNOUNCING THE CHANGES
IN MID-JUNE. DSTAB WILL MEANWHILE PROCESS CATER.
3. AS FOR CATER'S SUCCESSOR IN ICAC BOTH YOUR CANDIDATES HAVE THEIR GOOD POINTS BUT OUR VIEW, WHICH LORD GORONWY- ROBERTS ENDORSES, IS THAT YANG MIGHT BE PREFERABLE AS THE YOUNGER AND MORE ATTRACTIVE CANDIDATE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO
SOUND HIM FIRST?
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MR CORTAZZI
MR MURRAY
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