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UNCLASSIFIED

THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG : CURRICULUM VITAE

Sir (Crawford) Murray MacLehose, GBE (1976), KCVO (1975), HONG (1971), CKG (1964), MBE (1945)

Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Hong Kong, since 1971

Born 16 October 1917

Educated at Rugby and Balliol College, Oxford

1942-46

1947

Lieutenant, RNVR

Joined the Foreign Office

married Margaret Noël Dunlop

Vice-Consul, Hankow

1949

Consul, Hankow

1950

Foreign Office

1951

First Secretary (Commercial) and Consul, Prague

1954

1956

1959

First Secretary, Wellington

First Secretary (Commercial), Paris

Counsellor

Folitical Adviser, Hong Kong

Head of Far Eastern Department, Foreign Office

Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign

Affairs

1963

1965

1967

1969

HM Ambassador, Copenhagen

1971

HM Ambassador, Saigon

Governor, Hong Kong

Married with 2 daughters

The Governor has been extremely successful in Hong Kong. Although he is regarded by some quarters as an autocrat, the mass of the population is favourably disposed towards him, mainly due

He has to his successes in the Social Services field (see Brief). raised Hong Kong's relations with the People's Republic of China to a high level, and visited China in early 1979.

The most serious problem with which he has had to contend

since 1971 has been the quasi-revolt by the Hong Kong Police and the bad feeling in the Territory caused by tough anti-corruption

measures

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