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FROM R D CLIFT, HONG KONG AND GENERAL DEPARTMENT

FILE REFERENCE HKK 010/3

DATED 24 NOVEMBER 1982

FOLLOWING FOR SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE KBE CMG, CHIEF SECRETARY,

GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, HONG KONG

SENIOR APPOINTMENTS

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WE SAW IN THE DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN OF 17 NOVEMBER THE

ANNOUNCEMENT OF 16 SENIOR APPOINTMENTS DUE TO TAKE PLACE OVER

THE NEXT 9 MONTHS. WE SHALL NEED TO BRIEF LORD BELSTEAD ON THESE

BEFORE HIS VISIT TO HONG KONG, AND SHOULD THEREFORE BE GRATEFUL FOR APPROXIMATE TIMINGS, AND FOR ANY RELEVANT INFORMATION ON

REASONS FOR, OR SIGNIFICANCE OF, CHANGES BEYOND THAT GIVEN IN

YOUR LEGCO SPEECH ON 11 NOVEMBER.

2. THE PRESS RELEASE STATES THAT A NUMBER OF OTHER APPOINTMENTS

AT VARIOUS LEVELS WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY. WE SHOULD BE GRATE-

FUL IF WE COULD BE INFORMED OF THESE AND ANY SUBSEQUENT MOVES OF

SIGNIFICANCE IN ADVANCE. IT IS HELPFUL TO US AND ENABLES US TO

ENSURE THAT MINISTERS AND SENIOR OFFICIALS ARE NOT CAUGHT OUT BY

PEOPLE MENTIONING CHANGES TO THEM OF WHICH THEY ARE NOT AWARE.

SIGNED R D CLIFT

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