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YOURTELNO 659: PRIME MINISTERS' VISIT
FURTHER TO MYTELNO 907 OF 23 AUGUST.
DRAFT NOTES ON MILITARY PERSONALITIES AS FOLLOWS:
A. DAVID BENJAMIN HIVES.
COMMANDER, RAF HONG KONG. GROUP CAPTAIN.
BORN 1931. JOINED RAF 1953. POSTING INCLUDE OC FLYING WING, RAF
BALLYKELLY AND RAF GIBRALTAR: AIR ATTACHE AT THE HAGUE. WAS DEPUTY
DIRECTOR PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION M O D BEFORE ASSUMING PRESENT
POST IN APRIL 1981.
B. ROBERT JOHN HODGES
DEPUTY COMMANDER/CHIEF OF STAFF, BRITISH FORCES, HONG KONG. BRIGADIER.
BORN 1936. COMMISSIONED 1956. SERVED WITH THE KINGS OWN BORDER
REGIMENT IN NORTHERN IRELAND, GERMANY, CAMEROONS AND GUYANA.
ASSUMED HIS PRESENT POST IN JUNE 1981.
C. FREDERICK ANTHONY COLLINS.
CAPTAIN -IN-CHARGE, HONG KONG. CAPTAIN.
BORN 1933. JOINED RN 1949. POSTINGS INCLUDE COMMANDER HMS JAGUAR:
STAFF MEMBER ROYAL NAVAL STAFF COLLEGE GREENWICH: COMMANDER HMS
FEARLESS. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS (NAVY) MOD BEFORE ASSUMING
PRESENT POST IN JUNE 1982.
2. NOTES ON CBF, HONG KONG SENT WITH OTHER PERSONALITY NOTES.
3. WOULD PRIME MINISTERS' STAFF BE INTERESTED IN BRIEF
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON OTHER SENIOR OFFICIALS, MEMBERS OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, AND GUESTS AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE RECEPTION? THESE ALREADY
PREPARED : CAN SEND BY BAG IF USEFUL
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