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Mr. Ham HKD

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From the Secretary of the Cabinet and Head of the Home Civil Service

Sir Robert Armstrong GCB CVO

Ref. A084/2127

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HKK048 46. 25 July 1984

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Thank you for your letter of 23 July about the selection of monitors for the test of acceptability in Hong Kong.

We spoke on the telephone on 24 July. Among the names I suggested for your consideration were:

Sir John Boynton

(66)

Formerly Chief Executive of Cheshire County Council, and

Election Commissioner,

Southern Rhodesia 1979-80

Sir David Lane

(61)

Former Home Office Minister and Chairman of CRE

Sir Donald Maitland

(61)

Sir James Swaffield

(60)

A Government observer at the ? Salvador elections

Sir Edgar Williams

Prof David Yardley

(71)

(55)

Lawyer, much overseas experience (Australia, Nigeria). Former Professor of Law at University College of Buckingham. Since 1982 Chairman of the Commission for Local Administration in England (a full-time job).

So far as I know, none of these has any special connection with Hong Kong.

Sir Antony Acland KCMG KCVO

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