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FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM GALSWORTHY

YOUR TELNO 234: YOUR VISIT TO LONDON

1.

IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF DURING THE COURSE OF THIS WEEK YOU

COULD GIVE ME A MORE SPECIFIC LIST OF THE SUBJECTS YOU ARE LIKELY TO WANT TO DISCUSS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND MR RENTON. THE 1987 REVIEW AND NATIONALITY QUESTIONS ARE THE

MOST OBVIOUS. WE HAVE NOTED THAT YOU WISH TO DISCUSS THE

JUDICIARY WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE: I AM NOT QUITE CLEAR

WHETHER THE FURTHER THOUGHTS WHICH YOU PROMISED WERE THOSE

· CONTAINED IN YOUR TELEGRAM NO 120. I TAKE IT THAT WHEN YOU SAY

THAT THIS IS PECULIARLY A QUESTION FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE YOU

ARE REFERRING TO HIS OWN LEGAL BACKGROUND. ALTHOUGH

THEORETICALLY ALL APPOINTMENTS TO THE JUDICIARY ARE MADE BY THE

SECRETARY OF STATE, IN FACT THEY HAVE NOT FOR MANY YEARS BEEN SUBMITTED BEYOND HONG KONG DEPARTMENT AND THE LEGAL ADVISERS

UNLESS THERE ARE POLITICAL COMPLICATIONS.

2.

I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH ROBERT FELLOWES: A MEETING HAS

BEEN ARRANGED WITH HIM FOR 2.30 ON 13 FEBRUARY.

HOWE

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MR WILSON

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