JUDICIARY WHILE BEING SUFFICIENTLY GENEROUS TO BARKER AT A TIME WHEN HE HAS GREAT PERSONAL PROBLEMS TO FACE.
9. SIR D ROBERTS LEAVES ON RETIREMENT THIS EVENING. I PROPOSE TO SEND A LETTER TO MR JUSTICE BARKER ON 16 MARCH ACCEPTING HIS RESIGNATION AND, ON THE FOLLOWING DAY, TO ARRANGE FOR THE JUDICIARY TO ISSUE A BRIEF PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT SAYING NO MORE THAN THAT MR JUSTICE BARKER'S RESIGNATION, EFFECTIVE 1 JANUARY 1989, HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AND THAT HE HAS BEEN (OR WILL BE) ASSIGNED OTHER DUTIRES IN THE JUDICIARY.
10. YOU MAY WISH TO INFORM LORD BENSON IN CONFIDENCE. I SUGGEST THAT YOU SHOULD NOT GO INTO DETAIL BUT SAY ONLY THAT, FOLLOWING A DETAILED CONSIDERATION OF THE CASE, MR JUSTICE BARKER HAS SUBMITTED HIS RESIGNATION ETC. AND THAT THIS HAS BEEN ACCEPTED.
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