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Hong Kong Department

14 January 1992

PS/Lord Caithness o/r

Mr Burns o/r

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HKA 010/1

FROM:

P Ricketts

DATE:

CC:

Sir J Coles

Private Secretary

HONG KONG: LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER ON THE NEW GOVERNOR

1. No 10 have sought advice and draft reply to a letter

from Mr Hilton Cheong-Leen, Chairman of the Hong Kong Civic

Association, who has written about what they hope to see in

a new Governor. I submit a draft letter from the Private

Secretary to Private Secretary No 10 covering a polite but

non-commital draft reply from PS No 10.

with the Governor, who is content.

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2. I have cleared the text

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celts

P Ricketts

Hong Kong Department

CHAAFY/1

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agree.

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