CONFIDENTIAL DEYOU
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CONFIDENTIAL
DEYOU
FM FCO
TO DESKBY 24010OZ HONG KONG
TEO 689
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174OZ APRIL 92
AND TO DESKBY 24010OZ PEKING
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HONG KONG STRICTLY PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR PEKING STRICTLY PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR
NEW GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG
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I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW AT ONCE THAT THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG WILL BE MR CHRIS PATTEN. AN ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE BY NO 10 AT 11.00 AM LONDON TIME ON FRIDAY 24 APRIL. THE TEXT IS: BEGINS
THE QUEEN HAS BEEN PLEASED TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE CHRISTOPHER PATTEN AS GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER- IN-CHIEF OF HONG KONG IN SUCCESSION TO LORD WILSON OF TILLYORN. MR PATTEN WILL TAKE UP HIS APPOINTMENT IN JULY.
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THERE WILL BE MANY MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THIS APPOINTMENT TO BE DISCUSSED LATER. WHICH I KNOW YOU AGREE) IS TO GIVE CERTAIN KEY PEOPLE.
BUT THE FIRST PRIORITY (WITH ADVANCE INFORMATION TO
I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF, ON THE MORNING OF 24 APRIL, YOU WOULD PASS TO LYDIA DUNN THE MESSAGE FROM ME IN MIFT.
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WOULD YOU ALSO PLEASE INFORM EXCO IN STRICT CONFIDENCE NO MORE THAN TWO HOURS BEFORE THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN LONDON. PLEASE ASK EXCO MEMBERS TO KEEP THE INFORMATION ENTIRELY TO THEMSELVES UNTIL THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE. MY SECOND IPT CONTAINS A MESSAGE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER TO EXCO, WHICH YOU WILL WANT TO READ TO THE MEETING.
5. FOR HMA PEKING: MY THIRD IFT CONTAINS A MESSAGE FROM
ME TO THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER. PLEASE DELIVER IT TO HIM OR JIANG ENZHU SHORTLY BEFORE THE ANNOUNCEMENT, EMPHASISING THE NEED FOR CONFIDENTIALITY. YOU MAY SIMILARLY INFORM LU PING.
ALL QUESTIONS FROM THE MEDIA SHOULD FOR THE TIME BEING BE REFERRED TO LONDON (NO 10).
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SIR J COLES
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PS/MR GOODLAD
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MR BURNS
MR RICKETTS, HKD.
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