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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
1651:
MY TELNO 1651: APPOINTMENTS TO EXCO.
I WAS DOOR-STEPPED BY THE PRESS WHEN LEAVING THE LEGCO BUILDING AFTER A LUNCH WITH OMELCO TODAY (19 JUNE). IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO APPOINT UDHK MEMBERS TO EXCO, I SAID THAT THERE WAS AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF HOT AIR BEING TALKED AT THE MOMENT ABOUT WHAT MY SUCCESSOR MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT DO, AND A GREAT DEAL OF SPECULATION WHICH I THOUGHT WAS QUITE UNJUSTIFIED. BUT WHO THE GOVERNOR APPOINTED TO EXCO MUST BE A MATTER FOR THE GOVERNOR ALONE, WITH THE AUTHORISATION OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
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