TITO STORY HALTED BY ALLIES' CENSORS; AP Chief Gets No Reply to Reminder to Gen. Wilson on Clearing of Political News
Date: 13 May 1944
ignores AP request on release of Tito int story
Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes (Chinese: 彭定康; born 12 May 1944), is a British politician who was the Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1992, and the 28th and last Governor of Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997. He was made a life peer in 2005 and served as Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 2003 to 2024. He is one of two living former governors of Hong Kong, alongside David Wilson.
Patten was born in Thornton-Cleveleys in Lancashire and subsequently raised in west London. He studied history at Balliol College, Oxford, and, after graduating in 1965, he began working for the Conservative Party.
Patten was elected Member of Parliament for Bath in 1979. He was appointed Secretary of State for the Environment by Margaret Thatcher in 1989 as part of her third ministry, becoming responsible for implementation of the unpopular poll tax. On John Major's succession as Prime Minister in 1990, Patten became Chairman of the Conservative Party and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. As party chairman, he successfully orchestrated a surprise Conservative electoral victory in 1992, but lost his own seat.
Patten was then appointed the last governor of Hong Kong, to oversee the final years of British administration in the colony and prepare for its transfer to China in 1997. During his tenure, his government significantly expanded the territory's social welfare programmes and introduced democratic reforms to the electoral system.
Following his governorship, Patten led the Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland, a major implementation step of the Northern Ireland peace process pursuant to the Good Friday Agreement from 1998 to 1999. He was European Commissioner for External Relations from 1999 to 2004 and Chairman of the BBC Trust from 2011 to 2014.
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Date: 13 May 1944
ignores AP request on release of Tito int story
Date: 13 May 1944
Geneva newsaper Suisse repts Brit-Amer psychological warfare against Ger has achieved aim and built psychosis among Ger leaders
Date: 13 May 1944
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Censorship Dir Price states 5 rules for pub action
Date: 12 May 1944
By JOSEPH M. LEVYBy Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Rumanian propagandists campaign cited
Date: 13 May 1944
By JANE HOLT
Jane HOLT
Results of Swift & Co hamburger research reptd
Date: 12 May 1944
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES