Not Resigning, Says
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Sir Donald
Sir Donald Cleland, Administartor of Papua-New Guinea since 1953, denied in April an Australian news paper report that he was resigning his post, and that he had asked Can berra to find a replacement.
Although denials from the politically trained Sir Donald do not necessarily mean that there is no truth in a re port , senior Administration officers would be surprised if this one is correct. Sir Donald and Lady Cleland have two sons in the Territory and he has had it in mind to retire there.
He will be 65 in June, 1966, but he has given no hint to his associates whether he plans to retire then. He has always kept very close counsel on his plans—to the annoyance of some of his staff.
It is quite likely that he has in dicated to Canberra that he would like to retire next year, so that Cabinet can think about a successor, and that this has been the basis of the report of his imminent resigna tion.