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W(B)L 51-7406
CONFIDENTIAL
Diplomatic Service some 200 officers (out of
a total of about 1,900 in the Administrative
and Executive grades) who have experience of
the Dependent Territories, mainly but not
exclusively from having served in the HMCCS
or similar Services, before joining the
Diplomatic Service. It would be sensible if
the Diplomatic Service continued to make use
of this experience and we shall do so.
9.
In addition we are already arranging for
limited number of secondments from the
Diplomatic Service to administrative appoint-
ments in the Dependent Territories where this
makes sense in terms of the overall career
patterns of the officers concerned.