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we offered Kenya. The Treasury question whether there would necessarily
be difficulties such as feared by other Departments over arrangements being ·
called in question whenever aid allocations were reviewed. And since wo
should not be making or announcing a change in our pensions policy, but merely offering aid to meet pension costs which would be offset against
other aid, there would be much less of an invitation to other Governments to change their arrangements; it might well be found that there was little if any reaction outside East Africa. Also, since we should not be
explicitly assuming responsibility for pension obligations, we should be in
a much stronger position to hold the line where we want to, at expatriate
service prior to independence and against pressure for any degree of
retrospection.
Conclusion
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20. The Working Party has been unable to agree on a recommendation.
decision is therefore invited on the following courses of action
(a) The Ministry of Overseas Development proposals as set out in
paragraphs 11-13 and elaborated at Annex; or
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(b) these same proposals but extended, as suggested by the Foreign
and Commonwealth Office in paragraph 13, to cover dependent
territories; ΟΥ
(c) the approach proposed by the Treasury in paragraphs 17-19.
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