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this does not get over the difficulty that caused the problem in the first place: it would still appear locally as if the Governor's personal comforts were being provided for at the expense of the needs of the people.
A switch of funds from ODM to FCO
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This would be a cumbersome procedure, as well as raising complications of administration. logical subhead for such expenditure would be C3(4)(d), the Governors expenses subhead, but this? has not hitherto been used to cover accommodation costs. Normally in the FCO such expenditure comes under an accommodation subhead and would be admin- istered by Accommodation and Services Department (ASD). It would seem an unnecessary complication to bring ASD (and presumably PSA) into this rather "apecialised' field where they have not hitherto been
involved.
Op the assumption that ODM are willing in principle to make funds available, I suggest that our first task at the meeting on 31 October should be to have another look at each of these three suggestions and see if we can find a way round the diffi- culties that each one poses. We might also consider whether there are any other possible ways of solving the problem. way or another I hope we shall be able to agree on a satisfactory solution: Governors are facing real difficulties in this area and discussion has already gone on for far too long.
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27 October 1978
R JT McLaren
Hong Kong and General Dept