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DEPENDENT TERRITORIES SENIOR APPOINTMENTS BOARD :
BRITISH RESIDENT COMMISSIONER - NEW HEERIDES
1.
r JS Champion CA CEE was appointed as British
Resident Commissioner, New hebrides, in October 1975. He
is a member of the Diplomatic Service and is to retire
later this year. It is therefore necessary to look for
a successor.
2.
The Resident Commissioner's functions are primarily
those of a Diplomatic Agent and he does not enjoy the
powers or status of a Colonial Governor. He is required
jointly with his French colleague to discharge some
residual metropolitan responsibilities but the position
calls for the exercise of diplomatic skills to a degree
required in few other Dependent Territory appointments.
3. We have two main fields of candidates for senior
posts in Dependent Territories, namely, HOCS and the
Diplomatic Service. There are no serving HMOCS officers,
who possess the necessary diplomatic skills even though
they may have the other required qualifications for this
post, i.e. fluency in French, experience relating to a
territory approaching independence as well as the normal
qualities required in a Governor.
It has therefore been
necessary to look within the Diplomatic Service for an
officer who possessed the necessary qualities.
4. The recommended candidate is Mr A C Stuart CPM,
at present serving as Counsellor and Head of Chancery in
He is a Grade 4 officer who has been recommended
Jakarta.
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