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DS INSPECTIONS: SUMMER ROUND
1
I attach copies of the Sections 14 from the Inspectors' Report on the following Posts:
Nicosia
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Addis Ababa
Gaberone
Grand Cayman
St Lucia
Anguilla
B VI
Antigua
Lusaka
Lilongwe
Maseru
Grenada
Turks & Caicos
Montserrat
St Vincent
Kingston
Georgetown
Bridgetown
Port of Spain
2. You will see that the Inspectors have recommended a
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months for the new one-man Post on the Island of Grenada.
tour of 12
Posts on the islands of St Lucia
For the St Vincent and Antigua, which have been reduced to one-man Posts they have recommended a 18 months to 12 months.
reduction from We support the recommendations for 12-month tours for these four one-man posts.
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two year
3. The Inspectors have also recommended a reduction in tour Length for Bridgetown, Barbados. The present tour is 'standard'. Previously it was a bastardised version producing 2 x postings for all staff. When this situation was regularised following the last Inspection, the Post returned to a standard tour not, at that time, evidence to justify a reduction to an 18-month
there was tour.
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4. In their report on the British Virgin Islands the Inspectors comment on the frequency of the Governor's leave. General Department of the FCO, who are responsible for the conditions
Hong Kong and of service of Governors, will be writing separately on this point.
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