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TELELETTER
FROM R D CLIFT, HONG KONG AND GENERAL DEPARTMENT
FILE REFERENCE HKA 431/13 DATED 4 SEPTEMBER 1981
FOLLOWING FOR H GREWAL ESQ, CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH, GOVERNMENT
SECRETARIAT, HONG KONG
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TELEGRAM NO 751 OF 18 AUGUST.
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THE POSTS WHICH YOU MENTION HAVE, IN FACT, ALL BEEN FILLED.
YOU WERE RIGHT IN THINKING THAT WE HAD NOT ACTIVELY CANVASSED
THE BERMUDA, BVI AND CAYMANS POSTS OUTSIDE THE FCO. AS I MEN-
TIONED IN PARAGRAPH 5 OF MY LETTER OF 10 MARCH TO MARTIN ROWLANDS
WE HAD NO NEED TO DO SO FOR 1981. BUT, AS A MATTER OF INTEREST,
PETER LLOYD, A SECONDED HONG KONG OFFICER, HAS IN FACT BEEN
APPOINTED GOVERNOR OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS.
3. THE BERMUDA VACANCY (CREATED BY PETER LLOYD'S APPOINTMENT
TO THE CAYMANS) WAS IN A SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT CATEGORY FROM THE
GOVERNORSHIPS. AS YOU WILL SEE FROM THE STAFFING PAPER SENT TO
YOU ON 30 DECEMBER 1980, IT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A TRAINING POST
FOR A DS OFFICER AND A DS OFFICER HAS JUST BEEN APPOINTED TO IT.
I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT WE VALUE YOUR COOPERATION IN HELPING
OUR RECRUITMENT FOR DEPENDENT TERRITORY VACANCIES. WE SHALL BE
WRITING SOON TO MARTIN ROWLANDS ABOUT 1982/83 OPENINGS.
SIGNED R D CLIFT
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