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HKG 025/2
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R J Stratton Esq CMT Governor, Pitcairn British High Commission WELLINGTON
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
London SW1A 2AH
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2 7 JAN 1981
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Dear Dick,
FUTURE STAFFING IN THE DEPENDENT TERRITORIES
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Thank you for your letter of 12 January with your comments on our Staffing Paper. I found these very helpful indeed.
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It is our intention that the Dependent Territories Adviser should be a part-time officer employed on a consultancy basis.
3. I tend to agree with you on Hong Kong supply. use it very selectively.
We can only
4. The Inspectors looked at the grading of the Cayman Islands Governor in the Autumn. They agreed that Tom Russell personally merited a DS3 grading, but they judged that the level of
responsibility was on a par with the other West Indies Governorships at DS4.
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In present circumstances there is no
chance of an up-grading making any headway, I'm afraid.
Jons
Seik
R D Clift
Hong Kong and General Department
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