CONFIDENTIAL
DSR 11C
4. While discussing the JLG, we took the opportunity
to take a further look at the outline establishment for
the Consulate-General in 1997, which the PUS attached to
his letter of 7 November. Without going so far at this
stage as to produce a new agreed list, we noted the
following points:
a.
If as mooted in the JLG paper the First
Consul-General is also Head of the JLG and
the latter's activities were subsumed within
the Consulate-General, the Political Section
would probably need to be strengthened;
b.
the Commercial Section would need to be larger
if the South China Trade Unit was incorporated
in it;
c.
we shall need in due course to consult the
Home Office about the size and staffing of
Consular Section;
d.
two DS10s might not be enough to cope with
Registry/Communications;
e.
the number of staff from other Government
Departments (including support staff) is likely
to be nearer 12-14 than 8;
f.
we shall need to keep a careful watch on language
requirements. The Consul-General and at least one
member of the Political Section will need to be
/Mandarin