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YOUR TELNO 477: HMOCS : OSPA : EARLY RETIREMENT IN 1997
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1 THE MINISTER OF STATE'S LETTER OF 21 AUGUST 1989 TO MP MR MATHEW TAYLOR WAS WIDELY CIRCULATED HERE. ITS REFERENCE TO THERE BEING NO GENERAL RETIREMENT SCHEME FOR EXPATRIATE OFFICERS BEFORE 1997, WHILE FACTUALLY CORRECT, HAS AS OSPA POINTS OUT CAUSED CONSIDERABLE UNEASE AMONG EXPATRIATE STAFF WHO HAVE INTERPRETED IT AS INDICATING THAT THERE WILL BE NO ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEMBERS OF HMOCS TO RETIRE WITH COMPENSATION. YOUR REPLY TO OSPA PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THE RECORD STRAIGHT.
2. WE HAVE ONE OR TWO MINOR AMENDMENTS TO SUGGEST WHICH WE ARE INCLUDING IN A REVISED DRAFT WHICH WE ARE FAXING TO STONE.
3. YOUR REPLY TO OSPA WILL SOON FILTER THROUGH TO OUR STAFF WHO WILL UNDOUBTEDLY WELCOME THE POSITIVE COMMITMENT TO SOME FORM OF
COMPENSATION.
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