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YOUR TELNO 925: AMOCS: DRAFT STATEMENTS FOR CONSULTATIONS
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1. THANK YOU FOR THESE COMMENTS. BURNS AND COX WILL BE ABLE TO UPDATE YOUR PEOPLE ON PROGRESS HERE. OUR AIM IS STILL TO DELIVER THE STATMENT BEFORE THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. BUT TIMING IS EXTREMELY TIGHT. AT THIS STAGE, WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR CLARIFICATION ON A FEW POINTS IN TUR:
(A) PARAGRAGH 5(D). YOU STATE THAT YOUR OWN LIMITED COMPENSATION SCHEME WILL END IN 1997. GRATEFUL TO KNOW THE GROUNDS FOR THIS. ON THE FACE OF IT,
ON THE FACE OF IT, IF APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS ARE TO BE BASED ON 'QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND ABILITY'' (JD 77 AND BL 103)) THEN ANYONE WHO IS AFFECTED BY, INTER ALIA, THE NATIONALITY PROVISIONS IN JD 74 WOULD HAVE A CASE FOR COMPENSATION.
(B) PARAGRAPH 5 (F). THE INTENTION THAT OFFICERS SHOULD HAVE DELAYED ACCESS TO THE PHASED INCENTIVE PAYMENTS HAS BEEN PART OF THE PROPOSAL FOR SOME TIME. THIS WAS DISCUSSED WITH YOU AS EARLY AS AUGUST 1990 AND IS THERE TO GUARD AGAINST CHINESE SENSITIVITIES ABOUT HMG PAYING SERVING MEMBERS OF THE SARG. WE CONTINUE TO BELIEVE IT SHOULD REMAIN IN THE STATEMENT BUT WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR UKREP JLG HONG KONG AND PEKING'S VIEWS ON POTENTIAL CHINESE REACTIONS.
(C) PARAGRAPH 5(H). WE REMAIN UNEASY ABOUT THE HANDLING OF CONTRACT OFFICERS WHO HAVE POTENTIAL TO BECOME HMOCS OFFICERS. AS SEEN FROM HERE, IT IS THIS GROUP THAT IS LIKELY TO BE MOST VOCAL IN THEIR CRITICISM THAT WE CANNOT GIVE A SATISFACTORY ANSWER ON THE STERLING SAFEGUARD QUESTION. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY ELABORATION ON THINKING AT YOUR END. IS THERE SOME TENSION BETWEEN HMOCS OFFICERS IN THE POLICE AND THIS GROUP OF POLICE OFFICERS? WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO SEND EACH OF THEM A COPY OF THE STATEMENT?
(D) PARAGRAPH 6(B). AS YOU WILL SEE FROM OUR TELNO 568, THERE
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