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TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 235
OF 25080OZ MAY 92
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 425: HONG KONG HMOCS: EARLY RETIREMENT
1. I NOTE THE KIND OF SOLUTIONS YOU ARE CONSIDERING. I DOUBT WHETHER ANY MECHANISM TO GIVE HMOCS MEMBERS THE RIGHT TO EARLY RETIREMENT COULD BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL. SHOULD IT BECOME PUBLIC (AND GIVEN THAT THIS LIES AT THE HEART OF HMOCS OFFICERS' ASPIRATIONS THE ODDS ARE THAT IT WILL) THE CHINESE WOULD CERTAINLY GET TO HEAR OF IT. IN THAT CASE, IF IT HAD BEEN INSTITUTED WITHOUT THEIR AGREEMENT, THERE WOULD BE A STRONG RISK THAT THEY WOULD SIMPLY REPUDIATE THE ARRANGEMENTS AS AN UNAGREED VARIATION ON THE QUOTE SYSTEMS UNQUOTE THEY HAD AGREED TO PRESERVE, AND STATE THAT NO PENSIONS WOULD BE PAYABLE BY THE HONG KONG SAR UNTIL THE OFFICERS CONCERNED REACHED FULL RETIREMENT AGE.
GALSWORTHY
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
41
DISTRIBUTION
41
.HER MAJESTY'S OVERSEAS
.CIVIL SERVICE RESTRICTED
HKD
LEGAL ADVISERS//MISS BROOKS FED
NEWS D
OVERSEA PENSIONS/ODA//MR FISH
PS
PS/MR GOODLAD
PS/MR PATTEN
PS/PUS
SIR J COLES
RAD//MR WYE
RMD
NNNN
MR BURNS
MR KERBY
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