OVERSEAS SERVICE PENSIONERS' ASSOCIATION
PRESIDENT :
The Lord Grey of Naunton, GCMG GCVO OBE
SECRETARY:
Mr. C. D. Stenton
63 CHURCH ROAD-
HOVE SUSSEX
BN3 2BD
Telephone: Brighton (0273) 721630
NKC256/2
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After a recent meeting UT SUN 12 has discusson. Lefore replying.
LeJurances whis. „ET. LIVM. oy neay Young in farligent, ald as now repeats. 14 jour leÜBER regeruing the treatment of members of H...........d.5. in de Ang Long Fiulic Service in 5.0 run-up to 1997 thereafter.
DAG. NOMover, also ver ich welcome your conf rmation that the Brition loveca.els explicitly recognises its commitments to these members of .......d.ü. dlder Colonial be. Nó and Miscellaneous 10. 920, in le spirit in which they were flest promulgated did in the light of .hich subsequent recruitment of H........V...j, läs continued over the juaľs. In partic...f we would draw you attention to tai past of sub-pare (3) of vara ó of Jolonial ....... jUS wnion refers to future employment Her lajesty Goverment in the United minion will endeavour to find the... alternative employment should the co desire". This was not mentioned in my istler on 26t. vctober 1904 since it did not concern the sing British Agreement, but we should now welco..e your assurance that quite apart from considering menuers of E.M.V.V... from Hong Long for vacancies elsewnere in the dependent territories (where, as you acknowledge, the opportunities are likely to be very few), the British Government will assist with finding employment in the United Kingaom, as it did for those who had served in other former colonies through the Overseas Service Resettlement Bureau. The number of officers affected is unlikely to be large, and, at least as regards the Administrative Service, there should be little problem about suitability for entry, for example, to the Home Civil Service since recruitment in recent years has been handled by the United Kingdom Civil Service Commission as part of the annual Administrative Stream recruitment.
He are pleased to note from your letter that both the British Government and the Hong Kong Government have accepted that there will need to be a
/compensation scheme.
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