Private Secretary
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the minister agrees
the recommendatio
HKA 233/1
6.5. Darcy 3/11
Secretary of State
-3 NOV 1992
FROM: P F Ricketts
Hong Kong Dept
DATE: 2 November 1992
cc: PS/Baroness Chalker
PS/PUS
Sir J Coles
Mr Kirby, ODA
Miss Brooks, Legal Adv.
Mr Fifoot, Legal
Consultant
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Mr
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Private Secretary
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Mr Fish, ODA
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HONG KONG: ARRANGEMENTS FOR HM OVERSEAS CIVIL SERVICE (HMOCS)
Problem
1.
To put ourselves in a position to settle the problem of
Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service (HMOCS) arrangements by
the time of the Governor's visit.
Recommendation
2. I recommend that the Secretary of State should write now
to Mr Portillo, along the lines of the attached draft, proposing a meeting between them next week. The ODA are
content.
A
Background
3. The Secretary of State and Mr Portillo agreed, at their
meeting on 2 July also attended by Mr Patten, that officials
should produce an agreed set of costed options as a basis for
further discussion between Ministers in the autumn. The
options have now been agreed at the working level, despite
Treasury foot-dragging. The paper setting them out will be
min.arrange.HMOCS
JEB
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