CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2883
OF 11074OZ DECEMBER 92
CONFIDENTIAL
HKA 233/
653
155276
MDHIAN 1969
TOP COPY Q DIST?
PERSONAL FOR WHITNEY, HKD.
651
FROM WATERS, CSB.
YOUR TELNO 1716: HMOCS: LINE TO TAKE WITH HMOCS ASSOCIATION
635
1.
THANK YOU FOR TUR. THE WORDING IN PARAGRAPH TWO OF OUR LETTER TO CARTLAND WAS CHOSEN CAREFULLY HAVING REGARD TO THE NEED TO BE AS POSITIVE AS POSSIBLE AND THE LINE SET OUT IN TELNO 1664. IT CAREFULLY AVOIDED STATING THAT HMG HAD AGREED IN PRINCIPLE THAT THERE WOULD BE A 'STERLING PENSION SAFEGUARD AND A TRADITIONAL' COMPENSATION SCHEME.
2.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HMOCS ASSOCIATION HAS DELIBERATELY INTERPRETED THE LETTER IN AS POSITIVE A WAY AS POSSIBLE. HIS RESPONSE, WHICH HE ASKED US TO DRAW TO YOUR ATTENTION, IS AN ATTEMPT TO CONFIRM THAT HMG HAS AGREED IN PRINCIPLE TO A TRADITIONAL COMPENSATION SCHEME. WE INTEND TO INFORM CARTLAND THAT WE DID NOT IN FACT STATE THAT HMG HAS AGREED IN PRINCIPLE TO A TRADITIONAL COMPENSATION SCHEME. HMG IS GIVING CONSIDERATION TO A COMPENSATION SCHEME AS PART OF THE OVERALL PACKAGE, IN CONNECTION WITH WHICH IT IS OUR INTENTION TO ACCOMMODATE A RIGHT TO RETIREMENT FOR OFFICERS WHO SO WISH.
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