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MDHIAN 7004
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELNO 1543
OF 080701Z JUNE 92
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YOUR TELNO 920: ENROLMENT IN HMOCS: OFFICERS RECRUITED POST · MARCH 1985
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ELIGIBILITY OF JUDICIAL
OUR ADVICE ON THE LIKELY REACTION IN THE JUDICIARY, PARAGRAPH 1 OF TUR, FOLLOWS SERIATIM:
(A) IT WOULD CAUSE A GOOD DEAL OF RESENTMENT. JUDICIAL
OFFICERS WOULD ARGUE THAT THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THE DEADLINE OF 28 MARCH 1985 AND WOULD POINT OUT THAT SOME OF THOSE FIRST APPOINTED AFTER THIS DATE HAVE IN FACT BEEN ENROLLED IN HMOCS.
(B)
THIS WOULD STILL CAUSE RESENTMENT. IT WOULD HOWEVER BE LESS OBJECTIONABLE THAN (A) BUT IT WOULD BE SEEN AS SELECTIVE AND THE REVISED DEADLINE AS ARBITRARY.
(C)
2.
THIS WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE.
THE JUDICIARY WOULD NATURALLY PREFER THAT THE SECOND DEADLINE BE SET AT 31 DECEMBER 1992. HOWEVER PROVIDED THAT A REASONABLE PERIOD OF NOTICE IS GIVEN WE THINK THAT A LESSER PERIOD WOULD BE DEFENSIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE. IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT A NUMBER OF OFFICERS WILL BE ON LEAVE AT ANY TIME, WE SUGGEST A THREE MONTH EXTENSION TO 30 SEPTEMBER 1992.
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