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Lord Wilson wrote to the PUS on 1 July to express the hope that serving HMOCS officers in Hong Kong could be alerted to the existence of vacant posts in other Dependent Territories. Mr Beamish commented in his minute to you of 21
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2. I hope we need not be quite as dampening about Lord Wilson's proposal as Mr Beamish implies. I would be the first to acknowledge that the quality of HMOCS officers in Hong Kong is variable. The individual whom I believe Mr Beamish has in mind is of more variable quality than most. But there will be a number of very effective and experienced HMOCS officers from Hong Kong who are likely to come on the market in the next few years. Some are likely to leave Hong Kong because they have reached such senior and responsible positions that the Chinese are insisting on their replacement in 1997 by a local officer. Such individuals would have a great deal to offer to other Dependent Territories.
3. I do not think Lord Wilson was seeking to argue that such officers should necessarily have priority over DS candidates for such posts. But I would hope that former HMOCS officers from Hong Kong could at least be considered on their merits. It is a feature of their current employment that they are "under the protection of the Secretary of State", and if this means anything it should extend to some concern for their possible future employment in the Crown Service.
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