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APPOINTMENTS IN ADVANCE, INCLUDING THE QUESTION OF LOCALISATION. TO TAKE BETTER ACCOUNT OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S LETTER OF 3 JUNE 1991, WE WOULD ASK THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S APPROVAL SHOULD BE SOUGHT FOR APPOINTMENTS TO THE POSTS INDICATED, INCLUDING WHERE THE CANDIDATE WOULD BE FORMALLY ACTING IN THE POST WITH A VIEW TO SUBSEQUENT SUBSTANTIVE PROMOTION. THAT IS TO SAY, WE WOULD NOT NEED TO BE INVOLVED WHERE ACTING APPOINTMENTS WERE PURELY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE CONVENIENCE, AND WERE NOT INTENDED TO BE PERMANENT.
5. ON SECOND TUR, SINCE YOU HAVE ALREADY ANNOUNCED MR EASON'S APPOINTMENT AS SECRETARY FOR PLANNING ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, WE SEE NO ALTERNATIVE TO APPROVING HIS APPOINTMENT AS SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BRITISH SIDE OF THE LAND COMMISSION AS
WELL.
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