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PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM HUM, AUSS
GOVERNO 144
YOUR TELNO 2436: EXCO APPOINTMENTS
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1. WE HAVE NO DIFFICULTY WITH YOUR PROPOSAL TO APPOINT THE MEMBERS DURING HER MAJESTY'S PLEASURE AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO INCLUDE A REFERENCE IN THE SUBMISSION TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONFIRM HIS AGREEMENT ON 5 OCTOBER.
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MEANWHILE WE HAVE TWO POINTS OF DETAIL:
(A) WHILE WE DO NOT OBJECT TO THE FORMULATION ''DURING HER MAJESTY S PLEASURE' , WE WOULD BE HAPPIER WITH A PHRASE THAT CONVEYED MORE OF A CONCEPT OF TIME. ROYAL INSTRUCTION II DOES STATE ''FOR SUCH OTHER PERIOD AND WE WONDER WHETHER YOU COULD ACCEPT ''DURING THE PERIOD OF HER MAJESTY'S PLEASURE'
'' OR ''FOR THE PERIOD OF HER MAJESTY'S PLEASURE INSTEAD.
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(B) THIS PHRASE COULD ONLY APPLY TO APPOINTED MEMBERS:
THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF RI II DEALS ONLY WITH APPOINTED
MEMBERS, NOT OFFICIAL MEMBERS. YOU WILL HAVE TO USE YOUR POWERS OF PERSUASION ON THE LATTER GROUP EXCLAM.
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