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The actual letter of appointment of Mr. Priestwood
is unfortunately not available, but Mr. Staines tells
me that he is fairly certain that it contained a paragraph
similar in terms to paragraph 16 of the revised letter
of appointment which it was proposed to issue to Mr.
Priestwood at the end of last year, the draft of which
can be found in K.11745/1701/210. If this is in fact
correct, then it is clear that the Secretary of State
can terminate Mr. Priestwood's appointment at any
moment by paying him three months' retaining fee in lieu
of notice. The procedure referred to by Sir W. Malkin
is that set forth in paragraphs 10 to 12 of the attached
printed memorandum (X 2896/297/504) of July 1st, 1935.
The right thing appears to be to instruct Sir A.
Clark Kerr to write to Sir A. Cadogan as directed in
paragraph 10 of the memorandum, and to communicate a
copy to Mr. Priestwood.
Now see k. 7476/
848/210 9 1954.
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9.6.39.
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The letter to Mr. Priestwood in K 7476 shows that
his appointment is terminable at three months' notice.
This being so, I think it would be much better to make
use of this provision instead of dealing with the
matter as a disciplinary one under the procedure
inhose employment is not sulest to any such promision. applicable to members of the Service, I am not fully
subject
acquainted with the trouble about Mr. Priestwood, but
I gather that it is a case of inadequacy rather than so that
serious misconduct,
se the normal procedure
would...
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