CO129-578-9 Prison Department- vacancy for assistant superintendent of prisons 21-6-1939 - 15-11-1939 — Page 8

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Mr. Galowrthy 8/11 Mr. Andrews 9/11 Mr. Keith 9/11

Mr. A. J. Dawe.

Sir H. Moore.

Sir G. Tomlinson.

Sir J. Shuckburgh.

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My deas. Northcote

15.11.39.

Permt. U.S. of S.

In

your despatch No. 664

of the

Parly. U.S. of S.

Secretary of State.

(4)

17th. of October

DRAFT. conson.

Sir Geoffry Northcote, K. C.M.G.

you say

that you agree

in the pisent circumstances that the

selection

of a

candidate to fill

the

new post of Assistant Superintendent

of Prisons should be postponed for the

time

being.

(3)

FURTHER ACTION.

Your despatch

was

in

reply

to

our despatch No. 373 of the 25th of

September, which did not pihaps

the intention that it was

convey

on

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1450 ffrums.

meant do.

Our expiry

was prompted

by

the fact that, although you

had recently asked for the retum

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of the Hory - King Prisons offices who

Hory-King

were

on

for

leave at that time, the officer

this new appointment was not mentioned &

It was

and it was

never

as apt in fact intended to suppot

from here that the post should remain

unfilled.

So far from that, indeed, we have been

improoed with the importance which

Willcocks has attached to obtaining

for

a

this appointment to shingthen

good

man

the

Prisons staff;

and a

although

Commander

Helbert may

not now be available we

would be

quite ready

to do our best to find to find

a ouitable alterative candidate, if you

would still like us to do so.

Yrs. Sincerely,

26 J.CENT.

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