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Kr. 25/3
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Government Hours, May Kay.
You will know that we have for some
time been considering the associated ques-
tions of secondments from Hong Kong to
Whitehall and of Diplomatic and Home Civil
Servants to Hong Kong. Inter alia,
Leslie Monson's two letters in File HKK 25/3,
botn dated 3 April, 1970, refer.
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2. It is becoming a matter of increasing
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are currently taping considering whether urgency for us to attempt à forecast' of
might need to
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plan to have available on our various estab-
lishments at this end for the purpose of
seconding them to serve in administrative
in appointments y dependent territories.
I realise that this problem has formidable and complex implications for Hong Kong, and
you may well need to give it a good deal
firm
more study before producing me proposals
3.
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as to your own wishes and needs.
would, however, be a great help if you
would be good enough to let us have,
soon as possible, at least any interim
thoughts you can. I think it would also
be useful if we might think in terms of
discussing this with you in the office some
time while you are in the UK later this
year.
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