TNAG-0472-FCO40-537-Hong-Kong-government-policy-on-education-1974 — Page 146

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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO 541 OF 7 JUNS.1974

FROM STUART FOR SCOTT,

PLEASE BRING TO GOVERNOR'S ATTENTION.

MIPT: DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION.

1. WE DO NOT SEEM TO HAVE PRODUCED ANY OUTSTANDING UK CANDIDATE. F K LI TELLS ME YOU MAY BE ABOUT TO CHOOSE A LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR. IT OCCURS TO US IN FCO THAT, BEFORE TAKING A DECISION, COVERNOR MIGHT WISH DURING HIS FORTHCOMING UK VISIT TO HAVE A VORD WITH BELL, FORMERLY PERM SEC EDUCATION UGANDA, THEN HEAD OF ODA DEVELOP- MENT DIVISION IN CARIBBEAN AND AT PRESENT DIRECTOR OF TETOC.

I HAVE SPOKEN TO BELL WHO THINKS THAT TETOC NICHT BE ABLE TO TAP SOURCES OF CANDIDATES OTHER THAN THOSE AVAILABLE TO ODM.

DELL MIGHT ALSO CONCEIVABLY BE INTERESTED IN DIRECTORS POST HIMSELF, I THINK HE WOULD BE A GOOD CANDIDATE. THORNTON CONCURS.

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