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there may well be advantage in the Department responsible for policy for Hong Kong also being responsible for recruitment for the administrative service there. The small amount of recruitment for other dependent territories can easily be absorbed by us, assuming that Mr Hall and a sufficient number of his colleagues are transferred

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PL O'Keeffe

Hong Kong & Indian Ocean Dept.

29 March 1976

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