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that a parvenu from Whitehall is put into a position of authority over those who have suffered the heat of the day.

Despite these difficulties I see no alternative to proceeding with the plan. We must produce DS officers qualified to take over the senior posts in dependencies in the 1980s. I am also trying to identify one or more HMOCS officers who might be qualified and The Dale, ex-sec, willing to spend a period in West Indian & Atlantic Department

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Legal and Judicial

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Outside Hong Kong we now fill some 45 legal and judicial jobs. In the 1980s this number should have dropped to some 14. In the 1980s again the supply of legal and judicial officers who have had colonial experience will have dried up except for Hong Kong (see schedule at Annex B).

12.

I have consulted Mr Greenwood of Legal Advisers. In our joint opinion the problem in the 1980s will be a very small one. I estimate that the FCO will have the task of finding up to 8 resident Legal Officers and perhaps 6 resident Judges for the dependent territories, other than Hong Kong. Iir Greenwood has some ideas of how this problem can be overcome. When he has consulted

his colleagues he or I will address you again.

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JA B Stewart

22 June 1977

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