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policies outlined above could seriously affect your localisation programme. This being so, we hope that you will have no objection to a compromise whereby permanent and pensionable officers, whether local or expatriate, should be given first consideration followed by local contract officers, then non/public service local candidates, fourthly expatriate contract officers and lastly non-public service applicants from overseas. This

would seem to be adequate protection for the career prospects of the p and /p staff while confirming the sincerity of your localisation policy.

OWEN

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