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appointments, as well as administrative ability. The Resident Commissioner has to practice a high degree of tact and patience and to have the ability

to work out political solutions within a restrictive

framework. A good command of French is an obvious

essential. Tolerance and flexibility need to be

combined with a determination to secure our minimum

desiderata.

7.

The Resident Commissioner must, of course,

also

have a capacity to win and hold the confidence of the New Hebrideans, and to deal with the territory's rapidly emerging (and highly sensitive) political groupings. The security situation in the New Hebrides is somewhat fragile, given the inadequacy of the police, and the past determination of some political groups to monopolise political powers, at least in "their own"

areas.

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