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Mr Green (HKGD K270)

Greg

MONTSERRAT

1.

Reference

HMM 433/1

HKA 431/8

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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 5T

20 NOV 1978

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Could you provide the answers to the following questions raises

by Mr Duff:

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i. What is the state of the exercise with HKGD who have undertaken to bring up to date the instructions in Colonial Regulations about the appointment of certain Senior Officials without the Secretary of State's approval and

ii.

Was the appointment of the West Indian Attorney General of Montserrat made with the Secretary of State's approval.

Could you also provide me with the AG's CV and nationality (his name is Weekes).

2.

13 November 1978

B.W Hefferio

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B W Hefferon

West Indian and Atlantic Department G121/3 233 5113

Mr Heffer on WIAD

*-HKA 431/4-79

1. I am sorry not to have dealt with this sooner. The exercise which we have been undertaking is not to bring up to date the instructions in Col Regs about senior appointments, but to make clear to Governors which posts are to be designated for the purposes of CR19, ie which promotions and appointments must be approved by the Secretary of State. You should have copies of all the despatches which have issued to DI's in the posts for which WIAD is responsible, with the possible exception of the latest, St Helena. I attach a copy.

2. Montserrat was not included in the current exercise as we thought that their list had been cleared in 1974 (see attached extracts from our 1974 file HX18/501/5). There was not however a despatch to tie things up. We should perhaps write now to Mr Jones about this. The AG post was included in the list, but we have no papers on the appointment of Weekes. Have youf

20 November 1978

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