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Mr. Gut.

ADMINISTRATION IN CONFIDENCE

No Gregory

9526/1

Chief Clerk

Separate copies

Mr Cortazzi

Cc:

Mr Posnett

HKGD

Mr Unwin, PPD

APPLICATION TO HONG KONG OF PROPOSED CHANGE IN GOVERNORS' TERMS OF SERVICE

.1.

Your minutes of 25 July.

[rail mely How would HK fit to th?)

I had it in mind that either

2. I should have covered this point. ! Hong Kong should be treated in this way, as in so many others, as

sui generis; or else that there could be a form of reverse "topping up" at the expense and discretion of the Hong Kong Government and negotiable with them before a Governor is sent out.

3. If they particularly wish to do it the Governments of Cayman Islands and Bermuda could also provide such "topping up", though I think we should strongly discourage them from doing so.

L. J. Shattin

R J Stratton

26 July 1978

X would be complicated by: - A Bringing the Governor ando

А.,

the UK Taxe

Met.

B Having Choly

a

small figin

in the Teritory's estimates for the Governor's salary then

the Chief Secretary

& others.

HKA 434/1

RECEIVED IN CORSARY NO. 51

27 JUL 1978

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