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DEPENDENT TERRITORIES SENIOR APPOINTMENTS BOARD

1. A meeting of the Dependent Territories Senior Appointments

Board was held on 4 June 1979 at 11 am in the Permanent Under- Secretary's room at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

2. Those present were:

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Chairman:

Members:

Sir Michael Palliser

Mr H AH Cortazzi

Sir Edward Youde

Mr D J Kirkness (ODA)

Mr R J Stratton

Mr M O'D B Alexander

Mr RJT McLaren

Mr A J Beamish

Sir David Trench (ex HMOCS)

The Chairman informed the Board that he had given careful thought to the way in which senior appointments in the Dependent Territories were handled in the Office and had reached the con-

clusion that there was no longer any need for special machinery. He had accordingly recommended to the Secretary of State that the Board should be wound up after its present meeting and that Dependent Territories appointments should in future be dealt with by the appropriate Diplomatic Service Boards. The Chairman added that this was no reflection on the usefulness of the Board in the past; it was simply that times had changed. He was particularly grateful to Sir D Trench for his advice over the years.

4. The Board considered the six briefs presented with the Agenda:

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