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ALL OFFICERS ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT IN DEPENDENT
TERRITORIES
1. As you know, the body which is responsible for
advising the Secretary of State about appointments to
Governorships and certain other senior posts in dependent
territories is the Dependent Territories Senior Appointments
(DTSAB).
Board
2. The Board was set up in 1969 soon after the merger of
the Foreign and Commonwealth Offices and it has since served
a very useful purpose. However, the situation has changed
considerably over the last ten years. There are now less
dependent territories and less HMOCS officers available
to appoint to senior posts in those that remain. I have
therefore reached the conclusion that the time has come to
wind up the DTSAB and the Secretary of State has now agreed
the Board's
its
that its recent meeting should be the last.
3. We now propose to deal with Governorships and other previous DTSAB appointments by using the normal appointments
machinery that already exists within the Office. This does
not of course mean that candidates will in future be
selected solely from the Diplomatic Service. We will
continue, as hitherto, to seek the best man for the job
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