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Mr Dale, for his part, was Deputy Governor in the Seychelles and of course acted as Governor when Colin Allen was absent. He

then had about a year working as Secretary to the Cabinet after Seychelles independence. By the time the Montserrat governorship needs to be filled Mr Dale will have spent two and a half years at the Whitehall end of the dependent territories scene and this, to- gether with his previous colonial experience, renders him in my view an outstanding candidate. As the 1978 ACR should have brought out, he has a mind full of ideas and is patient to the point of sanctity in dealing with Turks and Caicos ministers in their most offensive mood yet he has ample steel of the sort needed in the job

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6. As I said earlier I should be grateful for a chance to see the draft briefs which are to be put forward on these two candidates.

24 April 1979

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PC Duff

West Indian & Atlantic Department

Mr Dale is not a master of pearly prose; but he is

certainly the stronger of the two candidates.

24 April 1979

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