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Mr Ure, SamD

GOVERNOR OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS

21 MAR 1979

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1. As you know, Mr Parker will complete his term of office as Governor of the Falklands at the end of this year. question of a replacement will be on the agenda of the Territories Senior Appointments Board which is due to meet on 6 June.

2. In recent years it has been accepted that the Governor of the Falklands requires political and "diplomatic" qualities not

The last three Governors normally found in HMOCS officers.

We

have therefore all been members of the Diplomatic Service. have been assuming that the prescription is basically unchanged and that Mr Parker's replacement should also be a Diplomatic Service officer, particularly now that an HMOCS officer has been appointed as Chief Secretary. It would be helpful to know if this assumption is correct. Does the decision to restore Ambassadorial relations between Britain and Argentina make any difference?

R J T McLaren

Hong Kong and General Department

21 March 1979

Copy to:

Mr Beamish, POD

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Mrs Gregory

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ie Falkland remain the same.

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