TNAG-0828-FCO40-1036-Dependent-Territories-Senior-Appointments-Board--1979-1979 — Page 71

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SECURITY CLASSIFICATION

Top Secret,

Secret.

Confidential.

Restricted.

Unclassified.

PRIVACY MARKING

................................In Confidence

DRAFT

To:-

SUBMISSION

PS/PUS

CC: Mr Cortazzi

Type 1 +

From

R JT McLaren

Telephone No. Ext.

Department

HKGD

DEPENDENT TERRITORIES SENIOR APPOINTMENTS BOARD (DTSAB)

1. After the last meeting of the DTSAB in November 1977, the

PUS had discussions with Mr Cortazzi over whether or not the

time had come to wind up the Board. The decision reached at

that time was that the Board should not be disbanded but that

the question of its future should be reviewed again after its

next meeting.

2. A meeting is now planned for 4 June but because of the

necessity of appointing a new Minister to sit on the Board (to

replace Mr Rowlands), the question of its future has come up

now rather than after its meeting. I understand that the Chief

Clerk has discussed the matter with the PUS who is now content

to see the Board abolished. He does however wish the meeting

for 4 June to go ahead as planned.

3. The DTSAB was set up in 1969 by exchange of correspondence

between Sir Denis Greenhill and Sir Geoffrey Wilson. This

being so, I consider that the correct way of proposing its

abolition would be for the PUS to write to Sir Peter Preston.

One of the current members of the Board is his Deputy

Secretary, Mr D Kirkness. The only other member of the Board

who is not in the Diplomatic Service is Sir David Trench who,

as an ex-member of HMOCS, has advised particularly on the

suitability of candidates from that Service. I recommend that

the PUS should write to him advising him of the intention to

wind up the Board.

/4.

Dd 108087 400M S&K 1/77

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