Mr McLaren
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HKA 431/2
Reference.
2 1 MAY 1979
FLAG F.
DEPENDENT TERRITORIES SENIOR APPOINTMENTS BOARD (DTSAB)
You asked for certain information as background for your discussion with the Chief Clerk about the future of the DTSAB.
1. Earlier Papers
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I attach file RC 234/03. My minute of 16 May 1979 makes reference to the papers dealing with the Board's inception.
2.
Forthcoming Vacancies
Over the next two years in addition to those planned for the June Board, the following appointments within the jurisdiction of the DTSAB will need to be made:
Anguilla
Bermuda
HM Commissioner:
Governor:
March 1980
September 1980 April 1980
CODE 18-77
Deputy Governor:
Cayman Islands
Governor:
May 1981
(providing Mr Russell's term is
extended
Gibraltar:
Governor:
May 1981
Hong Kong
St Helena
Governor:
April 1980
Chief Secretary:
October 1980
Governor:
December 1980
(providing Mr Guy's term is
extended)
If we do not hold a Board on 4 June, the most urgent business would be to get Mr McEntee's extension of office approved both by the Secretary of State and the Palace. His present term is due to expire on 3 June and the intention is to recommend that it should be extended to cover forthcoming elections in Belize at the end of this year.
The timing of the other appointments to be put before the Board are as follows:
New Appointments
Governor, Belize
Governor, Falkland Islands
Governor, Montserrat
Extensions
Governor, Cayman Islands
Governor, St Helena
Vacancy
about January/February 1980
December 1979
January 1980
November 1979
December 1979
/Reasons
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