TNAG-0828-FCO40-1036-Dependent-Territories-Senior-Appointments-Board--1979-1979 — Page 85

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DEPENDENT TERRITORIES SENIOR APPOINTMENTS BOARD

1.

Appointments of Governors and certain other senior staff in our remaining Dependent Territories are handled

separately from Diplomatic Service appointments. They are

considered by a special board (the Dependent Territories

Senior Appointments Board) which meets from time to time

under my Chairmanship to make recommendations to the

Secretary of State.

2. It has been normal practice for a Minister with depend-

ent territories responsibilities to sit as a member of the

Board, and I should be grateful to know whether

Mr

would be willing to do so. Apart from myself,

the other members of the Board include the Chief Clerk,

the Head and Deputy Head of Personnel Operations Department

and senior officials concerned with the dependent

territories. A former Governor (currently Sir David Trench,

who was Governor of Hong Kong from 1964 to 1971) and a

representative of the Overseas Development Administration

are also members.

3. The Board does not often meet round the table;

appointments tend to come singly and are then most

conveniently dealt with out of committee.

now three Governorships

But there are

those of Belize, the Falkland

Islands and Montserrat which will have to be filled

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