TNAG-0830-FCO40-1038-Extension-of-term-of-office-of-Sir-Murray-MacLehose--Governo-1979 — Page 20

4. YOUR PARA 3: THE POINT WAS NOT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED IN GENEVA, BUT I HAD RECENTLY DISCUSSED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE AT WOULD HAPPEN NEXT APRIL, AND ASSUMED THAT THE FURTHER TWO YEARS FOR WHICH HE ASKED ME TO CARRY ON WOULD RUN FROM THEN, OTHERWISE IT WOULD NOT BE ''A FURTHER TWO YEARS''. I ACCEPTED ON THIS ASSUMPTION.

4. AT THIS STAGE IN MY GOVERNORSHIP AN EXTENSION OF A YEAR AND A FRACTION WOULD LOOK VERY ODD INDEED AND IF THIS IS NOW INTENDED

I WOULD WISH TO RECONSIDER.

5. FURTHERMORE APRIL IS THE RIGHT TIME FOR A TAKEOVER AS IT ALLOWS THE OUTGOING GOVERNOR TO ENSURE THE BUDGET PROVIDES AS NEARLY AS POSSIBLE FOR THE POLICIES HE HAS ANNOUNCED AT THE OPENING OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN OCTOBER, AND ALLOWS THE INCOMING GOVERNOR THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF TIME TO FIND HIS FEET BEFORE ANNOUNCING NEW POLICIES IN THE FOLLOWING OCTOBER.

6. IF THE ABOVE IS AGREED PASSAGE IN SQUARE BRACKETS WOULD

READ ''APRIL 1982'

MACLEHOSE

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