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FM FCO 051555Z APR 82

TO ROUTINE GRAND TURK

TELEGRAM NUMBER PERSONAL 2 OF 5 APRIL

AND TO ROUTINE DEV DIV BRIDGETOWN

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MAINTENANCE OF GOVERNMENT HOUSE

1. AN ADDITIONAL GIA OF US DOLLARS 22,500 HAS BEEN APPROVED

FOR FURNISHINGS ETC REQUIRED FOR GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

2. WE ARE CONVEYING THIS TO YOU IN THE PERSONAL SERIES SINCE

WE DO NOT WISH TO RUN RISK OF YOUR MINISTERS LINKING THIS

APPROVAL WITH RESERVATIONS OF ITEMS IN THE ORDINARY ESTIMATES.

PLEASE LET US KNOW WHEN YOU WISH TO BE ADVISED IN THE NON-

PERSONAL SERIES.

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WIAD

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MR S PENNOCK FINANCE DEPT ODA

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MAINTENANCE OF GOVERNMENT HOUSES AND GOVERNOR'S OFFICES IN

DEPENDENT TERRITORIES

1.

Your minute of 22 March refers."

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I confirm that, as far as WIAD is concerned, BVI and Montserrat are the only two non-grant aided territories involved in this exercise.

3. As regards the grant-aided territories, Mr Herdman will no doubt comment on St Helena. On my side, I have not yet notified the two territories concerned (Anguilla and TCI) on the grounds that I did not wish to raise any false hopes until it was clear that Finance Department, ODA, had no comments on para 2(b) of Mr Clift's submission of 5 October.

4. The present position in respect of each of the two territories concerned is as follows:

(a) Anguilla The bid was for £3000 to tarmacadam the drive (which might or might not be done from local funds) and £6000 for furniture. I will now write to Mr Godden to enquire about the drive and ask for a breakdown for an estimate for furniture (and an air-conditioner for the small office at GH). When I have these details, I will seek a supplementary grant-in-aid. (b) Turks & Caicos A bid has just been made for a supplementary GIA of £12500 for furniture etc (not included in the original bid from the territory). If approved, this leaves the request for £4750 for the GH fabric. Before we act on this, however, we consider it essential that, as proposed in para 8 of Mr Clift's submission, the PSA representative in the Caribbean, should visit TCI and advise on what exactly is required. This proposal was no doubt made with non-grant-aided territories in mind but it would be most helpful if it could be extended to include the TCI, where expert advice on the fabric is almost certainly required.

29 March 1982

cc: Mr Herdman, WIAD

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W W Wallace

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