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Dependent Territory matters relating to Colonial Regulations,
appointments, terms and conditions of service, etc, and we have
the benefit of experienced FCO Legal Advisers. In addition it is
intended to try to fill the Deputy High Commissioner post in
Barbados with someone with colonial experience. The High
Commission could then assist Governors, as necessary, with
advice as well as provide a visiting shoulder to cry on. The
link between Governors and Ministers in London which Sir R Posnett
says a Dependent Territories Adviser could provide is, of course,
already provided by the geographical departments. Unfortunately
Sir R Posnett has shown a tendency to by-pass the Department
from time to time.
7. In general, I suspect that individual Governors would be
reluctant to seek assistance visits by a Dependent Territories
Adviser as they might consider it a reflection on their own
ability. As far as I am aware there has only been a single case
in the past year when a Governor has asked for someone from London
to come to his aid. This was in the British Virgin Islands where
local Ministers had become aggressive over one or two issues.
In the event, the problems were overcome with advice from FCO.
8.
There is therefore no good case for the resurrection of
the post of Dependent Territories Adviser, particularly in the
present climate of financial constraint.
18 January 1982
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R D Clift
I think
I agree The sidelined passage
in para 6 is important.
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