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Arrangements were also made for urgent recruitment of British staff to ill priority posts in the Islands. Some 35 appointments were made in about Haree

months, including teachers, Public Works Department staff, police officers, urses and administrators. Most are under the overseas service aid scheme, hich provides for a local salary to be paid by the local government and opped up to UK levels under the British aid programme. A few appointments ave been made on technical cooperation terms, where all payments are made

rom aid funds.

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by 31 Roch 1983.