11.
to
Governors,
like
Gromal krvice,
old me oftédes, the
to belong to their
the
come
communities to
their commissions as
learn quickly what
transmitted to the
communities:
United Kingdom
Governors
Government,
from The Queen.
their communities
UK [and what not].
of State, as well as Executives.
which
Diplomatic a
first to listen to and politicians
Service
are expected
their
they represent
notwithstanding
They must
feel and
They have
must what
to be
be
Heads
Their wives have two functions
merely
wife is
invited
to
carry
indirectly;
activities
the messages which members of the community
to get to the Governor trying
leading part
just as
are
and second
to take
a
as
the
"First Lady",
not
wife of the diplomatic community
in
community
the UK High
High Commissioner's
ladies.
large,
12.
In
untrained
short,
for the
the
exceptions:
Diplomatic Service
work of
Governor;
two recent Governors of
a
officer
of course,
Hong Kong,
is
career-wise
there are
MacXlehose
and
Youde,
for
example;
but they in touch with iun
were
supported by
а
And
even
then,
from first hand
HK-
observation,
I'm
-
cartainly
said
competent Civil Service and an intelligent, politically sensitive,
population.
not at all sure in the end what the people made of it
after Macklehose's departure,
be believed that
an agent of the British Government, not the representative
Queen responsible
he was
of The
the people.
ple. WM-K.
it
to began
the
and for peace
good government
of
13.
There is
a complex of factors which have
pay and conditions;
to be addressed:
and status
with
grading; and how to find
people
the right sort of background and training for these Governorships,
/Small thought they may DÉL
last matter
is
probably
however
are
ΤΟ appoint
a
Governor
the most
have brilliant,
young Governor a L be older than he is, likely to
years
And I think that the
important.
You
cannot have
because the
nowadays,
politicians
under
50
reason.
mistake,
however good he is. Experience as Head of Chancery in a big embassy is perhaps a good way to begin to understand how
organisation is run.
an
is
if for no other
probably
a
13.
Fiji in
Peter Lloyd,
the late
predecessor my
60s,
-
and
we
discussed
this in
in Hong Kong
in
the
and early 70s
/Cayman
in
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