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INFO PRIORITY UKREP JLG HONG KONG, PEKING
INFO PRIORITY BTC HONG KONG
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PERSONAL FOR RICKETTS, HKD.
PEKING PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR. UKREP JLG PERSONAL FOR GALSWORTHY.
MIPT: HMOCS ASSOCIATION.
PERSONAL
DEAR COLLEAGUE,
RESTRICTED
DRAFT D/O LETTER
TO SECRETARIES AND H OF D'S.
HER MAJESTY'S OVERSEAS CIVIL SERVICE (HMOCS)
I AM WRITING TO LET YOU KNOW THAT HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS INFORMED THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ASSOCIATION OF HMOCS OFFICERS IN HONG KONG THAT A PROPOSAL FOR AN HMOCS COMPENSATION SCHEME TO BE FUNDED BY HMG HAS BEEN DRAWN UP AND THAT HMG WILL BEGIN CONSULTATIONS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE HMOCS OFFICERS CONCERNED IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THIS WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH PAST PRACTICE, WHEREBY CONSULTATIONS WITH HMOCS OFFICERS HAVE TAKEN PLACE BEFORE A CHANGE OF SOVEREIGNTY IN THE TERRITORY WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN SERVING.
HMOCS WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1954 TO REPLACE THE SEPARATE BRANCHES OF HM COLONIAL SERVICE. MEMBERSHIP IS OPEN TO CERTAIN EXPATRIATE OFFICERS APPOINTED BY, OR ON BEHALF OF, THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO SERVE IN THE DEPENDENT TERRITORIES. WITH THE COMING OF CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES IN DEPENDENT TERRITORIES WORLD-WIDE FROM THE LATE 1950S ONWARD, HMOCS IS NOW A RAPIDLY DECLINING SERVICE. IN HONG KONG THERE HAVE BEEN NO NEW APPOINTMENTS ELIGIBLE FOR
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