TNAG-2435-FCO40-3537-Hong-Kong-Her-Majesty-s-Overseas-Civil-Service-(HMOCS)-secur-1992 — Page 109

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4 August 1992

Rt Hon Christopher Patten Government House

HONG KONG

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Foreign & Commonwealth Office

London SW1A 2AH

Sir David Gillmore KCM

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HMOCS: POSTS IN OTHER DEPENDENT TERRITORIES

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David Wilson wrote to me on 1 July about the interest among members of the Hong Kong HMOCS Association in senior posts which may come up in the remaining British dependent territories.

2. I know that you are taking a close interest in the

I therefor arrangements for HMOCS officers in Hong Kong. wanted to let you know that we have taken fully on board

We accept that some of thes points made by David Wilson. officers may well have much to offer the smaller Dependen Territories. We have already arranged for information ab vacancies in the Dependent Territories to be notified to Civil Service Branch for circulation among HMOCS officers We will also be clearing with your people a line for Brit Government negotiators to take on this issue in their

The m continuing discussions with the HMOCS Association. point is that, bearing in mind the needs of the Dependent Territory concerned, we will treat applications from memt of HMOCS and the Diplomatic Service on their merits, and

We could not give HMOCS officers priorit an equal basis.

But I think that our over Diplomatic Service officers. approach meets the main requirement described in David Wilson's letter.

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Yours Ever.

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