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FROM:
PF Ricketts
Hong Kong Department
DATE: 14 September 1992
CC:
Chief Clerk
Mrs Sutherland
Mr Beamish
Mr Carter, PPD
Mr Baker, WIAD
Mr Clay, PMD
Mr Hum
PS/PUS
HM OVERSEAS CIVIL SERVICE (HMOCS):
POSTS IN OTHER DEPENDENT TERRITORIES (DTs)
1. The PUS was content that he should delay replying to Mr Patten's letter of 20 August to see what the HMOCS Association said to Mr Goodlad in Hong Kong and to give time for our Legal Consultant to comment on the contention that the HMOCS claim for priority consideration was "undoubtedly correct".
2.
The Association met Mr Goodlad on 7 September.
They
did not raise the question of employment in other DTS. Our Legal Consultant has also commented on the question of priority consideration for posts in other
DTS.
In summary, he concludes that neither the contents of the relevant 1954 and 1960 White papers nor subsequent practice provide a basis for a claim for prior consideration. He also concludes that it is quite proper for the FCO to build up a cadre from which DT
posts may be filled and such office holders must have
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a fair chance of promotion posts.
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