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ARE JUST AS LIKELY TO BE FILLED BY SIDEWAYS TRANSFER AS BY ACTING

APPOINTMENTS LEADING TO SUBSTANTIVE PROMOTION.

5. IT FOLLOWS THAT WE WOULD PREFER TO RETAIN THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF INFORMING YOU OF ACTING APPOINTMENTS AS SECRETARIES, ALTHOUGH WE WILL TRY TO GIVE YOU AMPLE NOTICE IN RELATION TO THOSE POSTS IN WHICH YOU HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST, EVEN WHERE SIDEWAYS TRANSFER IS INVOLVED.

6. WE ARE WORKING ON A FIVE YEAR FORECAST OF SENIOR DIRECTORATE APPOINTMENTS, BUT THIS IS PROVING DIFFICULT.

7. MAY I SUGGEST THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUERIES ON THIS, YOU COMMUNICATE WITH SCS RATHER THAN ME? I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT ALL TELEGRAMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SEEN AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

WILSON

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