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CONFIDENTIAL STAFF IN CONFIDENCE

CONFIDENTIAL

STAFF IN CONFIDENCE

FM FCO

TO DESKBY. 09010OZ HONG KONG

TELNO 762

OF 08120OZ MAY 92

FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR

FROM SIR JOHN COLES, DUSS

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MIPT:

1.

GOVERNOR-DESIGNATE:

SUPPORT STAFF

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170474

MDHOAN 4115

HKD 010/3

DINHAM IS AT PRESENT GRADE 5 IN THE HOME CIVIL SERVICE

(DS4 EQUIVALENT). HIS SALARY AND ALLOWANCES ARE AS FOLLOWS:-

SALARY (MAX SCALE POINT)

INNER LONDON WEIGHTING

DIFFICULT POST ALLOWANCE

COLA

CHILD AT POST COLA

ACCOUNTABLE

TOTAL

PDS STG

41,120

1,750

986

2,344

2,071

ENTERTAINMENT ALLOWANCE

600

PDS STG

48,871

THE ALLOWANCES ARE ALL SPECIFIC TO BANGKOK.

2.

IN CASE THE INFORMATION IS USEFUL, TONY GALSWORTHY IS A DS SENIOR GRADE 5. HIS SALARY AND ALLOWANCES ARE AS FOLLOWS:-

SALARY

PDS STG

49,300

LONDON ALLOWANCE

2,000

FRAIS

29,714

DS ALLOWANCE

7,695

2 CHILDREN ELSEWHERE (PDS STG 887 EACH)

1,774

LANGUAGE ALLOWANCE

(ADVANCED MANDARIN) TOTAL

3,430 93,913

3.

I DO NOT IMAGINE THAT IT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO CONSIDER

AN ENTERTAINMENT ALLOWANCE FOR DINHAM ON ANYTHING LIKE GALSWORTHY'S SCALE. NOR WOULD THE LANGUAGE ALLOWANCE BE

APPLICABLE.

4.

DINHAM'S CV IS AS FOLLOWS:

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