BRITISH DIPLOMACY
'foreignorei&^REFOßMs GREATER EFFICIENCY AIMED AT ■ • • r, ■. . . ■> J r'-- LONDON, June 11. It Is authoritatively stated that the Government has decided to introduce reforms for the creation of a combined foreign service embracing the Foreign Office and diplomatic consular services and separated from the. home civil service, with the highest posts ' open to all members.. The reforms aim at encouraging the entry of men without private means and. .encouraging efficiency by. permitting retirement on a pension of men who are shown, to be imsuited for higher posts. It is considered that the British need in the foreign service is exceptional efficiency if diplomacy is to be as effective as '4t - be*. l lt is also considered that the reforms will; make British diplomrepresentative -of Britain as a whole,. ' '• ■■■
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24632, 13 June 1941, Page 5
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