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Oral Answers to Questions — Diplomatic Service, Tokyo

– in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 5 March 1947.

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Photo of Mr Evelyn King Mr Evelyn King , Penryn and Falmouth 12:00, 5 March 1947

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the commencing salary of a member of the Diplomatic Service serving in Tokyo in his first year.

Photo of Mr Christopher Mayhew Mr Christopher Mayhew , Norfolk Southern

The salary of a grade IX officer in his first year is, under the new scale, £360 per annum. At Tokyo he would receive in addition free board and lodging and a foreign allowance of £50 per annum, if unmarried.

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