Documents concerning the appointment of senior staff in the Commission, including: applications for the post of Neil Kinnock's Chef de Cabinet following Philip Lowe's appointment as Director General for DG Development (ALL CONFIDENTIAL - removed until further notice); notes and correspondence on a perceived underrepresentation of the British at senior level (LARGE PORTIONS CONFIDENTIAL, such as: statement by Christos Papoutsis; note by Daivd Williamson summarising the discussion of the subject by the Commissioners; table showing the quotas for Director General positions per country; letter from Tony Blair to Jacques Santer; note from Lyn Parker to Sir Stephen Wall, British Permanent Representative to the EU; letter from Lyn Parker to Deborah Bronnert, Cabinet of Neil Kinnock; correspondence between Neil Kinnock and Tony Blair; draft note by Lowe "UK strategy for A1 posts within the European Commission in 1997" - removed until further notice); lists of A1 and A2 staff by service.

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