Extract from the minutes of a meeting of the Cabinet
'Schedule: Department of External Affairs: Additional Staff '
(GC 5/96) (Item 9) (S5337)

1 Assistant Secretary in charge of the Political and Information Division.

Political Section:
1 Counsellor.
1 First Secretary.
2 Third Secretaries.
Information Section:
1 Counsellor.
1 First Secretary.
2 Third Secretaries.

4 Clerical Officers, to be recruited, as far as possible, from the existing Civil Service.
4 Shorthand Typists and 3 Typists, to be recruited, as far as possible, from the existing Civil Service.

Legation at Washington:
1 Counsellor in charge of Public Relations.
2 Third Secretaries.
3 Shorthand Typists, to be recruited in Ireland.

Consulate General at New York:
1 Officer, with the rank of Consul, in charge of Public Relations, to be locally recruited.
1 Clerk-Shorthand Typist.

Consulates at Boston, Chicago and San Francisco:
1 Vice-Consul at each Consulate.

High Commissioner's Office at London:
1 Public Relations Officer, with the rank of Counsellor.
1 Third Secretary.
1 Shorthand Typist.