CHAPTER 98 - HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR ---- CAPÍTULO 98 - SU EXCELENCIA EL GOBERNADOR
Foreign Office Whitehall, London 12th September, 1964 Dear General Hopkins, I write to inform you that Her Majesty The Queen has been graciously pleased to approve your appointment as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Gibraltar, in succession to General Sir Dudley Ward, upon his retirement from the post. Your appointment will take effect from the date to be agreed mutually between yourself and the outgoing Governor. Further details regarding the formal arrangements for the assumption of your duties will be communicated to you in due course through the appropriate channels. Her Majesty's Government is confident that your distinguished record of service and your profound knowledge of Gibraltar and its affairs will serve the territory and the Crown with the utmost distinction during what is, as you will be well aware, a period of considerable delicacy in relations between Gibraltar, the United Kingdom and Spain. Yours faithfully, Richard Austen Butler Secretary for Foreign Affa...
