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LAGT

PEF 56

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2 AUG 1979

Mr Str

Stry

cotton

Drivate Seactory

DESK OFFICER

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STAFF IN CONFIDENCE

GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, BELIZE

Thaps Draft to

GOVERNOR AND COLIMANDER-IN-CHIEF, FALKLAND ISLANDS

GOVERNOR, MONTSERRAT

Problem

1

issue.

27/7

~7/7

Original ate HKA 431/461/2

This Copy for:

Information only/Action on Larats)

To obtain Her Majesty's informal approval of the following

appointments:-

(a) Mr JP I Hennessy CMIG OBE as Governor and Commander-

in-Chief of Belize, in succession to Mr P D McEntee CMG OBE;

(b) Mr D K H Dale CBE as Governor of Montserrat, in succession

to Mr C W Jones CBE.

Recommendation

2.

I recommend that the Private Secretary should write to the

Private Secretary to The Queen on the lines of the attached drafts.

Background

3. These appointments have been approved by the Secretary of

State (my submission of 10 July) and agreed by the Prime Minister

(Mr Cartledge's letter of 25 July). The officers concerned have

been consulted and would be willing to accept. They will need to

pass medical examinations before The Queen's form.l approval is

sought but there is no need for early public announcements.

4. The Secretary of State and the Prime Minister have also

approved the appointment of r R Hunt as Governor and Commander-

in- Chief of the Falkland Islands. However, Mr Ridley (currently

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