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TO IMMEDIATE GOVERNOR GIBRALTAR TELNO PERSONAL 64 OF 4 APRIL
INFO IMMEDIATE MADRID
1. FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF MATERIAL REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 3 OF MIPT:
BEGINS:-
REORGANISATION OF DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES WITHIN THE FCO. IN FUTURE THE WORK OF THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AFFECTING GIBRALTAR, BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL, WILL BE HANDLED BY SOUTHERN EUROPEAN DEPARTMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR AID MATTERS WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE MINISTRY OF OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT. THE ADMINIST
RATION OF AID WILL BE HANDLED DIRECTLY BETWEEN THE ODM AND THE GIBRALTAR GOVERNMENT AND THIS SHOULD RESULT IN MORE RAPID PROCESSING OF AID PROPOSALS. STAFF FROM THE GIBRALTAR SECTION AND GENERAL
? DEPARTMENT WILL TRANSFER TO SOUTHERN EUROPEAN DEPARTMENT AND WILL
ENSURE CONTINUITY AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THE CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OFFICIALS OF THE FCO AND THOSE OF THE GIBRALTAR GOVERNMENT.
THE CHANGE IS PURELY ADMINISTRATIVE AND ORGANISATIONAL AND CARRIES
NO POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS.
MINISTERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES WITHIN THE FCO ARE NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE. THE MINISTER OF STATE, MR JUDD (AS MR
HATTERSLEY AND DR OWEN BEFORE HIM) IS RESPONSIBLE UNDER THE SECRETARY
· OF STATE FOR BOTH THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OF GIBRALTAR.
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