Hoping you are having a real rest and good holiday, and with all good wishes to yourself and Mrs. Truter for the New Year. Yours very sincerely, (Signed) RICHARD S. GODLEY12
Comments by Lieut-Col RS Godley This had no result, but in 1924 Colonel Truter was awarded the K.B.E., whilst Major Trigger, Lieut. Loftus and myself, together with other officers and a Head Constable13, were awarded the King's Police Medal. Many others who deserved them equally as much, and in some cases more, and whose names were put up for recognition, never received any. It was also officially indicated that these honours had no connexion whatever with the revolution.
Mnr Dave Steward van die FW de Klerk-stigting Alhoewel ‘n mens kan verstaan dat sommige SAP-lede voel dat hulle in die steek gelaat is, moet die volgende in gedagte gehou word: • Mnr De Klerk het altyd die grootste waardering uitgespreek vir die onmisbare en onselfsugtige bydra wat die veiligheidsmagte tydens in die tydperk voor 1994 gemaak het. In sy toespraak van 2 Februarie vanjaar het hy die volgende oor die rol van die veiligheidsmagte gesê: “Secondly, it would have been very difficult for us to initiate successful constitutional negotiations in South Africa If we had not been able to hold the line along the Namibian/Angolan border in the period after 1975. Our negotiating prospects would have been severely weakened if Cuban forces had not withdrawn from Angola and if Soviet-backed SWAPO forces had been permitted to achieve a military victory in Namibia. “It would have been equally impossible for us to initiate successful negotiations had we not been able to restore order after the unrest of the mid 80s.
Godley Alfred Ernest Trigger MBE; William Christopher Loftus, Richard Shearman Godley OBE and No 232 Head Constable Layton Herbert Burgess – King, SAP Gallantry Awards, 2000: 44
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