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Holt, Harold

Period of Service: 26/01/1966 - 19/12/1967
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Release Date:
23/10/1966
Release Type:
Message
Transcript ID:
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Document:
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  • Holt, Harold Edward
PM 109/1966 - Welsh Landslide Disaster - Message of Sympathy

P. M. No. 109/ 1966

Mr. Holt has sent the following message to the British Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Wilson, from his aircraft en route to the Manila talks

"I HAVE BEEN DEEPLY DISTRESSED AT THE SAD AND GRAVE NEWS OF THE TRAGEDY AT ABERFAN. MY COLLEAGUES AND I AND ALL AUSTRALIANS FEEL SINCERELY FOR THE BEREAVED AND OUR HEARTFELT SYMPATHY IS WITH THEM, WITH YOU AS PRIME MINISTER, AND WITH ALL THE BRITISH NATION AT THIS TIME"

CANBERRA,
23rd October, 1966.

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