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Cr 2MAY 1967
. FOR-PRE 3S CORAL SEA AINNIVERSARY 1.4-NO. 5e/ 1967.
Iessage frop., the EriiiJ i~ er Mr. Harold Halt
The followiinZ messaze, to mark the st-irt of the
Anniversary Celebrations of the Battle of the Coral Sea, wav's
broadcast by the Prime M4inister today over the A. 3. C.' s national
network TIS WEEK WE ARE CZLEB1RATIWr THE TYI: riTY-FIFTH ALIII'JERSABY
OF THE jATTL] OF THE CORA* L SEA.
THOSE OF US WHO LIVED THROUG 1IHE SO0 EDYSO A
1942t REI'ZM] 1VBER TH : EEK. THOSE OF YOU HOARE YOUNGER M-AY N6T.
BUT YU. IAt " O TO LL Y._ 1M'IT TO RE1MZMBER, FOR THIS IS
PART OF YOUR HI1STORY".
THE 1ATTLE WJAS UQIJEI A MO, 1DERN , AR BECAUSE IT 73~ AN
EN1COUNTER uiET7W7X] TH1 i' 3. IRCRAFT C, 3RIE 1R FO LCES OF THE UNIT7ED STATES
AND JAPAN. NO SHIPS EXCHANG, E D iIOTS NOR DID THEY EVEN, SIX HT EACH
OTHE R. IT i. SFOUGHT BELOW-: THEIR O. iON-CARRIER AAITARCF,
AIRCRAFT AJJ[, IMT CARRI ER.
FOR EVZJL DA-Y S THE OUTC" OME" OBSCURE THEN THEMAIN
3ECAIL! J .1' LEIR. k THREATZN.: ED IYViSIONT OF PORT LMOZ7E 3Y IiLD BIEN1 TUpRNED
BC KTH RISK O11A% I i-THREA IIDS ON ; 3U. S'TH1L. I. iYT MAIrLAND HAD 132EN
REVU TID. A'ND 1 õ OA,. E THAN:* 1T ? HJ. Al PORKIDB3L1? TH1RUST TO TH HEART OF THE?
-" HOLE : I1LIL] D CAU SE I I' TH-S~ T-. ETPACIFIC F: D BEEP I3ROKM. THIS
1j, THE FITRS" T I. 1iJOR VICTO.' Y, JN q 11RNI3 POI T 1F THE WR
SO ' YE L. TIO' 3 TRIAUTE ONCE II} TO THE' I-WL AIRME
OF THE JIJITED ST T3 HO ChIS2D, THE WIL BURDElN OF THE i5ATTLE AND
H'LXEDHOITE THE VIMTO'. RY. ATD TO OUR O GJ AIOR . IL JEMEN WHO1
' TaV THE" IR SUPPORT.
TODA" Y OU!) L FI3HTIIG'r " lIN ilJN STAND -' LLONIXSIDE THE UNITE", D
STJZS21 IL. VIETIJI{ ITE 614-J-FORGED IIN LHZj COL LAND OLjH
SCATTMERED 3A iKTLE LI1ES OF THE P'~ CIFIC A rUaRTER OF t CEI'TURY L.' O
HA ' E ET17DU~ iED. ASK IS : 0 THI 1ORLD' S WOU1ST TROUBLZ] SPOT BUT ITS PEOPLE
A; RE UNDERGOING AllU EXIllC I T IN RWOL) TI ON OFP HOPE : 01D 1ARE LOOKING TO A
BETTER FUTURE. FOLLO. JNJ RECENT VISIT TO lSil, I AM, CONVINCED
TH T IF 3 IN THE REGiON CAN" L.. 70ORK TOIJETTI R HZLrED BY FRIENDLY
COUi~ tRICS OUTSIDE IT, IC. Y: Q ' UICKLY f6 * iR) S . LER1 OF EV3R
REATER PqOGR,-ESS.
' Ti" TR.. DE LiES OF THE CORA" L SE HN IEUOENAD FREE
NO' FOR OVER TW" ElTYYERS JAPAN AFD WE ARE FRIENDS PDTOGETHER *' JE
i! RE DEVELOPING' TR: DE ND COZREFOR THE BENIEFIT NTY ONY OF OUR TWO
NATIONS BUT FOR THE REGIO 11S A JOLE I HOETHS ROj~ LI1NKS CAN 3E
AN EX "" PLE FOR R1E'. rj. TIONS'IIIPS THROUGHOUT THE IJZEIA. t iVEFIHI
OURSELVES. 7] B3ELIEVE TH.. T W. ITH FIRiIJIESSS OF PURPOSE 2ND FRIEN11DLY
CM. OP" RATIOIT ST ,3ILITY CA17 3E1ALTIIEDl THE ; 0EA. AND ITS PROGRESS
SS3) UR E THIS IS THE CI! ALLE j1TF O: TODAY A'-N. D TOMORR& ICH CORAL SE,. L
WEiEK B7! INGS TO US ' tJJS7'. Ai._ S, D Vi1S3R OF THE DLYIVELOPIIG
A S IAT.. REJION.
CA _ llr3 _ j ~ PRIL, 1967.