PM Transcripts

Transcripts from the Prime Ministers of Australia

Gorton, John

Period of Service: 10/01/1968 - 10/03/1971
Release Date:
18/04/1968
Release Type:
Media Release
Transcript ID:
1833
Document:
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FOR PRESS: P.M NO. 48/1968 PROPOSED VIETNAM SUMMIT

FOR PRESS: P. M. No. 48/ 1968
PROPOSED VIETNAM SUMMIT
The Prime Minister authorised the following oral
comment on the reports that South Vietnam was sounding out its
allies about a new Vietnam Summit meeting:
* We have not received an invitation to a Summit conference.
* We have been asked for our views on the desirability of holding
a. Summit conference.
* We cannot see what useful purpose a Summit meeting could serve
at this stage.
( This was a spokesman comment not in the Prime Minister's
name). 18 April 1968

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