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Gorton, John

Period of Service: 10/01/1968 - 10/03/1971
Release Date:
26/05/1968
Release Type:
Media Release
Transcript ID:
1855
Document:
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  • Gorton, John Grey
WASHINGTON ARRIVAL STATMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER, MR, JOHN GORTON AT ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE 26 MAY 1968

VISIT TO THE U. S. 1968
WASH INGTON
ARRIVAL STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER,
MR. JOHN GORTON, AT ANDREWS AIR FORGE BASE 26 MAY 1968
The Prime Minister, Mr. Gorton, said on arrival
at Andrews Air Force Base in Washington today that one of the main
purposes of his visit to the United States would be to establish the
same contact with President johnson and the United States Administration
as that held by his predecessor, Mr. Holt.
" I want to discuss the trend of thinking in the
Administration on matters of mutual concern and if possible to draw
Australia and the United States closer together, and we are pretty
close together now, he said.

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