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Gorton, John

Period of Service: 10/01/1968 - 10/03/1971
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Release Date:
07/11/1968
Release Type:
Correspondence
Transcript ID:
1952
Document:
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  • Gorton, John Grey
FOR PRESS : PM. NO 89/1968 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION MESSAGE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER , MR JOHN GORTON

FOR PRESS PM. NO. 89,. 1968
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Message from the Prime Minister, Mr john Gorton
The Prime Minister today instructed the Australian
Ambassador in Washington to convey the following message to Mr
Richard Nixon " PLEASE ACCEPT THE CONGRATULATIONS AND
BEST WISHES OF THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF AUSTRALIA.
YOU CAN COUNT ON OUR UNDERSTANDING AND OUR
GOODWILL AS YOU UNDERTAKE THE HEAVY RESPONSIBILITIES
THAT LIE AHEAD. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTINUATION OF THE
CLOSE CO-OPERATION AND WARM FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN
OUR TWO COUNTRIES. SINCERELY, JOHN GORTON"
CANBERRA, 7 November 1968

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