FOR PRESS: P.M.NO 82/1969 RE - APPONTMENT OF SIR ALEXANDER DOWNER STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER, MR. JOHN GORTON
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FOR PRESS: P. M. NO. 82/ 1969
RE-APPOINTMENT OF SIR ALEXANDER DOWNER
Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr. John Gorton
Sir Alexander Downer, K. B. has been re-appointed
as High Commissioner for Australia in Britain for a further term until
24 October 1970. Sir Alexander was appointed as High Commissioner
on 25 October 1964 for a period of five years.
I am grateful to Sir Alexander for agreeing to this
extension of his appointment in a position in which he has served
Australia with great distinction.
CANBERRA
24 November 1969
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