S. PRESS RELEASE: GENERAL NASUTION'S VISIT.
The Acting Prime Minister today said that the Indonesian
Minister for National Security and Chief of Staff of the Army, General
Abdul Haris Nasution, would arrive in Sydney on Tuesday morning,
18th April, and from there would travel to Canberra by R. A. A. F. Convair
for a ceremonial welcome. General Nasution would be accompanied by his
wife. Mr. McEwen also announced that the Indonesian Minister and Chief
of Staff of the Navy, Rear Admiral R. E. Martadinata, who had accepted a
separate invitation to visit Australia, would arrive at the same time
as General and Mrs. Nasution.
0 Their Excellencies the Administrator and Lady Brooks had
0 nvited General and Mrs. Nasution and Rear Admiral Martadinata to be
their guests at Government House while in Canberra.
Official discussions are scheduled for Tuesday afternoon,
18th April, and later in the day General and Mrs. Nasution and Admiral
Martadinata would attend a Reception given by the Indonesian Embassy.
That night there would be a Dinner Party at Government House.
On Wednesday, 19th April, General Nasution would make a brief
visit to the Royal Military College, and later meet the Chiefs of Staff
kmmittee. He and Rear Admiral Martadinata would attend a Cabinet
ncheon and before leaving for Melbourne they would visit the Australian
War Memorial and place a wreath at the Commemorative Stone.
0 In Melbourne His Excellency the Administrator of Victoria had
invited General and Mrs. Nasution and Rear Admiral Martadinata to stay
at Government House where there would be a Dinner Party on the Wednesday
night. On Thursday, 20th April, General Nasution would visit the
Department of Supply's Installations at Fisherman's Bend and later,
accompanied by Mrs. Nasution, would attend a Luncheon given by the
Government of Victoria.
In the afternoon, General and Mrs. Nasution are scheduled to
visit the Melbourne University and later to attend a Civic Reception
given by the Lord Mayor of Melbourne and Mrs. Evans. During the
afternoon General TNasution will visit Anzac House to meet R. S. L. Leaders.
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In the late afternoon, General and Mrs. Nasution and Rear
Admiral Martadinata will visit International House to meet Indonesian
students. That evening they will attend a Dinner given by the Minister
for Supply and Mrs. Hulme.
On Friday morning the party will leave Melbourne for Sydney and
General Nasution will then visit the R. A. A. P. Base at Richmond. In the
late afternoon they will attend a State Reception given by the Government
of New South Wales.
During the morning of Saturday, 22nd April, General and Mrs.
Nasution and Rear Admiral Martadinata will call on the Governor of New
South Wales and Lady Woodward. In the afternoon, the Minister for
* efence, Mr. Townley, will accompany General Nasution on a scenic tour.
On the evening General Nasution and Rear Admiral Martadinata will attend
a Dinner given by the Minister for Defence, Mr. Townley.
SThe Acting Prime Minister then went on to say that a separate
programme would be arranged for Mrs. Nasution for those occasions when
she would not be accompanying the General. However, Mr. McEwen said
that these details were not yet available.
Mr. McEwen also said that a separate itinerary would be
arranged by the Navy for Rear Admiral Martadinata and it was planned
' hat while in Melbourne he would visit the Flinders Naval Depot. In
Sydney Rear Admiral Martadinata would visit Naval Establishments at
* arden Island, Watson's Bay " Watson") and Quaker's Hill
" Nirimba"). It was proposed that Admiral Martadinata would
visit also the Royal Australian Naval College at Jervis Bay and the
Royal Australian Naval Air Station at Nowra. He was scheduled to leave
Australia on Wednesday, 26th April.
General and Mrs. Nasution were scheduled to leave Sydney on
Sunday, 23rd April, but would return on Wednesday, 26th April. That
afternoon General Nasution would give a Press Conference. He would also
meet R. S. L. Leaders. In the evening, he would/ leave Sydney with
Mrs. Nasution. f. eestua i.
Prime Minister's Department,
CANBERRA, A . CT, 29th March, 1961.