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Transcripts from the Prime Ministers of Australia

Hawke, Robert

Period of Service: 11/03/1983 - 20/12/1991
Release Date:
16/10/1984
Release Type:
Correspondence
Transcript ID:
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Document:
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Released by:
  • Hawke, Robert James Lee
Message to Mrs Thatcher on Brighton Bombing UK

 16 October 1984

The Prime Minister has sent the following message to the British Prime Minister, Mrs. Thatcher:

When I met your new High Commissioner, Sir John Leahy, in Canberra on Sunday I expressed to him our shock at the outrage in Brighton last week and our sympathy for the victims.

On behalf of the Australian Goverment I also wish to extend deep sympathy to you personally, to those who are injured and to the relatives and friends of those murdered in that brutal blast. I fully support your courageous response to this appalling act of terrorism.

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