P. M. No. 11/ 1960
OFFICIAL SECRETTARY Af AUSTLALIA HOUSE
Statemont b_ the Prime Minister the ~ It. Hon. R. G. Menzies
The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, announced today that
Mr. J. HR. Cumming, had been appointed Official Secretary
at Australia House, London.
Mr. Cum: iming, an Assistant Secretary of the Prime
Minister's Department, wiill leave for London with his family
on 2nd April. Mr. Cumming was Director-General of the highly
successful visit to Australia last year of Her Roya Highness
Princess Alexandra of Kent. He was A. C. T. Director of the
visits by Her Majesty the Queen in 1954 and by The Queen Mother
in 1958. He oas Joint Director of the Australian visit by the
Duke of Edinburgh in 1956.
Mr. Cumming is Secretary of the Commonwealth
Literary Fund, and the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board.
C--NBERRA,
13th March, 1960,
Menzies, Robert
Period of Service: 19/12/1949 - 26/01/1966
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P.M. NO.11/1960 - OFFICIAL SECRETARY AT AUSTRALIA HOUSE - STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER, THE RT. HON. R.G. MENZIES
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