PM Transcripts

Transcripts from the Prime Ministers of Australia

Gorton, John

Period of Service: 10/01/1968 - 10/03/1971
Release Date:
01/01/1969
Release Type:
Correspondence
Transcript ID:
1974
Document:
00001974.pdf 1 Page(s)
Released by:
  • Gorton, John Grey
FOR PRESS: P.M. NO. 1/1969 - NEW YEARS MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT JOHNSON

FOR PRESS P. M. No. 1,/ 1969
NEW YEAR MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT JOHNSON
The Prime Minister, Mr john Gorton, has received
the following New Year message from President johnson
" Dear Mr Prime Minister
Your first year in office has been a year of
fruitful collaboration between us. I have en joyed our.
association, and your visit to this country last May will long
be remembered. I am confident that under your leadership
Australia will continue to work out its destiny as one of the
great free nations of Asia and the Pacific, as that arena
becomes increasingly a co-operative community. Mrs Johnson
joins me in sending you and Mrs Gorton our warm personal
regards and best wishes for the New Year.
Sincerely, Lyondon B. Johnson"
CANBERRA,
1 January 1969

1974