VISIT TO THE U. K. 1969
PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER,
MR. JOHN GORTON, IN LONDON AFTER THE
FIVE-POWIER DEFENCE MEETING 17 JANUARY 1969
The Prime Ministers of Malaysia ( Tunku Abdul Rahman),
Singapore ( Mr. Lee Kuan Yew), New Zealand ( Mr. Keith Holyoake),
and Australia ( Mr. John Gorton) and the British Defence Minister ( Mr.
Denis Healey) held an informal meeting in London this morning. The
Australian Minister for External Affairs ( Mr. Paul Hasluck) also attended.
The Prime Ministers had decided to take this opportunity
of their presence together in London to discuss the time and place for a
Five-Power conference later in the year. Following the meeting, which
was held in the Australian Prime Minister's suite at the Savoy Hotel,
Mr. Gorton announced that it had been decided to hold the second
Five-Power conference in Canberra on 12 May. The first such conference
took place in Kuala Lumpur last June.
Mr. Gorton said that today's meeting was primarily
concerned with the arrangements for the new conference. There was no
substantive discussion of questions arising from Britain's withdrawal
from South East Asia.
Gorton, John
Period of Service: 10/01/1968 - 10/03/1971
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Release Date:
17/01/1969
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Press Conference
Transcript ID:
1982
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VISIT TO THE U.K. 1969 - PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER, MR. JOHN GORTON, IN LONDON AFTER THE FIVE-POWER DEFENCE MEETING - 17 JANUARY 1969
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