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M/ 47 5 March 1973
PRIME TINTISTER'S PIESSAGES TO BELGIUM
AND U. AFTER KHARTOUM KILLINGS
In special messages to the United States Secretary of
State, Mr Rogers, and to the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Mr Van Elslande, the Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign
0 Affairs, Mr WVhitlam, said today that he and his colleagues had
been deeply shocked at the cold blooded assassination in Khartoum
of two members of the United States Foreign Service and the
Belgian Charge d'Affaires.
Mr Whitlam said: " Such unwarranted attacks against
diplomatic representatives strike at the very foundation of
civilised relations between states and are to be condemned by all
Sgovernments which value the rules of international law.
In his message to Mr Rogers, Mr Whitlam said: " Mr
Curtis Moore was well known to officers of the Austrnlian Department
of Foreign Affairs, who on various occasions had reason to be
grateful for his helpful advice and assistance during their visits
to Khartoum". / 2
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Mr Whitlam said that he should like to convey to both
Ministers and to the families of the United States and Belgian
officers, on behalf of the Australian Government, his deepest
sympathy for their loss in such tragic circumstances.