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LiR ~ IvMtIA 6 DJjfAY, KkCuH16 191.1-
I--aft-delighted to jolflou n T tonight%, and I hope t-b
be here several. times through the year.
week, our Fo-r-n -A. ffair. 6 I'nistiat TionY Street,
fin~ alised a new and i r. p ortant a'grea znt with the United statea.
This agre-zmnt allorws ij; hited Staites B-52 ai.-craf t to put down--
at n while doirq surveillance and navigat. ion flight-3
over :-ndian Ocean ana-Qiieensland.
aiz t comre Cron Guiam, a United S tates bass in the Pacific,___
about3~ O kilov e-tresfrm awp.
By ente. rg this agr-emant, we are giving sopport and ADi:; tanv
to our alles. The United States c-rrics the tgreal bura-n 0-1_
Maint-aaing world. j~ aaca, e pcally against Soviet szio.
We bap!: fit from the protection thbat the United States proviCz F
but Australians would not wan t. e _ ove. ment to sit : Icv
an d . S imply tak e th e-1) eqne f it s w i '--hont-1h epin g wh -re we can , hfe n i,
agree w., Ft! Tthe baasic ojtiC thne united StatZ. es.
we aae be tomakea con tri butiJon. to assist-t1he Ui
Statea,' of courepe, we ill do s-o. ; We % would rtot be takingj~ c Our
~ osprrn iti e s s. ri ous I i f we cid aythin elze. O-Z ccue,
in doing th'ifd, Asriais loolking to her ow~ n s; trategric int n-res s
The new acri--! is allec~ 3~~ aqr, sm. ent for Aut ~ la,
ana f ully prtet Auta 3jys oe 15h-, f light3 -hich
it authorises are survoillanc-E and naSViqaticfl flic~ hts. hy
wilk--~ bF ifY al-. eyon anl ocean viiich-118 01 privme seturity
interest to iAustraia,: z. But%-the aircraft will be wnrie. aucild
will carry--no bombs. The agraeerrent does not all. ow fights oJf
aqX,, ent~ n-would have to be soug~ ht be-fore thbe Sfcilnte
Darwiin coulcl be us~ ed-for P. ghd~ uiffi feren-t kind ti
it is clearly on record that would not a-i our agreet--: ent
if we. were not in agrerapent with the Stratgi and tactical
Objectives of any such flights.
It is alsio on record that vie would nee--rt-nornbi
agrementwith weaponry being car iedl on su-ch faghs ad ir
pz~ trticu3. zr whEther nuclear % 40,0,001S Were being carried.
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I believe that all Australians c~ n welcona this new agreement.
AUstralia's security.
Matters of -thia kind shculd not be subject. to partypolitics.
Of Course, the Governirsett of tle cday has, and6 musit have, the
responsibility' for negotiadon a~ nd xii I~ diii agrearzints such
as this one. But it is highly desirable and very-nuch in the_
interests of Australia that a bi-partisan approach shoold-be
maintained. ~ hav~ In ' us riaarrangen. s whLrn. bi
tniEniLr tta r o'Fthe Opp03itioni in con ictinih..
K agreements such as this. Sich arrangem~ ents canl obviously
lay the groundwork for a bi-partisan approach in matters
-of-t teic -importance to Australi a.
I am con i~ nt that when the details of this new agreement
are clearly lunderstood tC. hroughout the whola Australian c~~ iy
its usef ulnesa for both6' the United States and for Australia-
-wi llbtFTWi's llx e-ogi sel.
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