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PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 20 January, 1980
ELECTORATE TALK
This week I had the pleasure of receiving in Canberra, the
Prime Minister of Japan, Mr Ohira.
We had extensive discussions covering a wide range of bilateral,
regional and international matters.
I believe our talks were highly productive.
It is a mark of the maturity and strength of the relationship
between Japan and Australia that a Japanese Prime Minister
can fly here for a brief visit and, with a minimum of formality,

-I L SOVIET EXPANSIONISM MUST BE KRSIST_\
( Extract from an address by the Deputy Prime M inisto' nd It:' cr
for Trade anid Resourc s, the Rt Hon. J. D. Anthony
Wi'. ne I i ; try i'ieJ. d D. y c'giii.. S. I by tLhne i. L Vaicy V y'.
Association and the N. S. W. Department of Agriculture at
Rothbury Estate, Pokolbin Friday, 18th January, 1980.
One of the things that has been very much on the
Government's mind in the last few days has been our relations
with the Soviet Union.
Trade between Australia and the Soviet Union is

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AUSTRAI 0.
PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA THURSDAY, w17 JANUARY, 1980
ADDRESS TO LUNCHEON IN HONOUR OF
, HIS EXCELLENCY MR. MASAYOSHI OHIRA,
PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN
The welcome I extend to you today on behalf of the Australian
Government and all Australians, is a very sincere and warm one.
We value your presence amongst us.
At the beginning of a new year and a new decade, your visit
symbolises not only the strength of our past relationship,

PRESS OFFICE TRANSCRIPT MONDAY, 14 JANUARY 1980
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOLLOWING ADDRESS TO YOUNG LIBERALS
CONVENTION, LA TROBE UNIVERSITY, 14ELBOURNE
Question Prime Minister, one issue which we may be debating later
in the week concerns whether or not it is an appropriate
response in regard to the Russian situation with Afghanistan
that Australia and other nations should boycott the Olympics.
Could I ask your own opinion please?
Prime minister
Well, I can tell you the position of the Government at this

PRIMAE MINISTER L13R
FOR MEDIA January 14,
ADDRESS TO THE
NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE YOUNG LIBERAL
MOVEMENT OF AUSTRALIA
I am g rateful to you, Mr President, and to your Executive,
for the invitation to open this-twelfth annual convention, and
to address you.
Of course, this convention has a special significance. We have
not ' only entered a new year, but also a new decade. The future
invites us to action and challenges us with opportunity.
But above-all, this is an election year in which we must again

PRESS OFFICE TRANSCRIPT MONDAY, 14 JANUARY 1980
DOORSTOP INTERVIEW, MELBOURNE, ON OLYMPIC GAMES
Question ( Inaudible)
Prime Minister
For a long while, the Australian Government tried to
maintain the view that politics and sport should be kept
quite separate and then everyone told us that you could not
keep the two separate, and this was especially in relation
to aparthied in South Africa. Governments that introduced
politics into sport have really been responsible for bringing
the two together. I think it is probably quite unreal for

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AUSTRAT R I IS E cS 1:
FOR MEDIA January l3 ,980
ELECTORATE TALK
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan is a grave threat to the
maintenance of world peace.
Not only has the invasion presented a sharp challenge to the
United States, but it has had a profoundly destabilising effect
extending far beyond Afghanistan and its immediate neighbours.
It is important that we all have a clear perception of the
implications of Soviet actions in Afghanistan.
Large Scviet forces have invaded a small, non-aligned, independent

DEATH OF GEORGE MEANY
On behalf of all Australians, I would like to express the
Australian Government's regret at the death of Mr George Mieany,
a well known union leader.
Mr Meany was one of America's leading citizens. He was widely
respected throughout America as a strong, independent and
responsible leader of the union movement. He was essentially
non-partisan in outlook and was successful in bringing the views
of American labour Co bear at the highest levels in the country.
As a dedicated and responsible trade union leader he never

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FOR MEDIA 13 January, 1980
CYCLONE ANIY
The Prime Minister today sent a message to the Premier of
Western Australia offering Commonwealth assistance following
damage caused by Cyclone Amy.
Mr Fraser noted that the way in which the State Emergency
Services had handled this cyclone demonstrated what careful
planning could do to avoid injuries.
The liaison between the various authorities involved in disaster
planning had been most effective.
" The Natural. Disasters Organisation in Canberra had been in

PRES OFFCE TANS9C IJPATNWUEADRNYE SD19A8Y0
INTERVIEW WITH PRESS AFGHANISTAN
Prime Minister
I will read through this first for those who want it on tape and
sound.
The Government today considered the report from the Foreign Minister
concerning the events in Iran and more specifically the Russian
invasion of Afghanistan.
The Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister have already condemned
the invasion of Afghanistan as totally without justification; as a
violation of everything the United Nations stands for; and as a mode