VISIT TO THE U. S.
AND CANADA 1969
CANADAV 4Y96
PRESS CONFERENCE GIVEN BY THE PRIME MINISTER,
MR. JOHN -GORTON, AT THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB,
OTTAWA 3 APRIL 1969
PM. It is pleasant to be visiting Canada, and I hope an augury
of the visits backwards and forwards by ministers between our two
countries, both of which are so interested in the Pacific. This is an
area where, I think, we have an opportunity for greater joint action in
the future than we may have had in the past.
I would like publicly to announce that there will be an

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CANADA
STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER, ~ I
MR. JOHN GORTON, ON ARRIVAL IN OTTAWA
2 APRIL 1969
My wife and I are delighted to be in Canada. I much
appreciate this opportunity again to meet your Prime Minister, Mr.
Trudeau, so soon after our talks in London.
I look forward to our discussions here in Ottawa, and
I am sure they will be of benefit to both our countries. I shall not,
in a statement on arrival and before I have talked with Mr. Trudeau,
presume to detail what we are likely to discuss.

FOR PRESS PM. NO. 35, 1969
TOWRA POINT RULED OUT AS AIRPORT SITE
Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr John Gorton
The community noise problem involved in the
operation of jet aircraft in the Towra Point area would be so severe,
that the Minister for Civil Aviation has advised me that he has
decided to direct the Interdepartmental Committee, convened to
consider the future airport needs of Sydney, to exclude this site
from its consideration. While accepting that the advantages which modern
aviation brings to the community as a whole are considerable, I

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FOR PRE.& S:_ jqA3 PM. No. 34/ 1969
PRIME MINISTER TO ATTJEND EISENHOWER
FUNERAL
The Prime Minister, Mr Gorton, will represent Australia
at the service in Washiington on Monday fAr the late President
Eisenhower. Mr and Mrs Gorton will leave for the United States as
scheduled late this afternoon.
While in Washington, Mr Gorton will be received by the
President, but his official talks with Mr Nixon have been postponed.
It is expected that the Prime Minister will meet senior members of

FOR PRESS PM. No. 33/ 1969
PRIME MINISTER'S MESSAGLES ON THE DEATH OF
GENERAL EISENHOWER,
The Prime Minister, N'fr ( aorton, this morning sent
the following messages-
To Mrs Eisenhower " WE DEEPLY REGRET AND HAVE BEEN SADDENED
BY THE NEWS OF YOUR HUSBAND'S DEATH. GENERAL
EISENHOWER IN HIS LIFETIME RECEIVED THE RESPECT
AND ADMIRATION OF ALL AUSTRALIANS, AS THE WAR-TIME
LEADER OF OUR ALLIED FORCES AND, LATER, AS THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. HIS, GREAT
ACHIEVEMENTS AND HIS DEDICATED SERVICE TO HIS

VISIT TO THE US AND
CANADI9
SYDNEY, N. S. W.
DEPARTURE. PRESS CONFERENCE GIVEN BY TH
PRIME MINISTER, MR JOHN, GORTON, AT-M IW%
AIRPORT 29 MARCH 1969
PRIME MINISTER Would you like me to read out the messages we have
sent to the United States and Mrs Eisenhower one was a personal
tribute sent to President Nixon
Q. Could you read the personal tribute to Eisenhower that
you sent to President Nixon?
PM: This was sent by us to President Nixon:
" TODAY ALL AUSTRALIANS ARE SHARING WITH
YOU AND WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE A DEEP SENSE OF

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
SPEECH BY
The Rt Hon. J. G. GORTON, M. P.
ON
AID TO INDONESI
( Ministerial Statement 1.
[ From the ' Parliamentary Debates', 27 March 1969]
Mr GORTON ( Higgins-Prime Minister)
-by leave-I wish to inform the House
that the Government has dccided to increase
its aid to Indonesia from the $ 12.7m which
is provided this financial year to $ 15m in
1969-70. In addition it has been decided to
commit in advance a total of $ 4m to finance
economic development projects up to an

FOR PRESS: P. M. No. 32/ 1969
U. S. ASTRONAUT TO BE CORAL SEA GUEST OF HONOUR
The Governments of Australia and the United States
announced today that R. Walter Cunningham, lunar module pilot of
Apollo 7, will be the official guest of honour during the Coral Sea
Commemoration ceremonies to take place in Australia from 3-11
May. Mrs. Cunningham will accompany the astron E'
Their itinerary will include Canberra, Bris ape/ ,7 0~
Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. I969
They will visit Australia as the guests of the

STATEMENT ON
COMMONWEALTH AID ROADS
ARRANGEMENTS 1969-70 TO 1973-74
The present Commonwealth Aid Roads legislation will
expire on 30 June. Before the end of the current session of the
Commonwealth Parliament we therefore propose to seek legislative
authority for new arrangements to operate for the next five years.
Thxe isingarrangements provided for Commonwealth
Aid Road grants of $ 750 million for the five year period 1964-69.
This was $ 250 million, of 50 per cent, more than was provided for

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RESTR ICTED
OPENING OF THE HAROLD HOLT MEMORIAL
SWIMMING POOL
MALVERN, VIC. 16 MARCH 1969
Speech by the Prime Minister, Mr. John Gorton
Mr. Mayor, Sir Robert Menzies and Ladies and Gentlemen:
May I start by saying how glad I am to have the
opportunity to be here today in my own electorate in which I am
able to appear in all too infrequently, for reasons which I hope you
will understand and forgive.
Now this piece of paper in my hand was a speech
which was written to give to you, but it appears to be not much use