CON4FERENCE OF P~ tESIDENTS OF CHAMBERS 0~
MANUFACTURES AND OF FEIRAL MANUFACTURERS'
ORGANISATIONS
A. C. Mi. A. C~ nference Centre, Canberra 2ND MAY 1968
Speech by the Prime Minister, Mr John Gorton
Mr President and Gentlemen: What I have to say to you, because of the time in
which I can say it, will not be very deep, nor would you expect it to go
very deeply into any of the many subjects which will be occupying your
own minds during the course of the Conference. But you will, I ' know, be

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FOR PRESS: P. Mi No. 53/ 1968
VISIT OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH
The Australian staff of The Duke of Edinburgh for his
visit between May 11 and June 5 were named in Canberra today.
In charge of the visit arrangements will be Mr. J. H.
Scholtens, C. V. Assistant Secretary, Ceremonial and Hospitality
Branch, Prime Minister's Department.
Press Liaison Officer is Mr. H. R. Rayner, a former
New South Wales journalist, who is at present Director of Public
Relations for the Department of Defence.

FOR PRESS: P. M. L No. 52/ 1968.
VISIT BY THE EMPEROR OF ETIHIOPIA
As announced earlier by the Prime Minister, Mr. John
Gorton, His Imperial Majesty Haile Sellassie I of Ethiopia will visit
Australia from 13 to 17 May.
His Imperial Majesty, who is scheduled to arrive in
Canberra direct from Djakcarta at 4. 30 p. mn. on 13 May will be accompanied
by an official suite of 16. He will also visit Melbourne and Perth.
CANBERRA PROGRAMME
Monday, 13 May
Details of the programme for Canberra are as follows:
4. 30 p. m.
4. 43 p. m.
45 p. m.

STATE ZIONIST COUNCIL OF N. S. V1.
JSRAEL'S NATIONAL DAY
TOWN HALL, SYDNEY, N. S. W. 28 April 1968
Speech by the Prime Minister, Mr. John Gorton
Mr. Chairman, Mr. Charge d'Affaires, Mr. Speaker, Rabbi Porush,
Distinguished Guests and Ladies and Gentlemen:
Three days ago in Israel, near Gaza, there was dedicated
a memorial to men from Australia and New Zealand and you may be
sure that among them were many of the Jewish faith who rode and fought
in that storied land a little more than fifty years ago, and who are still

FOR PRESS: P. M. No. 51/ 1968
SYDNEY MARCH PAST
Comment by the Prime Minister, Mr. John Gorton
I was extremely pleased to see such a big crowd to watch
our men back from Vietnam.
The contingents from the three services gave an impressive
display. They are men of whom Australia can be proud.
In talking to some of them later, I felt they were men who
believed they had been doing a job that needed to be done. They were
justifiably proud of their contribution.
CANBERRA 26 April 1968

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CABL_ 1 G BEr_, FORE M. IDiNLGHT 23 APRIL
FOR PRESS: BRITISH GIFT TO CANBERRA
Statement by the Prime Minister, Mvr John Gorton
An Australian firm, Messrs Cameron, Chisholm and
Nicol of Perth, has won the competition conducted by the British
Government to select a design for a structure to house a carillon in
Canberra's Lake Burley Griffin.
The carillon and the structure to house it will be built
on Aspen Island in the Central Basin of Lake Burley Griffin. The cost

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FOR PRESS: P. M. No. 50/ 1968
ATTITUDE TO NUCLEA-R NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY
Spokesman Comment for Background
The Australian Government has indicated its
support in principle for a nuclear non-proliferation treaty
provided such a treaty is fully effective and provided complete
and satisfactory guarantees of protection against nuclear
attack can be achieved. The matters to be discussed in the United Nations
General Assembly will bear on whether or not such a treaty and
such conditions can be achieved.
23 April 1968

FOR PRESS: P. M. No. 48/ 1968
PROPOSED VIETNAM SUMMIT
The Prime Minister authorised the following oral
comment on the reports that South Vietnam was sounding out its
allies about a new Vietnam Summit meeting:
* We have not received an invitation to a Summit conference.
* We have been asked for our views on the desirability of holding
a. Summit conference.
* We cannot see what useful purpose a Summit meeting could serve
at this stage.
( This was a spokesman comment not in the Prime Minister's
name). 18 April 1968

FOR PRESS: PM. NO. 47/ 1968
VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES BY THE PRIME MINISTER,
THE RIGHT HON U FXLE J. G. GORTON, M. P.
At the invitation of President Johnson, the Prime
Minister, the Right Honourable J. G. Gorton, M. P. will visit the
United States next month.
The Prime Minister will leave Australia on 23rd May
and will be received by the President on his arrival in Washington DC
on 27th May. Mr Gorton will remain in Washington until Wednesday
morning, 29th May.
The President has advised the Prime Minister that

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VISIT TO' 1 WVX, HILL L ASS
( Sta tement by the Hon. 7' Wentworth, P.
iF inister I'L charge of Aborigi nal Affairs)
Latst 1' 1ondlay I visited Wa-ctie Creek, which is poirt of Wave Hill
Lease in the Northern Territory. While I w-s the re I hnd _-n
opportunity of imeeting repras~ jntntives of the Gurindji people,, some
of them are camcped in the grea. Previous to mygoing th-re I hoad
studied the reports of the Sessional Coilmittee of' the 1h. orthe: rn
Ter-ritory Legislotive Council upon the situation.