PRIME MSTRAL1LA&
FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF SPEECH GIVEN BY PRIME MINISTER AT LANQUET
HOSTED BY PREMIER ZHAO ON 8 FEBRUARY.
BEGINS.. SPEECH IN REPLY, PREMIER ZHAO'S BANQUET
WEDNESDAY, 8 FEBRUARY 1984
MR PREMIER, DISTINGUISHED GUESTS,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WARM WELCOHE TO PEKING.
MR PREMIER, I AM VERY GLAD TO BE HERE AND TO MEET WITH YOU AGAIN.
IT WAS A GREAT PLEASURE TO ME THAT YOU HERE THE FIRST
HEAD OF GOVERNMENT TO VISIT AUSTRALIA AFTER MY GOVERNMENT TOOK
OFFICE. I RECALL VERY CLEARLY THE VALUE OF OUR DISCUSSION ON THAT

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TRANSCRIPT PRESS CONFERENCE SEOUL SHILLA HOTEL 7 FEBRUARY 1954
FROM FILE 828/ 1/ 29
FOR PRIME MINISTER'S PRESS OFFICE IN PARLIAMENT HOUSE
E AND 0 E PROOF ONLY
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN I WOULD SAY AT THE OUTSET HOW MUCH AND
THE AUSTRALIAN PARTY HAVE ENJOYED OUR BRIEF VISIT TO YOUR COUNTRY.
I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF HAVING VERY SERIOUS DISCUSSIONS WITH
PRESIDENT CHUN AND WITH YOUR PRIME MINISTER, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
AND FOREIGN'MINISTER WITH OFFICIALS AND, OF COURSE, ALL OF MY

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TRANSCRIPT -PRESS CONFERENCE WITH PREMIER ZHAO -PROOF ONI. Y
JOURNALIST: WHEN FOREIGN.-MINISTER MR HAYDEN WAS IN PEKING LAST
AUGUST AUSTRALIA AND CHINA AGREED TO DISAGREE. SINCE THEN HAS THERE
BEEN ANY CHANGED POSiTION ON EITHER SIDE OR IS THERE STILL DISAGREEMENT
ON THE INDO-CHINA QUESTION.
PREMIER: I HAVE ALWAYS SAID THAT THE POSITION4 TAKEN BY CHINA AND THE
POSITION TAKEN BY AUSTRALIA ON THE QUESTION OF KAMPUCHEA BASICALLY
ARE THE SAME. IN OTHER WORDS WE HAVE COMMON POINTS ON MAJOR ISSUES

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FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF SPEECH GIVEN BY PRIME MINISTER AT
PRESIDENT CHUN'S DINNER ON 6 FEBRUARY 1984.
,4R PRESIDENT, DISTINGUISHED GUESTS,
IT GIVES ME GREAT SATISFACTION TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THIS, MY
FIRST VISIT TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA.
THE TRAGEDY IN RANGOON WHICH PREVENTED YOUR INTENDED VISIT LAST
YEAR TO AUSTRALIA CONTRIBUTED TO MY DECISION TO COME HERE NOW. I
COMMUNICATED TO YOU AT THE TIME AUSTRALIA'S SYMPATHY ON YOUR LOSSES
AND OUR REVULSION AT THE BOMBING OUTRACE. YOU WILL ALSO BE AWARE OF

PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT PRESS CONFERENCE9 SEOUL 6 FEBRUARY 1984 AT SHILLA
HOTEL
E AND 0 E PROOF ONLY
JOURNALIST : CAN WE DEAL WITH THIS GMH THING AND THE REACTION TO
THAT ARE YOU SURPRISED AT THE LEVEL OF THE REACTION THAT HAS
OCCURRED SO FAR FROM NOT ONLY FROM THE OPPOSITION BUT ALSO FROM -THE
TRADE UNIONS. I AM A LITTLE SURPRISED AT THE WAY WHAT I'VE SAID HAS BEEN
PRESENTED. AND I THINK YOU'' APPRECIATE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION
I NEED TO GIVE A FAIRLY EXTENSIVE ANSWER AND I HOPE IN DOING THAT

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PRIME MINISTER
FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF SPEECH GIVEN BY PRIME MINISTER TO
KOREAN ECONOMIC ORGANISATIONS ON 6 FEBURARY 1984.
PLEASE NOTE THIS TEXT SUPERCEEDES THAT FORWARDED IN O. TK36828
OF 2 FEBRUARY 1984.
BEGINS: MR PRIME MINISTERv
I WAS VERY PLEASED TO ACCEPT THE INVITATION
OF THE FOUR KOREAN ECONOMIC -ORGANISATIONS TO ADDRE-SS
THIS DISTINGUISHED AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP.
YOU ARE ALL AWARE OF HOW THE ECONOMIC AND TRADING
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES HAS EXPANDED IN RECENT

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FOLLOWING IS TRANSCRIPT OF PM'S PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE ROYAL
HOTEL, OSAKA AT 2.45 PM ON 3 FEBRUARY 1984.
E AND 0 E PROOF-ONLY
PM: THANK YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMENT FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE HERE.
I WILL SAY A VERY BRIEF FEW WORDS IN OPENING AND THEN MAKE MYSELF
AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONING. THIS IS MY FIRST VISIT.
TO THE KANSAI AND I REGARD IT AS IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF THE
LONG HISTORICAL LINKS BETWEEN THIS AREA AND AUSTRALIA. THE
TWO CONDITIONS FOR STRENGTHENING ECONOMIC RELATIONS BETWEEN

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FRERME MINISTER
FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF PRIME MINISTER ' S SPEECH TO KANSAI
FEDERATION OF ECONOMIC ORGANISATIONS, OSAKA 3 FEBRUARY
BEGINS: IT IS GOOD TO BE IN THE KANSAI AREA, WHICH HAS ALWAYS HAD A
SPECIAL PLACE IN AUSTRALIAN-JAPANESE RELATIONS.
A CENTURY AGO IT WAS A KANSAI MAN FUSAJIRO KANEMATSU WHO
PIONEERED THE GREAT AUSTRALIA-JAPAN WOOL TRADE, AND IN THE
PROCESS ESTABLISHED ONE OF THE FIRST OF THE FAMOUS JAPANESE
TRADING COMPANIES.
WOOL SUPPLIES TO THE TEXTILE MILLS OF OSAKA AND ITS

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FOR MEDIA 3 February 1984
The attached letter was telexed today to the Queensland
Premier, Mr. Bjelke-Petersen.

PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT PRESS CONFERENCE JAPAN NATIONAL PRESS
CLUB, 2 FEBRUARY 1984
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PM: THANK YOU. I WANT TO SAY THAT AT THE OUTSET THAT I' M
EXTRAORDINARILY PLEASED WITH THE OUTCOME SO FAR OF MY FIRST
VISIT TO JAPAN AS PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA. ! T'S ENABLED
ME TO ESTABLISH THE GOOD PERSONAL RELATIONS AND THE RAPPORT WITH
YOUR PRIME MINISTER NAKASONE. AND IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS I HAVE BEEN
ENCOURAGED BY THE CLOSE IDENTITY OF VIEWS BETWEEN US ON A RANGE OF
GLOBAL AND REGIONAL AND POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC