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FOR PRESS-: P. M. No. 7/ 1967
CIVIL AID FOR VIET NAM
The Prime Minister, Mr. Holt, today spoke with the
Minister for External Affairs, Mr. Hasluck and Mr. Askin and Sir Henry
Bolte about possible aid for Viet Nam from New South Wales and Victoria.
As a result of today's talks with Mr. Hasluck, arrangements
Swill be made for a First Assistant Secretary of the Department of External
V Affairs, Mr. K. C. 0. Shann, to meet the New South Wales Minister for
Conservation, Mr. J. G. Beale, to discuss what New South Wales might have

FOR PRESS: P. M. No. 611967
-ME MBERSHIP OF COMMONWEALTH GRANTS
COMMISSION
Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Holt
The Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Holt, announced
today the appointment of Mr. W. R. Lane as a Member of the
Commonwealth Grants Commission. The period of the appointment is
until 30th September, 1969.
Mr. Lane is a graduate of the Universities of
Queensland and Cambridge and at present he occupies the position of
senior lecturer in the Department of Economics in the University of

FOR PRESS WI~
P. M. No. 5/ 1967
MEETING BETWEEN THE AUSTRALIAN CABINET
AND THE PRIME MINISTER OF VIET NAM, AIR
VICE MARSHAL KY
Prime Minister Ky and members of his government met with
the Australian Cabinet this morning.
The Prime Minister, Mr. Holt, in introducing Air Vice
Marshal Ky paid a special tribute to the leadership the Prime Minister had
given Viet Nam at a most difficult time in its history. He expressed the
hope that the visit of Air Vice Marshal Ky and his Vietnamese colleagues to

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FOR PRESS P/ M No. 4/ 1967
ECONOMIC CONSULTATIONS
Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Holt
Arrangrements are being made for a further series of economic
consultations with representatives of industry, commerce, and the
trade unions. The Government continues to derive considerable
benefit from these discussions as a valuable means of keeping itself
fully informed on current and prospective developments in the
economy. A grroup of senior Ministers will meet representatives of a

67/ 0' 6 FOR PRESS: p. m. No. 3/ 1967 STATE FUNERAL FOR FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE

The conunonweolth Government will accord a State funeral for the late Honourable Gordon Brown, formerly President of the Senate of the Commonwealth Parliament.

The late Mr. Brown died in Brisbane yesterday.

A church service will take place at St. Philip's Church of England, Cornwall Street, Thompson Estate, Brisbane at 11 a. m. tomorrow and afterwards at the East Chapel, Mount Thompson crematorium.

FOR PRESS : 61/ 021 P. M. No. 2/ 1967
U THANT'S JUDGMENT ON VIET NAM
Comment by the Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Holt
While U Thant, speaking at his first full-dress press
conference since his re-appointment, did so with the authority of the
Secretary-General of the United Nations, his comments, challenging the
contention that Viet Nam is strategically vital to Western interests and
security are those which derive from his personal judgment. There will
be many in positions of authority who do not share this judgment and this

VISIT TO AUSTRALIA BY PRIME MINISTER KY
Extracts from Press Briefing by the Prime Minister, Mr. Harold_-Holt
at Parliament House, Canberra 11th January, 1967
The Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Holt, announced details
of the visit to Australia by Prime Minister Ky at a press briefing in Canberra
on January 11. After outlining the itinerary, Mr. Holt spoke about the background.
to the visit, gave his views on what he hoped it would achieve and
replied to critics of Prime Minister Ky and the projected visit to Australia.
BACKGROUND TO VISIT:

FOR PRESS: P. M. No. 1/ 1967
VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND
Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Holt
I shall be in New Zealand at the invit ation of the New Zealand
Prime Minister, Mr. Keith Holyoake, from Thursday, February 2 until
Wednesday, February 8.
The friendship between New Zealand and Australia is close and
warm, It has been strengthened by our common background of British
democracy and parliamentary institutions. We have been comrades in the
cause of freedom and resistance to aggression in two WTorld Wars and, in more

a 0 " THE JOB AHEAD OF US IN ASIA"
Extracts from Speech by the Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Holt,
at Opening of M. R. A. Conference, Monash University, Melbourne
6th January, 1967.
One of the reasons I was attracted to speak to you
today was the theme of your Conference " It's Our Job Australia".
I share your view that the job ahead for us in world affairs
and particularly in the affairs of this region in which we
live is not only tremendously important but for Australia it
is a challenge of comparatively recent emergence.

FOR PRESS* PM No. 128/1966

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