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BARBADOS INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATIONS
Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Holt
The Prime Minister, Mr. Holt, announced today that Sir
Keith Wilson would represent the Australian Government on the occasion
of the independence of Barbados.
Barbados, which has been a British Colony since the
seventeenth century, Will achieve irid~ pendence on 30th November.
Celebrations to mark the event will be held in the capital, BridgetoWft,
between 28th November and 3rd December.

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" THE JROTH OF A NATION"
Transcript of Election Telecast by the Prime Minister,
Mr. Harold Holt
I want to say something to you in the iroad about
our domestic programme for the next three years. You have
no douot read much of the detail; jut before I talk about
our programme, let me remind you that how we are to carry
on with the development of this continent and how best we
can make our country secure is the very core of this election

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BY THE PRIME MINISTER, MR. HAROLD HOLT
In the course of this campaign 11r. Calwell has
said our system of selective compulsory National Service
is immoral, unjust and undemocratic. He was saying the
same thing nearly half a century ago.
TPhen the whole world was in arms in . Jorld ' ar I
Mr. Calwell opposed conscription.
V7: hen his own leader, Mr. Curtin, decided in " lorld
War II to bring in conscription for service outside Australia

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BY THE PRIME MINISTER, MR. HAROLD HOLT
Much has been said in this election campaign about
Australia's security. You know there is a wide gulf of
difference uetween the policies of the Government on defence
and those of the Opposition. Mr. Calwell leads a Party which
so reduced Australia's defence expenditure in the post-war
years that its last Budget that of 1949/ 50 provided only
1,116 million for our total defence bill. The vote for defence

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" AUSTRALIA' S SECURITY"
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Mr. Harold Holt
Throughout this year there has been a great national
debate in Australia auout South Vietnam. This has been so
widely discussed that most people now know where they stand.
The side issues have been eliminated. The great
question ofsecurity that has emerged may be stated simply:
Are we right in joining with our allies to stop aggression

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NATIONAL BROADCAST NO.
3Y THE PRIME MINISTER, MR. HAROLD HOLT
Education is important to every Australian and
vital to the nation. Under the Federal Constitution education
is listed as a responsibility of the States, but, a share
of responsibility has been t'aken by a number of authorities
and each has its part to play.
In recent years the Commonwealth jovernment has
come into the picture in a more direct fashion. It has,
for a much longer time, helped the States by the growing

PRESS CONFERENCE HELD IN ADELAIDE, 66/ 223
AT NOON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1966
WITH
THE PRIME MINISTER, RT. HON. HAROLD HOLT, M. P.
INTRODUCTION:
P. M. One thing I think I should clear up is the use the Labor Party,
including the Leader, is making of views allegedly expressed by the late
President Kennedy. They represent such a travesty and such a mis-statement
of his own position that I am not prepared to have this perpetrated
indefinitely. To deal first, though, with the cost of the Labor programme, I

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BY THE PRIME MINISTER, mR. HAROLD HOLT
The Policy Speech made last night oy Mr. Calwell
exposes fundamental differences of attitude between the
Government and Opposition. The choice you will make is not
simply a choice between leaders of different personality
or etvween parties which would maintain the same steady course
for Australia, but differ on some significant points of detail.
The issues go much deeper than that.
Each side has stated its view of kustralia's external

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NATIONAL BROADCAST NO. 1
BY THE PRIME MINISTER, MR. HAROLD HOLT
Security is the theme of this broadcast security
not only for the nation, but for the individual.
Nationalsecurity is linked with the adequacy of
our defence forces and the strength of our alliances.
Security for the individual depends on how
successfully the economy is conducted and how justly the
national wealth is distributed.
As to national security. We have a small population
living in a vast continent. We cannot hope to

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