STATEMENT BY TH. I PRIMEI MINIST Mi. HARCLD HCLr,
IN THI; HOUSE CF REPRESENA'rIVES
21STCCTCBER, 1966
ORD RIVER PROJECT.
I desire to make a-statureni a tio, co the Ord River Project.
This matter has been raised by the Honourable Member for Dawson ( Dr.
Patterson). It is. of course of wide interest, and especial interest to
Honourable Members from Western Australia. The Cabinet has given
very close consideration again and extensive consideration to the
request which had come to us from the West Australian Government for

PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S VISIT TO AUSTRALIA 1966-
LUNCHEON AT PARLIAMENT HOUSE,
CANBERRA
Speech by the Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Holt 21ST OCTOBER, 1966
Mr. President and Mrs. Johnson, Honourable Premiers, Ministerial
Colleagues, Your Excellencies, Parliamentary Colleagues, Ladies and
Gentlemen Yesterday I was privileged to express on behalf of the
Government and people of Australia a warm welcome to our distinguished
visitors, the President and Mrs. Johnson. Today we bring to that welcome

DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATS OF AMERICA
Agreed Statement issued by the Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Holt
and President Lyndon B. Johnson
During the morning the Prime Minister and senior members
of the Ministry have had discussions with President Johnson onmatters of
maj or current concern to the two countries.
It has been helpful both to the Australian Ministers and to the
President to have this opportunity to take further and in person the cort inuing
exchange of views between the two Governments on these matters.

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FOR PRESS
The President of the United States of America, Mr.
SLyndon B. Johnson, received the following message from Her Majesty
The Queen on his arrival at Government House, Canberra, this evening
" I am delighted that you have been able to visit
SAustralia for a few days before going on to the Conference
at Manila. You have already been in Australia and experienced,
as have I, the warm hospitality and generous spirit of my
Australian people. I know on this your first Presidential
visit, you will be doubly welcome, both in your own right

PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S VISIT TO AUSTRALIA 1966
Hol tFaIifba. mx Airport, Canberra, A. C. T. OCTOBER, 1966
Mr. President and Mrs. Johnson, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Well, it has really happened! We have been waiting for a long
time for the President to come to visit us. We have been hoping that he
would come to visit us and now, as a product of this great conference which
is to be held in Manila, we have him here in Australia with us.
Mr. President, this is not only a notable visit. It is an historic

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FOQR PRESS: P. M. No. 108/ 1966
MR. CALWELL'S REPUDIATION OF A. L. P. POLICY
Comment by the Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Holt.
Once again the wide division in Labor ranks has been demonstrated
by Mr. Caiwell' s speedy repudiation of policy points extensively circulated
in New South Wales, allegedly under the authority of the State Secretary of
the ALP in that State. It is reported that more than 500, UuO copies of a
pamphlet containing twenty-five points of Labor policy are being distributed

Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Holt

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M AN I LA-CONFERENCE
NOTICE TO ALL MEDIA
I would appreciate early advice from all news media
planning to send correspondents to the Manila Conference.
In order that the necessary accreditation can be
arranged, our Embassy urgently requires the names of Australian
correspondents covering the conference. For use on identification
tags, I need a passport size photograph of each correspondent as soon
as possible. I would also like to know proposed travel arrangements and
whether accommodation in Manila has already been arranged.

P. M. No. 106/ 1966

The delegation to accompany me to the Manila Conference on Viet Nam has now been arranged.

It will include the Minister for External Affairs, Mr. Paul Hasluck, the Minister for Defence, Mr. Allen Fairhall, the Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, Lieutenant -General Sir John Wilton, and senior
officers of the Prime Minister's, External Affairs and Defence Departments and The Treasury.

FEDERAL COUNCIL OF THE LIBERAL PARTY
OF AUSTRALIA
Held at the Hotel Canberra, Canberra, ACT 1CFPH OCTOB3ER., 1966
Mr. President and Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen:
It's a matter of very great pride, I assure -you, Mr. President,
to have this privilege of addressing Council for the first time as Prime
Minister. My association with the Liberal Party, of course, goes back to
its formation. It has been a matter of continuing regret for me that I can't
claim to have been one of the founding fathers who met at Albury on that