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MINISTERIAL CHANGES
Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Holt
The Minister for Primary Industry, Mr. Adermann, has
asked to be relieved of his duties as Minister for Primary
Industry as from today. His resignation has been accepted by
the Governor-General.
Mr. J. D. Anthony, up till now the Minister for the
Interior, has been appointed to the Primary Industry portfolio

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VICTORIA CROSS FOR GALLANTRY IN VIETNAM
Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Holt
Her Majesty the Queen has bestowed posthumously the
award of the Victoria Cross upon a member of the Australian
Army Training Team in Vietnam,, the late Major Peter John Badcoe,
of Canberra. Major Badcoe, who was born in South Australia in 1934,
graduated from the Officer Cadet School, Portsea, in December,
1952. He served with the Australian Army Training Team in

O~ ATER's o6-,
ANNUAL DINNER OF THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN Q. 17 NOV
CHAJVMER OF MANUFACTUES
ADELAIDE, S. A. i:;
14TH OCTOBER, 1967
Speech by the Prime6 Minister, Mr. Harold Holt

At the invitation of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, Mr Eisaku Sato, Prime Minister of Japan, accompanied by Mrs Sato, is visiting, Australia from October 11 to October 14, 1957.

The Prime Minister, Mr. Holt, has received the following message from President Johnson:-

" A quarter century ago I found out that if you had to be away from home and fighting a war, the best country to be in is Australia. I hear that the first group of our servicemen to come to you from Viet Nam has arrived at the same conclusion.

I know the  thought and care and warmth that went into the arrangements made for our men.

 PM. No. 102/ 1967

Statement by the Prime Minister and Chairman of the Australian Loan Council, Mr Harold Holt

Arrangements have been completed in Frankfurt for the issue of Australia's first public loan in Germany.

The Prime Minister, Mr Holt, confirmed today that arising out of a proposal he had made at a recent Council of the Liberal Party, a talk of an informal kind would be held among Commonwealth and State leaders of the Parliamentary Liberal Parties on Commonwealth/ State financial relations. 

He said that he had pointed out that it would probably not be possible to hold the meeting until the end of this year or early next year. He would be fixing a time for the meeting once dates for other outstanding commitments had become clearer.

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LUNCHEON IN HONOUR OF MR EISAKU SATO
PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN
PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRA 12TH OCTOBER, 1967
Speech by the Prime Minister, Mr Harold Holt.
Mr Prime Minister, Your Excellen cies, Gentlemen:
It's a great pleasure on behalf of the Australian Government
and people to welcome our distinguished visitor, and shortly I shall be
proposing a toast to him. We welcome the Prime Minister and the very
distinguished official party which has accompanied him, and perhaps since

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DEATH OF LORD ATTLEE
Tribute from the Prime Minister, Mr Harold Holt
Lord Attlee had an honoured place in modern history.
He was a political leader whose statesmanship rose above any partisan
allegiance. Practical common sense and wisdom established him
firmly as a leader of the British Labor Party at a cr4tical period of his
nation's history. His wartime co-operation in the Coalition Government
enabled a concentrated national support for the nation's policies, not only

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VISIT OF THE PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN
Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr Harold Holt
The Prim-e Minister of Japjan, Mr Eisaku Sato, will
this week begin an official visit to Australia. Mr Eisaku Sato, accompanied
by Mrs Sato and by an official party of 26 persons, will arrive at Canberra at
8. 10G p. m. on Wednesday, October 11.
Mr Sato is paying a gcodwill1 and courtesy visit to Australia
which will further the ve--y good relations that already exist between the two