VISIT OF PRESIDENT SOrEHARTO
OFFICIAL LUNCHEON, PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRA
Speech~ by the Prime Minister, Mr William McMahon
7 FEBRUARY 1972
Mr d aaeSoeharto, Presiding Officers, my
Minist-rñ and Parliamentary Colleagues, Members of the
Diplomatic Corps and Distinguished Guests:
Today, Mr President, we welcome you to Australia and
we do so with warmth and with sincerity, not only because you
have chosen to come here, but because you are the represk: ntative
of 130 million Indonesians, and our nearest ncighbours, and

* FOR PRESS: PM No 16/ 1972
INDONESIAN-AUSTRALIAN JOINT STATEMENT
At the conclusion of official discussions held at
Parliament House, Canberra, on 7 February, .1972, President Soeharto
of Indonesia and the Prime Minister of Australia, Mr McMahon, issued
the following joint statement.
" President Soeharto and Mr McMahon expressed their
satisfaction at the close relations which had developed
between the two countries.
They recorded their ' belief that strong and enduring
ties of friendship and co-operation between Australia and

FOR PRESS: PM! No. 15/ 1972.
GIFT TO THE PRESIDENT OF INDONESIA
Statement by the Primre Mlinister, Mr. William McMahon C. H., M. P.
At Parliament House today, the Prime3 Minister, the
Right Honourable William McMahon, presented an atomic
absorption spectrophotomieter to President Socharto of Indonesia
as a gift from the poole of Australia to the people of Indonesia.
In handing over the gift, Mr. McMahon said that
the spectrophotometer had been designed by Australian scientists
for making highly accurate and quick analyses of mineral samples

PRIME MINISTER
FOR PRESS PM No 14/ 1972
MESSAGES FROM THE PRIME MINISTER, MR WILLIAM McMAHON
TO SIR KEITH HOLYOAKE AND THE RT HON. J. R. MARSHALL.
The Prime Minister, Mr William 14cMahon, today sent the
following messages to Sir Keith Holyoake and The Rt Hon. J. R.
Marshall The text of the message to Sir Keith Holyoake reads
We recall today with appreciation and admiration
your very great service to your country over many
years as Prime Minister and also your very great
contribution in that capacity to Austraian/ New

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FOR PRESS PM. No. 8/ 1972
PAYMENT OF PENSIO14S OVERSEAS
Statement by the Prime Minister, I4r William 74cMahon
My Government has decided to accept the principle
of payment of pensions overseas,
It had before it a submission from the Minister for
Social Services ( Mr Wentworth) and the report of an Interdepartmental
Committee which was completed late last year.
we decided that ago, invalidi and widows' pensions
3hould be pay. able in those overseascutiswihmk orsodn

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PRIME MINISTER
2OR PRLE; S. Pi Ho-13/ 1972
STATE VISIT OF PIRZSIDENT SOEHARTO
OF' T1 aMEP UBLIC OF' INDO* aESIA
Statement : by taze Primie Minister, M~ r W,-illiam 1.4Mion
P r es; i ] en t _ Zo earto -of Indonesia will . be. accorded full, cerem. onial
welcome on arrival at 1' air. aairn 3AAkAF Ba~ e, Canberra, on the evening : of
SunL~ ay, ie~ aruary, 6, -for a State Visit to -Au-tralia..
Preji~ dent aLid Aada:. e Soenarto. and party, will. arrive. direct from

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FOR PRESS: PM. No. 12/ 1972.
REPLACEMENT OF RAN DESTROYERS
Statement by Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. William McMahon, C. H., M. P.
The Prime Minister stated today that the Government
proposed to examine later this year the question of replacing W~ N
destroyers scheduled for retirement from front line service in the
late 70' s and early 80' s. The design and construction of these
ships was an exceedingly complex and time consuming process and
would have to be put in hand this year if ships were to be available

FOR PRESS: PM. No. 9/ 1972.
ARMY JUNGLE TRAINING CENTRE CANUNGRA
Statement by the Prime Minister, The Rt. Hon. William McMahon
C. H. , M. P.
The Prime Minister, Mr. McMahon, announced today that
Cabinet had approved the construction of additional training
O facilities at the Army Jungle Training Centre, Canungra, 40 miles
south-west of Brisbane.
The project, to cost a total of $ 7 million, will include
a new tactics training wing, new lecture rooms, additional sleeping
accomodation, messing and recreational facilities, and stores

FOR PRESS PM No. 12/ 1972
ACCESS TO WAR-TIME GOVERNMENT PAPERS
Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr. William McMahon, CH, MP
The Prime Minister said that, as he had undertaken
on 6 January, the: Government had now given further consideration
to the policy of access to government documents for the
war-time period. The. Government has decided that the 50-year access
rule should in future apply to Cabinet papers, as it has since
December 1970 to the generality of departmental documents.
In addition, the Government has decided that,

PM No. 1 11/ 1972
ARMY RE-ORGANISAT ION
Statement by the Prime Minister the Right Honourable
William McMahon, CH, MP.
The Prime Minister, Mr. McMahon, announced today that
Cabinet had approved extensive changes in the command and
organisational structure of the Australian Army. The changes,
which will come into effect over the next three to five years,
follow consideration of the Report of the Army Review Committee
under the Chairmanship of Major-General F. G. Hassett.
The " Hassett Committee" was established by the