MONDAY CONFERENCE
( Broadcast: . MONDAY 5iTH DECEMBER, 1971)
This edition of ',! ONDAY CONFERENCE was recorded on
December 5th, 1971, in the ABC's Core Hill Studios, Sydney, for
transmission to all states on Decemiber 6th. In New South Wales,
the programme goes to air at 9.35p. m.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM4 McF'AT[ ON, M. P.
Prime Minister of Australia
IS ON CAMERA WITH
ROBERT MOORE, ABC Executive Producer and Programme Anchorman
ALLAN BARNES Canberra Correspondent of " The Age"

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
SPEECH BY
The Rt Hon. W. McMAHON, M. P.
Prime Minister
ON
Relief of Non-Metropolitan Unemployment
Ministerial Statement
[ From the ' Parliamentary Debates', 2 December 1971]
Mr McMAHON ( Lowe-Prime Minister)-
by leave-I wish to inform the
House that I have written to each of the
State Premiers seeking agreement to the
introduction as soon as possible of a
scheme of Commonwealth grants to the
Sta-les for employment-creating activities in
non-metropyolitan areas where such -action

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" ADDRESS TO THE NATION"
BY THE PRI7E MINISTER, MR WILLIM Mc!,' AHON
OVER THE NATIONAL RADIO AND TV NETWORK 26 NOVEMBER 1971
Good Fvening: I want to report to you tonight about my recent
mission to the United States and to the United Kingdom.
About the middle of October, i received a personal
invitation from President Nixon to visit the United States. Now
I did so in extraordinary circumstances because momentous events
were occurring in world affairs which intimately affected us as

AUS WAL
PRIME MAIFSTER
STAT2i!: NT VMADE IN T-14 HOUSE OF FEPRECSENTATIVES BY
THE RT HON. WILLIAM , CMAiHON, M. P.
PAPUA/ IIEW GUINEA ANID TKE EtIROPEA11
ECNOM! IC COMM~ UNITY
Noveraber 1l071.
In my recent statement to the House on my overseas visit, I
mentioned the representations which I made in London on the problems
for Papua/ New Guinea-ariSing from British entry to the European Economic
I am now pleascod to be able to inform the House about the
successful conclusion of negotiations on behalf of Papua/ New Guinea.

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
SPEECH BY
The Ri Hon. W. MeMAHON, M. P.
Prime Minister
ON
Visit to the United States of America and
Great Britain
Ministerial Statement
[ From the ' Parliamentary Debates', 23 November 1971]
MW McMAHON ( Lowe-Prime Minister)-
I seek leave to make a statement on
my recent visit to the United States of
America and Great Britain.
Mr SPEAKER-Is leave granted? There
being no objection leave is granted.
Mr McMAHON-The statement is in 3
parts-the United States, Britain and

FO) R PRESS: ARRIVAL -STATTM~ ENT -NEW YORK
TH-E PRI1M F M h11IS7ME~ R OF AUSTRALIA
THE RT H10N. WILLIAM McIMAITON, q71
I am visiting the United States of America
at the invitation of President Ni-xon at a time of.,, considerable
change in world. hffairs.
I deeply appreciate the opportunity to exchange
Cv jews on matters of mutual interes~ t and to advance the long-
Cstanding frziendship between the. United Stateas and Australia.
I hope to discu~ s-in paxticular, with the
President the changes occurring in the Asian and Pacific

Today before we turn to our questions I want to talk about
some of the problems that we face. First of all yesterday I did
have the great privilege of having a long talk with President
Nixon.. and Dr. Kissingen I can assure you that those talks
could not have been more intimate and I could not have wished
that The President would have taken me into his confidence to
a greater degree than he did. Little was left unsaid and he
I did convince me that he is on the right track in trying to get
a rapprochement in world affairs and to try aiud get a reduction

VISIT TO THE U. S. AND U. K. 1971
WASHINGTON
PRESS CONFERENCE AT BLAIR HOUSE
GIVEN BY THE AUSTRALIAN4 PRIIIE MINISTER, W1ILLIAI4 McMAHON
2 NOVEBEP. 1971
( See separate text for questions on Cambodia)
PM Gentlemen, I think I can start of f by saying that yesterday
afternoon I saw the Secretary for Defence and he gave me a rundown
of the present position of the U. S. Forces in South Viet-Namn: And
as far as he could his appreciation of what is likely to happen in
the months to come. He painted a heartening picture of the situation

VI.! IT L' c' THE U. S. A24D U. K. 1971.
WASHINGTON
PRESS CONFERENC_$ AT BLAIR 11OUSF-,
GIVEN BY THE AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER, MR WILLIAM McMAHON
2 NOVEMBER 1971
Q W-hat was the President's reaction when you told him of
the Cabinet decision of the training of Cambodian servicemen
Pi I dealt with this against the background of what I had
known. And I pointed out that first of all in a Statement I had
made in the House I said we wou~ ld be retaining some advisory and
training troops in South Viet-Nam to train the South Vietnamese and

F A' 1 -kr V TSe.
I OF'TM ! AC 1FIT" ZOD
The P~ rime M'ilEtur ovaid in reapon., o to P. cquetio-n
from the Editor ( Vr Oakeso that he did not ocoasidor tiio i-rapat
on Australian policy of China's entx7 Into the United lationa
would be groat. lie aoo sald that he did not think the t act
that ive had vote-d againot the Albaniari, iieol~ utl oL 1'~ vn
& uy par'ticul~ ar effcct on the wa'y in our rolations wt'it
the 1P. H. C. would davelop.
Th ?-4riae Xlnietor szaid th-at the concrctclv ot. x1
of China's member13hip of' tho United IEationz, or indece, ot