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PRESS CONFERENCE GIVEN BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
SIR ROBERT MENZIES PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTP1L1* IA.
AT PARLIAiAMNT HOUS, CANBERR, ON MONDAY,
SEPTEMBER 1963 AT 5 P. M. ON THE OCCASION OF THE
VISIT OF THE PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAiN, MR. H. IKEDA
PRIME MINISTER
QUESTION P. M. Perhaps before questions are put, I just ought to
surmiarise today by saying that I had a little talk
this morning with the Prime Minister. We then went
into the Cabinet room where I had ten or eleven
Ministers to meet him. We had a very interesting

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LUNCHEON IN HONOUR OF HIS EXCELLENCY MR. HAYATO IKEDAI
PRUE~ MINISTER OF JA-PAN
at
PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANUBERRA,
ON 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1963
SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER, THE RT. HON. SIR ROBERT MENZIES
Sir, You are the Prime Minister of a nation which has such
a great part to play, not only in the Pacific Area, but in the
world, You are, therefore, on that ground alone, welcome in this
country ( Hear, hear) ( Applause), and it is my pleasure, Sir, on
behalf of the Australian Parliament, to express that welcome in

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FOR PRESS P. M. No. 79/ 196i
JOINT COMMUNIQUE
VISIT OF PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN
Mr. Hayato Ikeda, Prime Minister of Japan,
accompanied by Mrs. Ikeda is visiting Australia as the guest
of the Government of the Cormonwealth of Australia from 29th
September to 3rd October, 1963. During his stay in Australia,
Mr. Ikeda will visit Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne, and have
discussions with Sir Robert Menzies and other Cabinet Ministers.
The Prime Ministers of Japan and Australia have had

FOR PRESS PM Z8/ 1963
NEW AUSTRALIAN CASH LOAN IN LONDON
Statement by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Menzies
The Prime Minister and Chairman of the Australian
Loan Council ( Sir Pobert Menzies) gave details tonight of a new
Australian cash loan which has been negotiated in London by the
Commonwealth Treasurer ( Mr. Harold Holt) with the approval of the
Loan Council. The loan will be for an amount of œ Stg. 20 million
million) and will carry an interest rate of 5j per cent

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.
SPEECH. BY
Rt. lion. SIR ROBERT MENZIES,
M. P.
ON
MALAYSIA DEFENCE.
[ From the Parliamentary Debates," 25th September, 1963.]
MALAYSIA DEFENCE.
Ministerial Statement.
Sir ROBERT MENZIES ( Kooyong-
Prime Minister)-by leave-I present to the
House the following papers:-
Malaysia Defence-
Anglo-Malayan Defence Agreement of 1957.
Notes exchanged between Australia and
Malaya in March and April, 1959.
United Kingdom Malaysia Agreement of
July, 1963 ( excluding Annextires).

P.M. No. 75/1963 

The Prime Minister said tonight that, since answering the question in the House this afternoon, he had examined his correspondence and found that he had indeed heard from Mrs. Brown of Shenton Park, on 2nd August, and had thanked her in a letter dated 21st August.

The exchange of letters had slipped his memory when the question was asked.

CANBERRA,
18th September, 1963.

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EROADi3T Br Til MMK XIN 18TER THE RT. RON.
SIR ROfRT HUIZIS ON RADIO AUITRAIJA ON TIM
OCCASION OF VIArAISI DAX ON 16TH SZPMEflR, 1963
LAdies and Gentlemen s
With peat plesure I convey my congratulations and
best wishes, to the Laesand peoples of Malaysia an this
very notable day in their history*
The esa. blishument of Malaysia Is of particular interest
to Australia and Australians for we have had a close and varm
association with you in the past and are extremely keen to come
oven closer to you an you develop your now nationhood,

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FOR PRESS: P. M. 24/ 1263
RESTRICTIVE TRADE PRACTICES LEGISLATION
Statement-by the Pme Minister. the Rt. Hon, Sir RobertI1enzes
Hysterical statements by the Leader of the
Opposition, Mr. Calwell, such as his comment on my address to
the Dinner of the New South Wales Chamber of Manufactures, serve
only to exhibit his over-excited state of mind.
It was made quite clear, when the first statement
was made on restrictive practices policy in the House of
Representatives, that it was a general description of the kind

FOR PEESS~ P. M. No. r73/ 1961
MALAYS IA
Statement by the Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Menzies
" Australia welcomes the new Federation of Malaysia
which comes into being tomorrow. We wish it well in every
way and believe that it will contribute to the welfare and
prosperity of its people. The joining together of the -three
former British territories of Singapore, Sarawak and North
Borneo ( or Sabah as it is now to be called) with the independent
Federation of Malaya to form Malaysia represents a population

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P1M. No. 72/ 1963
VISIT OF BER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH
THEI QUEEN MOTHER
tatement ba lthe Prime ainiste the, Rt. lHon. Sir Robert Menzies
Mr. J. H. Scholtens, Chief Ceremonial
Officer of the Prime Minister's Department, has been
appointed by the Commonwealth Government to be Commonwealth
Director of the arrangements for the visit to Australia
next February/ March by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen
Mother. The Headquarters of the Royal Visit Organisation
will be at Canberra in the Prime Minister's Department.