PRESS CONFER, NCE GIVEN BY THE PRIME MINISTEA1,
THE, iT, HON. h. G. 1M1ENZI. ES. IN CA3 CNA
23FIL MY. 1962 AT 4
PRIME MINIST-17-Th ere are one or two ma tters, perhr-aps, th~ at I should
mention to you -toc get them out of thie w~ ay. During my
absence, of courso, Mr. Mcm X'i! en rill be actinrg Prime
Minister, Mr. 3Bury will be acting for Downer. r
Freeth will be acting for the ' Attorney-General during his
absence and Mr. Mc*. wen uiill act as Minister for External
Affairs, assisted, of course, as at present by Senator

MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL OLD BOYS' ASSOCIATION DINNER
IN HONOUR OF RETIRING HEADMASTER, I. M. WOODFULL
HELD IN MELBOURNE ON 21ST MAY -1962
Speech by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon, R. G. Menzies
Mr. Chairman, My Lord Bishop and gentlemen: ( Or perhaps I should
have said Lindsay Hassett and gentlemen) ( Laughter)
Look, if I don't speak up half your lucki ( Laughter)
Sir, with very great respect to you I don't think I
very much approve of being described in this honorific fashion
as a " Guest Speaker" because, really, this is not my night.

AUSTRALIAN MEDIICA ASSOCIATION C ONR1SS
ADELAIDE. 19TH 1.7 l7 T
j. peech by he inster the Rt on, , Go enzie.
Sir, If there is one thing olitirian likes to be it is
safe. Those of you who are not politicians wouldn't understand
that. But what I mean is that this meeting has, so far as I can
make out tonight, been open for at least two or three days.
Therefore I run no risk of a Censure motion if I now declare it
open. ( Laughter) There is another thing that I would like to say to you
and that is that I compliment, if I may, Dr. Colville a r. I: L of

VW.. ekly ld., Nu,
COMMO(. 7N7V a, J, TlI OF AU STIPR" If,.
Index of Ministerial fr-ateipents, 1. ssued in Canbe. rr a
TP*, iiemDee)-1u4L nis.-r ndlliiscrfor Trnde, Th~ e Rt. Hone,
May 15, No 57COMMEN" IT OilTAEEN BY U. S. ' S3CRET. PI{ Y 0OF STA" T. E
if14 N~ o, 5214 AUSTRALIA TO' EXHIBIT AiT CANA, 12DIAN N~ ATIONAL
EXHI. BITION
MIay 18 No~, 547 STORE DIS? 3LAY SUCCESJS IN JAPANThe
Minister f or National Developmzent, Senator the Hon. W. H.,
S-oonerg M.,
May 13 ITO. 519 CONl\ TRlACYl 18EISMIC SURVEY FOOLE RANSGE,
lvE STERN AU STR. LT1A.

P. M. No. 7196,2
MINISTER FOR MGRATIONTO G. VERSEAS
Statement by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon R. G. Menzies
The Prime Minister, Mro Menzies, announced today that
the Minister for Immigration, Mr. Downer, would leave on Tuesday,
22nd May, for a quick visit to Britain and Europe.
Mr. Downer would study the problems of migration at
first hand and discuss future prospects and arrangements in a
number of countries with which Australia has migration
agreements, now due for revision.
En route, Mr. Downer would visit ' lashington briefly to

UNITED STATES NAVAL COMMUTNICATIONS STATION AT NORTH WEST CAPE
STATEMENT Y TE PRTIME MTNISTERT TL RT, ' lONe R G MNZIEN,
" H-, THOEroTSE" Of RFe EITL 1V
As Honourable Members are aware, the United States
Naval Authorities have for some time been investigating possible
sites and studying the feasibility of establishing a Naval
Communications Station in Western Australia. Following these
investigations the United States Government has formally rcques'ed
permission to establish and operate such a station at North West

STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTERE THE RT. HON. R. G. MENZIES
IN TIr HOUSE OF RPPJ SENTATIVES
16T 1MAY, 1_ 02
After close consideration of the immense importance of
the Common Market negotiations to Australian production and
trade, and to the political future of the British Commonwealth,
I have decided that, as the head of the Australian Government, I
should make a brief visit, during the Parliamentary recess, to
Great Britain and the United States.
Mr. Macmillan, has, in correspondence with me,

62/ 053
DISARMAMENT AND NUCLEAR TESTS
SPEECH BY THE FPITI MJT. II. R TF RT. , ONO , ENZI
IN TH7 THROIUPSRESOESF ENTAES
1iTH MAY. 1 02
Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition ( Mr. Calwell i
has read us, very carefully, a long statement and I must say tha'
throughout the first 90 per cent of it I wonered hether e ha
any uoint on which to criticise the statement that had been made
by the Minister for xcternal Affairs ( Sir Garfield Barwick).
However, in the last bit, if I may so describe it, he went throu.-

Weekly Index No-. 3,9
Week Ending 12 May, 1962
COMMONWFALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Index of Ministerial Statements Issued in Canberra
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade, the Rt. Hon,
John McEwen
May 6 No. 479A N1EW Ti-DE COMMISSIONER APPOINTED
9 No. 502DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN MR. RUSK AND MR. McEWEN
The Treasurer, The Ro, Hon. Harold Holt
May 9 No. 479LATEST ECONOMIC TRENDS
The Minister for National Development, Senator the Hon. W. H.
May 7 No. 481
7 Noo 482
7 No, 483
No. No, No, 487
496 514
The Minister for Spooner, M. M,

~-~ a~ l. MN~ id~ XiiMN1. j-HJ~ OURt 0? R, Hog* K. Jp
Your ft00lleni09s, Prime Hinist'ir, and gentlment
IL have a VerY Simple tusk tonight-I am to propose the toast
of 3omebody who Is heaiily concealed on the book of the 4ords as " our
Distinguished Ouest", ait I must bring him out from behind this
erncealmnent. The Prim Minister of Nowv Z! ealand is, af coara., j al-days
a distinguished 4vest, but he is aliso our aei~ tibour and our friend,
(-$' Pplaua) There have 0eern some amusing Incidents of late Tirime Xinister6