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S3PIEC'i BY LMR PRIME~ MIISTER ZltE RTo HON. R. G.
MENZIES9 AT J441SH 4A1R MEJ4OIAL ; AN& WqO
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Sirg ladies and 6entlemen,
There are a couple of aspects of today's proceedin,,, s that I
would like to mention right away. The first is that 1 wa3 told
yesterday that my friend, Mr. Smith had levoted a fortnitght to
preparing a magnificent speech and that Mr. 1foffuan was coming back
from abroad just in time to deliver it. Wiell that tarmed out to be a
egloomy prophesy., . Lhe se* cond fact that i want to mention to you is that this