PRESS CONFERENCE GIVEN BY THE PRIAvE MINISTER,
THE RT. HON. R. G. r.' ENZIES, IN MELBOURNE, ON
13~ TH DECEMBER, 1961
PRIME MINISTER: I would just like to start in my own way, if I may.
As you know I have a long established practice of not
making a comment on election results until they are
reasonably clear, and in a normal election they would
have been reasonably clear by now. But it seemed to me
that if I refrained from saying anything too long it
might lead to misinterpretation so, while the results are

Weekly Index
Jo, .48
Week Ending
December 9, 1961
COMMON*! EALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Index of Ministerial Statements Issued in Canberra
The Minister for External Affairs, The Rt. Hon.' R. G Menzies
Dec. 6 No. 1225 APPOINTMENT OF SERVICES ADVISER, NEW DELHI
8 No. 1236 APPOINTMENT OF SERVICES ATTACHE, TOKYO
8 No, 1237 AUSTRALIAN REPRESENTATION AT TANGANYIKA
INDEFEED EC CEEBR TIONS
7 No, 1233A R C HIA IN UNITED NATIONS
The Minister for Trade, the Rt. Hon. John McEwen
Dec, 3 No, 1217C FIRST SHIPPING SERVICE TO WEST AFRICA

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DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
FOR THE PRESS CANBERRA
Released only in Canberra. PR 120
AUSTRALIAN REPRESENTATION Al TANGANYIKA
INDEPENDENCE CELEBRAT IONS
Statement by the Minister for External. Affairs
The Minister for External Affairs, Mr. R. G. Menzies,
announced today that A) ustralia' s congratulations and good wishes
will be conveyed tomorrow to independent Tanganyika by Sir Eric
Harrison, *. ustralia's representative at Tanganyika's independence
celebrations. Tanganyika, which attains formal independence Qn

NO. TV RZCORDING: " TALK TO THE NATION"
BY ' THE PRIME MINISTER T" HE 1FlT.' HON. R. G. MENZIES
6TH DEMBER, 1261
Ladies and gentlemen,
This, you may be glad to know is my last appearance
on Television in this election campaign, and it's a very brief
one five minutes I think. Therefore all I need do, all I
can do, is to give you a very quick summary of what I beieve to
be the issue in this election,
Now I've been all around Australia I must say I have
had some f the best meetings I have ever had in my life and

FINAL BROADCAST.
BROADCAST BY THE PRIME MINISTER ( THE RT. HON. R. G. MNZIES)
OVERNATIONAL STATIONS AT 8 Dm0
WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 6~~
In a very remarkablo series of meetings and in my previous
broadcasts, I have dwelt upon thn great national tasks in hand, the
wonderful growth of the last decade, and the immense prospects for
the future, provided we adhere to the policies that are serving
our country so well0
In this final broadcast, p. most at the end of the
campaign, I want to put to you some of the elements which should
determine your vote.

BROADCAST NO. 6.
BROADCAST BY THE PRIME MINISTER ( RT. HON. R. G. LI: ENZIfES
OVER NATIONAL. ST. TIONS AT J_ 175_
MONDAY, 41th DECEBER, 1961.
Ladies and gentlemen,
In my Policy Speech I made two statements which I will
repeat. The first was:
" After 12 years, the AoLP. can easily make a series
of brand new offers without saying where the new
hundreds of millions are to come from, though they
will, of course, come from you."
This forecast was completely borne out on the following

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No,. 4
Week Ending_
December 2, 1961.
COMMONIEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Index of Ministerial Statements Issued in Canberra
The Minister for External Affairs, The Rt. Hon. R. G. Menzies.
No. 1208 AGHA. NAIAN AGRICULTURAL OFFICER TO STUDY IN
AUSTRALIA.
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade, the Rt. Hon.
John McEwen
Nov. 26 No, 1200B 1961 TRADE DRIVE GETS RESULTS
28 No01206 Mr. McEWEN ASKED TO COMMENT ON REPORTS IN
BRUSSELS RE COMMON MARKET
Dec. 1 No. 1216A MR. McEWEN WELCOMES DECISION TO IMPROVE

" TAK TO '. Tii T
BY THE, PRj? LTI. . T. R EIT HO R. oGJ. N Z]: TZE
Ladies and gentlcmcn, On this occasion I am going to talk to you for little
under a quarter of an hour about some aspects of our trade problem.
I won't be able to say very much about any part of it, but I hope
I can give you a reasonably clear survey, and so I want to start
with this map of E-ope, which contains the area which we call the
Common Market. This comprises the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg,
France, 7, est Germany and Italy,

BROADCAST BROADCAST BY THE PRIiME MINTISTER ( RT. HON. , ENZIES)
OVER NATIONAL STATIONS AT 7,1.5 om
THURSDAY, 3th NOVEiBER, 1961
In an earlier broadcast I spoke to you about rural
policy and about the great importance of maintaining and increasing
our production and export of rural products.
On this occasion I want to say something about our
secondary industries. It is of the greatest moment that Australia
should continue to develop her secondary industries which, I am
happy to say. have increased most notably during the last 10 years.

ITO0. 3 TV REICORDING. " 1TAL. K TO TY2 NATTG~ IV~
BY THE PT1: 1 1 TbT. HON R G ,13
Ladies and gentlemen, I appear to be back once more at the schoolmaster's
desk but I hope you'll forgive me. But there are various
aspects of the election that I want to cover, so far as I can,
in these little talks.
Now in my Policy Speech, if you were enthusiastic
enough to listen to it, I said something about Foreign Policy
and the Treaties tha. t we've made with other countries. This
time I though' I might say something to ycu about four outstanding