D'ARCY AND POWER: IN OS SSION
Monday 12th May 1.9/ 5
FULL TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW BETWEEN THE PRIME MINISTER AND BILL D'ARCY
FILMED IN TAHITI AT TBE CONCLUSION OF THE PRIME MINISTER'S OVERSEAS TRIP
D'ARCY: Prime Minister, you've been away from Australia for 19 days
now. You've visited Peru, you've been to the Commonwealth
Heads of Government Conference in Kingston, and you've seen
President Ford in Washington. What do you see as. thepositive
achievement of the, trip, what's the most important thing that
has come out of it?

PRIME MINISTER'S QUEENSLAND BROADCAST-NO. 8
TRANSPORT
Sunday 11 May 1975
It's a sad fact that Brisbane has some of the worst
public transport in Australia. You all know what an ordeal
it can be getting to work, or home again or anywhere else
for that matter on overcrowded or dilapidated trains,
often running late into the bargain. Run-down old-fashioned
transport services are not just uncomfortable and slow; they
are uneconomic as well. More and more people are forced to
take their cars to work, and the number of passengers declines.

PRIME MINISTER'S INTERVIEW WITH LAURIE WILSON q
CHANNEL 7
TAHITI 11/ 5/ 75 FOR REPLAY 12/ 5/ 75
Question : In general terms, what was the most significant
single thing about this trip as far as you are concerned?
Mr. Whitlam : I wouldn't like to dramatise it in the terms
of any-one particular thing. There were two important things
we did; one was to have the far-ranging, frank exchange of
views at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Jamaica,
and the second one was to have a pretty thorough round-up of

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My overseasvisit achieved threepurposes, I was able to take
part in important discussions at -the Commonwalth Heads of Government
in_, otinL, Uo renew my personal contacts; wi-Lh1 President Ford,
and by visiting, Peru, * Lo establish for the iir., t time close
links betwecn Aus tral ia and a South American country.
Thiero can i) e no d'oubt oif Lhc Commorwaltli's :-rowin,
impoi Lance an intcrijaLional '. orum. Its weibui's represeni

D. P/ Z.
NQ DATE
22 8 9 May 1975
C~ i. O.. V1 -CONN-IUNIQUE
Meeting of ConLmonwealth Heads of Government, Kingston,
Jamica, April/ N', ay 19g75.
Final Communique.
1. Commonwealth Heads of Governm., ent met in Kingston from
29 AprilI to 6 F~ ay. All Commonwe. alth countries w,. ere represented
twenty-eig~ ht by their Presidents or Prime Minister,-. The 2ri me
Fiinjister of Jamaica was i~ n the Chair.
2 This was3 the firzit Hdeof Governmnet Moeting to be
hold, in the Coaribbeari. f] eads of Government expresSed their

4 ' PARTNERSHIP IN THE PACIFIC AFTER VIETNAM'
TEXT OF THE SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER, HON. E. G. WHITLAM, Q. C., M. P.
TO THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, WASHINGTON
THURSDAY, 8th MAY, 1975
It is not quite two years since I last had the honour of addressing
this National Press Club. In that time, as practitioners of our
respective professions, we have all had to cope with tremendous
events and tremendous changes occurring with unexampled speed.
It was therefore with some little trepidation that I retrieved the

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. ARTHUR GAVSHON, DIPLOMATIC EDITOR,
ASSOCIATED PRESS
1. In the aftermath of the American withdrawal from Indochina
there have been expressions of doubt about the credibility of
US security commitments. How do you foresee Australia's defence
requirements and the continued validity of the ANZUS and SEATO
treaty arrangements?
ANSWER: There has never been any question in Australia
of the validity of ANZUS. It is more than
years since it was signed and the friendship and
co-operation which underlie it had their origins

PRM MINISTER' COFREC S'
Following-is the transcrip~ t of the Prim-Miister's pr-s
conference held in. Kingston oni 4 May 1975,
Prime Minister's Press Conference, Jamaica Sunday May 1975-
Ques tion: Is it true that you o proposed a Conow.] th Aid
scheme for Vietnam, as was reported in the local press here?
Prime Minister: No. I haventt been able to read the local press
over the weekend. 1 suppose the story would flow from the [ icet
that on Friday just before we broke up For the wecken-cv!
suggested that there should be a refference in the cOf. nuij.

Embargo : Sunday_ 5 pm
PRIME MINISTER'S QUEENSLAND BROADCAST No. 7
CENTRALISM
Sunday 4 May 1975
I thought I'd talk to you about a subject that is
dear to the heart of the Queensland Premier Centralism.
Mr. Bjelke-Petersen has a regular obsession with centralism,
as we all know. Whenever he objects to something whether
it's a Labor idea or even something from the anti-Labor sidehe
cries " centralism". I don't mind people having bees in
their bonnet, but I think we're entitled to object when their

NOTES FOR THE PRIME MINISTER FOR THE OPENING
OF COLIN GARLAND'S EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, 1 MAY 1975
1. NUMEROUS ARTISTS HAVE SOUGHT INSPIRATION IN BEAUTIFUL
ISLAND SURROUNDINGS. ONE THINKS OF GAUGUIN IN TAHITI,
OF DONALD FRIEND IN BALI. IN THE SAME COMIPANY,,
I TRUST, WE SHALL THINK( OF COLIN GARLAND IN JAMAICA.
2. HE IS NOT THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN ARTIST TO MhAKE HIS
NAMERAND ENHANCE HIS COUNTRY'IS NAME, ABROAD. NOLAN
AND BOYD ARE GOOD EXAMPLES. IT WAS WITH GUY MARTIN BOYD,
A MEMBER OF THAT CELEBRATED FAMILY, THAT GARLAND BEGAN