PRIM E MINISTER 16 January 1975
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PRESS STATEMENT BY THE ACTING PRIME MINISTER, DR. J. F. CAIRNS
HOBART TRAGEDY
The Acting Prime Minister, Dr. Cairns, announced today
that he had sent a message to the Tasmanian Premier, Mr. Reece,
informing him that the Australian Government would reimburse
the State for the full amounts of expenditure incurred by it
and its authorities as a result of the Hobart Bridge disaster.
This had been agreed to by the Cabinet at its meeting in Sydney
today. Dr. Cairns recalled that, immediately on hearing of

Federal Republic of Germany
Speech by the President of the Federation of German Industry,
Dr Guenther Sohl, on the occasion of informal discussions with the
Prime Minister of Australia in Cologne on 16 January 1975
It is a special honour for me to welcome you, Mr
Prime Minister and the gentlemen of your team,
here at the House of German Industry.
As President of the Federation of German
Industry and on behalf of the representatives of
the German economy gathered together here,
I offer you a very warm welcome.

Joint Communique issued at the conclusion of the visit by the Prime
Minister of Australia to the USSR on 16 January 1975
At the invitation of the Soviet Government the
Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon. E. G.
Whitlam, paid an official visit to the USSR from
12to 16 January 1975.
During his stay in the Soviet Union Mr Whitlam
and his party visited Moscow and Leningrad.
They had an opportunity to see how the Soviet
people live and work, as well as to acquaint
themselves with their achievements in the fields

S A A II A:
n> li7 r. r FPRESS STATEMENT January 1975
SIGNING OF SCIENCE AGREEMENT WITH U. S. S. R.
The Prime Minister, Mr. Whitlam, and Soviet
Prime Minister, Mr. Kos( gn, today signed in Moscow an
agreement between the Australian and USSR Governments
for scientific and technical cooperation. The agreement
will facilitate increased cooperation in both the natural
and social sciences. In the first instance five fields are to be given
priority for cooperation. They are: earth sciences, plant

USSR Speech by the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR,
Mr Aleksey Kosygin, at a dinner in honour of the Prime Minister of
Australia in Moscow on 14 January 1975
The official visit of Prime Minister Whitlam to
the Soviet Union and Soviet-Australian talks
which have begun in the Kremlin today are a
very signal event in relations between our
countries, not only because this is the first visit
by a Head of Government of Australia to the
Soviet Union in the history of our relations. This
visit culminates, as it were, the positive work

vOR PnpsS 13 January 1975
COIN7, NT BY! THE PTZIMT? MI'TITE" I T1IF IION. V l W! T'~
MP., ON F'IPN\: Ty NOLAN'r 0117T Op
PAT '. TIT( 1;
I spetik for all Australians in expressing the
Government's profound gratitude for Mr. NZolan's gift
of paintings and our appreciolion of ' his splendir examn-ino
of -enerosity. Mr. S olAn' ift will he an invaluable
addition to ther national collection. It will add
immeasurably to the artistic hevritauo or the ination
whose reputation he has done ! o much to enhance ; ind

Joint Communique issued at the conclusion on 1 2 January 1 975 of
the visit to Yugoslavia by the Prime Minister of Australia
At the invitation of the President of the Federal
Executive Council, Dzemal Bijedic, the Prime
Minister of Australia, the Hon. E. G. Whitlam,
accompanied by Mrs Whitlam, paid an official
friendly visit to the Socialist Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia from 9 to 12 January 1 975.
The President of the Republic, Josip Broz Tito,
received Prime Minister Whitlam, and held a
long and friendly talk with him on topics of

JANUAiR--Y 10,17
The Ac t 4ng Prime Dlllinisl er an6 T-,-asucor, Dr. J. P. CaiL: r. E
SZaid todc-y that he-hone-d s; oon be able to meet State-c P-nrlcr23
to dis-cuss -o~ elt-~ aefinanrceiall ati onships
especially as th1ey affecctecc empl. lymnt-Dr. Cai. rnus
comu" Tenl ing o17 a st-Item,: t -tile Premier of N. S, 14., ilr-. ei,
that 3"' 000 State public S -_-vants faced dismissal becaalse o'!
~ 213: t9. of finance..
fie said he hopEd th1at ' che planll(-tc discussions aith Lhe
P'remniers would be held in a * esponsible, non-poliLical

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M, t Good oing Mr. Prime Minister.
P. M. i Good morning Mr. Mirkovio.
M. s I am very happy that you have found time to say a few words for our
television. I know you are very occupied with the problem of the cyclone
which is disastrous.
P Oh yes, this is the worst natural disaster that has happened to
Australia. It is, in our terms, it is what happened to Skopje a few years
ago. 14. The people, let us say scientists, have found how to go to the moon
but still on earth many problems have to be solved.

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PRIME MINISTER'S CONFERENCE BELGRhADE
JAUARY 1975;
The following is the text of the Prime Minister's press
conference held in Belgrade on 10 January 1975.
Vitorovic. Radio Belarade
Q. Would you like to comment on the talks with President
Tito this morning-We didn't have a chance to read the toast
yet,
A, You are referring to the fact that a recording was
made of the President's speech in proposing a toast at the
lunch he gave us and also I suppose there was a recording taken