STATEMENT TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BY THE PRIME MINISTER,
MR. E. G. WHITLAM, WEDNESDAY 7.11.73
VISIT TO JAPAN AND CHINA
I seek leave to make a brief statement on the visit by
certain of my Ministerial colleaguesand me to Japan and China.
The Ministerial delegation to Japan, for the second
Australia-Japan Ministerial Committee, was the largest and
most senior ever to represent Australia abroad. My visit to
Peking was the first by any Australian Prime Minister. Both
visits were marked by great warmth on both sides; both visits

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M/ 160 5 November 1973
AUSTRALIAN/ CHINESE JOINT PRtESS COI'MFUNIQUE
The following is the text of the joint communique issued
by the Prime Minister, Mr Whitlam, and the Chinese Premier,
Mr Chou En-lai, in Peking at the conclusion of the Prime Minister's
visit to the People's Republic of China.
" At the invitation of the Premier of the State Council of
the People's Republic of China, Chou En-lai, the Prime Minister
of Australia, Mr E. G. Whitlam, paid an official visit to the

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Mv/ 162 5 November 1973
STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER ANDT MINISTER
AFFAIRS, 1-UWWHi ITLAM~, ON HIS= PLTRN
CHINA AND JAPAN, 5NOVEMBR= 1973.
" Within the next few days I shall be reporting to the
Australian Parliament on the results of my visit to China and
Japan. I believe this visit, in the company of several of my
ministerial colleagues, was the most successful and productive
overseas mission ever undertaken by an Australian Government
delegation. We have forged new understandings with two of our

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M/ 161 5 November 1973
VISIT BY MSTDA1ESE FOREIGN MINISTER
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic
Republic of the Sudan, Dr Iansour Khalid, arrived in Canberra
this morning for a brief visit to meet members of the Australian
Government, Members of Parliament and Government officials.
Announcing this today, the Prime Minister and Minister
for Foreign Affairs, Mr Whitlam, said that Dr Khalid, who had
been his country's Foreign Minister for two years, was a leading

STATV. MENT THE FRI! W E MINIST7fl" & i MINISTER FO1-FOY' IGN AFFAIRS,
NR WijITEA;:, P, ON iiI ' TtiiN iROiv1 CH INA AI. D JAPAN
NOVEMBER 1973
Within the next fdw days I shall be reporting to the
Australian Parliamnent on the results of my visit to China and
Japan. I believe this visit, in the company of several of my
ministerial colleagues, was the most successful and produlctive
overseas mission ever undertaken by an hustralian Government
delegation. We have forged new understandings with two of our

SPEECH BY THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER,. MR L. H. BARNARD
AT THE OPENING OF THE TASMNA DIVISION O
THE MUNICIPAL ASCAO'S CONFERENCE IN
LAUNCESTON -5 NOVEMBERJ 1973
Today I am talking to you about our new deal
for Local Government in Australia.
We are not seeking changes for changes sake
nor, as some would say, to centralise power in Canberra.
What we are really dging is to give a new and realistic
meaning to Federalism, real local participation in public
affairs and in effect, real decentralisation of Government.

E. LARGO: Mot fc: r ulication or bro-. ; t L.' ore
4 pm, Saturday, " ov-nber 3, 197'
SAiTUR DAY,. NOVvMBER 1973
VISIT BY THE SHAH OF IRAN
( Statement by the Acting Prime iinister, The
Honourable L. H. Barnard, MP)
His Imperial Majesty, the Shahanshah of Iran,
has accepted an invitation by His Excellency the Governor-
General, to pay a State visit to Australia az a guest of
the Government during 1974. He will be accompanied by Her
Imperial Majesty, the Shahbanou of Iran.
Announcing this today the Acting Prime Minister,

SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER, THE HON. E. G. WHITLAM, M. P.,
AT PREMIER CHOU EN-LAIPS BANQUET AT PEKING ON OCTOBER 31, 1973
Prime Minister Whitlam's Speech at Peking Banquet, Peking,
October 31, 1973 ( Nsinhua) Following is the full text of the
speech in reply by Australian Prime Minister Edward Gough Whitlam
at the welcoming banquet given by Premier Chou En-lai here this
evening:
Premier Chou En-lai, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen,
Your Australian guests are immensely impressed by the

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M/ 158 31 October 1973
WHITIJAMV/ OHIRA PRE1SS CONFERENCE, TOKYO ; 1
Following is a transcript of the joint press
conference held by the Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr Ohira,
and the Australian Prime Minister, Mr Whitlam, at the
conclusion of the Australia/ Japan Ministerial Committee
talks at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo, on
October 1973.
Mr Ohira We have just completed the two day second meeting
of the Australia/ Japan Ministerial Committee.
This is the second meeting of this Committee, and

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M/ 156 31 October 1973
WHITLAM/ TANIAKA JOINT COMMUNIQUE
Below is the text of the communique issued in Tokyo
on 30 October 1973 by the Prime Minister of Australia,
SMr Whitlam and the Prime Minister of Japan, Mr Tanaka:
" The Australian Prime Minister and Minister for
Foreign Affairs, The Hon. E. G. Whitlam, M. P. accompanied
0 by Mrs Whitlam, paid an official visit to Japan from
26 October until 31 October 1973 at the invitation of the
Government of Japano
During their stay in Japan, Mr and Mrs Whitlam were