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FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN AUSTRALIA
The following is the text of a statement on foreign
investment in Australia, made by the Australian Prime Minister,
Mr Whitlam at the Austraiia-Japan Ministerial Committee
Meeting in Tokyo on 29 October 1973:
" The Australian Government recognises that foreign
S investment in Australia is a matter of special significance
for relations between our two countries. Australia is
endowed with mineral resources of world importance. The

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AUSTRALIA/ JAPAN M~ INISTERIAL COMMllITTEE:
JOINT COMMUNIQUE
The following is the text of the communique issued
in Tokyo on 30 October 1973:
The Australian Delegation to the meeting was led by
the Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs,
The Hon. E. G. Whitlam M. P. and included the Minister for
Overseas Trade, The Hon. J. F. Cairns The Treasurer,
The Hon. F. Crean The Minister for Primary Industry,
Senator The Hon. K. S. Wriedt and The Minister for Minerals

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M/ 154 30 October 1973
M WHITLAM'S KEY NOTE ADDRESS TO THE SECOND
AUSTRALIA-JAPAN MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE METING,
TOKYO, 29 OCTOBER, 1973
* Below is the text of the key note address given in
Tokyo by the Australian Prime Minister and Minister for
Foreign Affairs, Mr E. G. Whitlam, at the Second Australia-
Japan Ministerial Committee Meeting on 29 October 1973.
" At this, the second meeting of the Ministerial
Committee, I have the honour to lead the largest and
most senior delegation of Australian Ministers ever to

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M4/ 152 28 October 1973
VISIT OF SINGAPORE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
The Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator
Willesee, announced today that the Minister for Foreign Affairs
of the Republic of Singapore, Mr Sinnathamby Rajaratnam, would
visit Australia from 9 to 17 November as a guest of the
Australian Government.
Mr Rajaratnam, a founding member of Singapore's
governing Peoples Action Party, has been active in public
life since his election to the Singapore Legislative Assembly

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PRIM~ E MINISTER AT JAPAN
PRESS CLUB
The following are the introductory remarks
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panseI last had the pleasure of mceting representat4. ves of the
Veygreat charges have occurred in both our countries since then.
Even greater changes have occurred in the prospects for our region.
At that time, I was the Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of

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M/ 151 25 October 1973
AUSTRALIAN-INDONESIAN RELATIONS VISIT
OF THE I'NDONSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, MR ADAM MALIK,
AND OFFICIAL CONSULTATIONS
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Whitlam,
announced today before his departure for visits to Japan
and China that the Indonesian Foreign Minister, Mr Adam Malik,
will visit Australia from 6-10 November as a guest of the
Australian Government. Mr Malik will be accompanied by
O Mrs Malik. Mr Whitlam said that Mr Malik's visit will be

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Press Statement No. 142
October 1973
VISIT BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF NEW ZEALAND
The Prime Minister of New Zealand, the Right
Honourable Norman Kirk and Mrs. Kirk will make an
official visit to Australia from 13 November to 17 November
1973. The visit will begin in Canberra with an arrival
on Tuesday 13 November. The Prime Minister will officially
open the Chancery of the New Zealand High Commission in the
afternoon and he and Mrs. Kirk will be the guests of the

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PRIME MINISTER 1
Press Statement No. 142
24 October 1973
BEGINNING OF NATIONAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT COLLECTION
The Prime Minister announced today that he had
approved the purchase of two 18th-century cellos made
by the Italian master, Giuseppe Guarmeri~ in 1710 and 1721.
The cellos and bows have been purchased in New York
for a total price of $ 54,950. They will be the foundation
of a national collection of great instruments. Their
purchase was recommended by the Music Board of the

PRIME MINISTER Press Statement No. 141
24 October 1973
NATIONAL ANTHEM POLL PLANS
The Bureau of Census and Statistics, at the
request of the Government, is planning a nation-wide
opinion poll to establish preferences for a new
National Anthem.
The poll will be conducted in February next
year and people will be asked to make their choice from
the three songs already selected by the National Anthem
Committee. These are: Advance Australia Fair, Song of
Australia, and Waltzing Matilda.
Results of the poll will be used by the Government