P. M. No._ 24/ 1960
AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL TEAM FOR CONGO
Statement by the Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. R. G. Menzies,
The Prime Minister announced today that the
Government had agreed to make U5', 000 available to the
Australian Red Cross Society to help to send an Australian
medical team to the Congo.
Mr. Menzies said that the decision had been made by
Cabinet yesterday within 24 hours of a request from the League
of Red Cross Societies in Geneva and the World Health
Organization for medical assistance for the Congo. The
Australian team would probably consist of two doctors and a
male nurse and its task was expected to be to assist in the
rehabilitation of Congolese hospitals and medical services
which wore short of staff following the withdrawal of the Belgian
administration. Mr. Menzies said he hoped that the Australian medical
team, which would serve in the Congo for some six months,
would be ready to leave Australia within a few days.
CANBERRA, 3rd August, 1960.
Menzies, Robert
Period of Service: 19/12/1949 - 26/01/1966
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03/08/1960
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