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Transcripts from the Prime Ministers of Australia

Menzies, Robert

Period of Service: 19/12/1949 - 26/01/1966
Release Date:
21/02/1962
Release Type:
Media Release
Transcript ID:
475
Document:
00000475.pdf 1 Page(s)
Released by:
  • Menzies, Sir Robert Gordon
PM 28/1962 - SPACE FLIGHT

P. M. No,, 28/ i962
SPACE FLIGHT
Statement by the Prime Minister Hon. R. G. Menzies)
The Prime Minister has sent the following messa-e
to President Kennedy through the Australian Ambassador in
Washington " CO INTGRATUT ATIONS TO CO" ON" 2L GLEN, AND
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE UPON MAGNIFICLINT 3UCCESS OF PROJECT
M--iCRY. IT IS TRRnvi1PH OF GREAT SCIENTIFIC AN4D TECHNICAL
SKILL, MAGNIFICENT TEAM : JOF-d( A' 11D PREPARA'' TION, AIM OUTSTAZING
H-ILjAN COURAGE. " E : JrRE HI. PPY TO BE ABLE TO TAKE SOME PART
IN TH SAFETY AaRANGEi. 4' ENTS THAT JL IRE M1, ADE", R. G. MENZIES
CANBERRA,
21st February, L962.

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