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Volume #18 - 667. | |||
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CHAPITRE VII RELATIONS AVEC LE COMMONWEALTH | |||
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4E PARTIE RELATIONS AVEC DES PAYS PARTICULIERS | |||
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A AUSTRALIE : VISITE DU PREMIER MINISTRE À OTTAWA, 22-26 JUIN 1952 | |||
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DEA/11529-40 | ||
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Note pour le secrétaire d'État aux Affaires extérieures | |||
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CONFIDENTIAL |
Ottawa,
le 23 juin 1952 | ||
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MR. MENZIES' REMARKS ABOUT NATO AT PRESS CONFERENCE | |||
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At Mr. Menzies's Press Conference this morning at the Parliamentary Press Gallery, he emphasized the reciprocal importance of North Atlantic, Middle East and South-East Asian security arrangements and the bearing these have on what he termed "the whole picture". He was then asked specifically which NATO activities were of concern to Australia. He replied: "I don't know what NATO is talking about. If I did, we just might have some intelligent contribution to make. Stranger things have happened." He then expressed disappointment that there was no machinery in existence by which Australia could be kept informed of NATO arrangements which, in fact, might be of interest to Australia. When asked whether he would discuss this problem with you, he stated: "I don't know whether Mr. Pearson will be able to help in this matter."52
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