Aust, to end defence aid
(A Z Press Assn.-—Copyright) CANBERRA, Dec. 27. The Australian Government had decided to end all defence aid to South Viet-
nam, said the Minister of Defence and Deputy Prime Minister (Mr L. Barnard) today, i The decision revokes a ; commitment by the previous | Government to supply ; sAust2sm in defence and icivil aid in the three years; i ending 1973-74. The commit-i (ment was made in August, 1971. ( During 1971-72. a total of ;sAust7m was spent on de- ; fence and civil aid to South (Vietnam, of which defence aid comprised about sAust2.s ( million. Most of the defence aid 1 has been in goods such as small boats, outboard en-| gines, tents and rations—alb made in Australia. Mr Barnard said that plans to train a group of about 50 Cambodian servicement in Australia had also been abandoned.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33110, 28 December 1972, Page 1
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