Aust. control at Cape
■ (y Z.P A -Reuter—Copifright) WASHINGTON. ■’ Australia will have greater 1 control over the operation of t the American-run North West , j Cape naval communications ! . station. e An Australian would be) ’ deputy commander, and 35 j Australian servicemen would ’ be at the base to “occupy key positions covering all ’ operational aspects of the i station,” the Defence Minisf ter (Mr Lance Barnard) has ■j announced. -, Mr Barnard arrived in ■’Washington to renegotiate a the 10-year-old agreement by ’which the United States has! -> run the communications I j station. ’ In a statement after talks e with the United States’ f! Defence Secretary (Mr James ! d , Schlesinger) the Australian i- Minister said the United r States Navy would retain , J sole control over only their own communications centre.
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33433, 15 January 1974, Page 7
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