AUST. ENVOY'S TALKS IN U.S. ON PACIFIC DEFENCE
(10 a.m.) CANBERRA, May 31. Discussions for a Pacific pact and for eo-operation in the Pacific between the services had taken place on a number of occasions, said the Prime Minister, Mr, J. B. Chifley, in the House of Representatives yesterday afternoon.
It .was well understood that certain facilities in Australia might have to be available to the United States and that the American services would be available to Australia. _ During the past month, the Secretary of the Defence Department, Sir Frederick Sheddon, had / been m America and had discussed matters with representatives of the United States Government. . ~ . The United States took the view that it would not enter into any fixed agreements or commitments in the Pacific at present but that Its attention should first be given to Europe.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22952, 21 May 1949, Page 5
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