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- … 11TH APRIL, 1949 On 11th April I met Mr. Gordon Gray and representatives of the Intelligence Services of the Navy, Army, Air Force, the Central Intelligence Authority, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the State Department. I outlined the brief on … 11TH APRIL, 1949 On 11th April I met Mr. Gordon Gray and representatives of the Intelligence Services of the Navy, Army, Air Force, the Central Intelligence Authority, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the State Department. I outlined the brief on …https://dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/historical-documents/Pages/volume-16/368-notes-by-shedden
- … in the external defence of Malaya if this is thought necessary by Malaya and the United Kingdom. What is more, so far as air defence is concerned, for a long time the only fighters in Malaya were the Australian Sabre Squadrons and even now the United Kingdom bases fighters only in Singapore so that any talk about certain aspects of the air defence of Malaya must almost certainly involve the Sabre Squadrons. 2. The Defence Department refer particularly to the … Malaya will afford to the Government of the United Kingdom the right to maintain in the Federation such naval, land and air forces including a Commonwealth Strategic Reserve as are agreed between the two Governments to be necessary for the …https://dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/historical-documents/volume-25/Pages/004-minute-from-brennan-to-eastman -
- … to a request from the Indonesian Government, the Australian Government stands ready to deploy a Lockheed L100 Hercules Air Tanker to help fight serious forest fires in Indonesia. The fires are creating hazardous conditions in at least six … to a request from the Indonesian Government, the Australian Government stands ready to deploy a Lockheed L100 Hercules Air Tanker to help fight serious forest fires in Indonesia. The fires are creating hazardous conditions in at least six …https://dfat.gov.au/news/news/Pages/australia-to-assist-indonesia-to-fight-forest-fires -
- … Facilitate the timely flow of goods including essential supplies by ensuring operation of logistics networks via air, sea, and land freight. Work out bilateral and/or multilateral cooperative arrangements to expedite necessary approval procedures for air crew and to utilise additional aircraft for cargo operations. Promote transparency of import and export regulations to … in essential goods. Facilitating the Essential Movement of People Facilitate the resumption of essential cross-border travel, with mutual assurance of health standards, while ensuring the safeguarding of public health in line with our efforts …https://dfat.gov.au/news/media-release/joint-ministerial-statement-action-plans-facilitate-flow-goods-and-services-well-essential-movement-people -
- … and read to audiences drawn from some 10,000 visitors to the festival. The poetry festival is followed by an 'open air marketplace of poetry' where artistic directors of poetry festivals around the world come to network and secure … and read to audiences drawn from some 10,000 visitors to the festival. The poetry festival is followed by an 'open air marketplace of poetry' where artistic directors of poetry festivals around the world come to network and secure …https://dfat.gov.au/people-to-people/public-diplomacy/programs-activities/Pages/poet-les-murray-at-the-berlin-poetry-festival -
- … (Australia) Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew B. Cunningham, First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Charles F. A. Portal, Chief of the Air Staff The Rt. Hon. Anthony Eden, M.P., Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs The Rt. Hon. Lord Leathers, Minister of … dividend. For long he had favoured an operation for the occupation of the tip of Sumatra with the object of securing air domination over Malaya and Siam. The present proposal dealt with a situation which was remote in the sense that it was …https://dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/historical-documents/Pages/volume-07/167-minutes-of-staff-conference
- … are aware, comprises basically a Brigade Group from each of the United Kingdom, India, Australia and New Zealand plus an Air Force component, elements of which are supplied from each of the above countries. The Naval component of the British … 4. For the control of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force comprising basically 4 Infantry Brigade Groups, an Air component and a tiny Naval component, the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Australia as at present constituted is totally … Chiefs of Staff in Australia if organized to its logical conclusion with up to three representatives (Army, Navy and Air Force) from each country or Dominion contributing forces to a theatre, could not possibly function for operations in …https://dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/historical-documents/Pages/volume-09/182-sturdee-to-chifley
- … value. (e) The American activity on small islands in the Pacific in connection with the development of Trans-Pacific air Services. Particular reference is made to the reported annexation of the Howland, Baker and Jarvis Islands, two of which … islands, at present without value, a distinct potential value. (g) The initiation and development of trans-oceanic air services make even the smallest and most economically worthless islands, provided they are favourably situated, … Department stated that these two islands, while not of any value from a purely defensive point of view, 'are on the air route Sydney-Norfolk Island-Fiji, and might be of use as emergency landing grounds in connection with the development of …https://dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/historical-documents/Pages/volume-01/4-memorandum-prepared-for-delegation-to-imperial-conference
- … was the best. He had sent Admiral Byrd [10] back to the Galapagos and the Marquesas islands to examine their use in air routes. It looked as if those Islands should be thrown open as international airports of the world. Clipper ton Island is also French, and it might be used on an air route going across Panama. He believed that, by and large, air routes should be free to all the world with a limitation against the use by aircraft foreign to any country of its …https://dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/historical-documents/Pages/volume-07/13-dixon-to-department-of-external-affairs
- … merely 'took note', and reserved themselves the right of revision of the political basis of the Report. I write on the Air route to Australia in another letter. The gist of it is that it is most unlikely that the route will be through from … Labour Government may take this matter up and find some means of expediting the Indian section. I am to see Lord Thomson (Air Minister) next week and will keep the matter alive. In January last Chamberlain [3] sent an important despatch to … accept-but I don't know that the Hudson's Bay people will accept it. Since the above, I have seen Lord Thomson (the new Air Minister whom I knew previously). He asks me to tell you that you can count on his active assistance in the matter of …https://dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/historical-documents/Pages/volume-17/205