Speech given by James Plimsoll on 18 Jan. 1968 in the Department of Foreign Affairs collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2204120
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Plimsoll, James, Sir, 1917-1987, speaker
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1968 January 18
- 1 tape reel (ca. 48 min.) : 7 1/2 ips., full track mono. ; 7 in.
- Series:
- Department of Foreign Affairs collection.
- Summary:
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Sir James speaks of the need for Australia to recognise its independence; the significance of the possibility of Great Britain joining the Common Market; Australia's excess of primary products; the need for the expansion of secondary industries; the need for Australia to be a world trader; the need to treat primary industries in the same way as secondary industries in the GATT; US Trade Expansion Act; UN help to underdeveloped countries; Committee to prepare for UN conference on trade and development; our geographic isolation; need to develop overseas markets; Australia's admittance into the Economic Council for Asia and the Far East; projects in Asia; providing aid to our neighbours through monetary funds, direct aid, schemes; the problem of finding a mechanism to sell food surplus to starving nations; the need to develop an outward looking attitude; the need to develop a desire to produce.
- Notes:
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-215118444
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- Summary not yet available.
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This belongs to the Department of Foreign Affairs collection.
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- Until 2038 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1968
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