William Morrison interviewed by Mel Pratt for the Mel Pratt collection [sound recording]

William Morrison, politician and diplomat, speaks of his early life in Sydney; Sydney University; the Dept. of Foreign Affairs; Moscow posting; Stalin's death; Kruschev and Bulganin; agriculture; travelling and recreation in Russia; Suez Canal; creation of SEATO; problems in North East Thailand; opium trade; re-establishment of missions with Russia; Kennedy-Nixon election; Eisenhower; dispatches; the CIA; Cuban crisis; changes in the Soviet Union; travelling in Russia; his son's birth at the Polyclinic; Russian doctors; expulsion from Russia; Vietnam war pamphlets; Colombo Plan; Sarawak and Sabah; communists; Ching Peng; problems for the Malaysian government; public servant's role; Whitlam's visit to Malaysia, 1968; his resignation from the Public Service; Alan Eastman; medical programme in Vietnam; his assessment of the Dept. of Foreign Affairs; 1969 election campaign; Labor Party 1969-1972; McMahon's attack on him; 1972 election; Papua New Guinea self-government and independence; P.I.R.; project aid; establishment of an aid agency; Ennor; Science Council green and white papers; ASTEC; CSIRO staff; Crown of Thorns Starfish; consumer protection; U.S. bases; Barnard's resignation; defence of Australia; re-organisation of Defence departments; 1974/75 budget; Liberal vs Labor defence policies; US bases; Omega system; Killen; expenditure and electoral demands; inflation; Whitlam; Khemlani and Cabinet; politicians; Clyde Cameron; his plans for the future.