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WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE TRY TO ARRANGE AN INTERVIEW ON AUSTRALIA'S MOST POPULAR CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAMME: CHANNEL 9'S ''A CURRENT AFFAIR''. THEY WILL NOT BE INTERESTED UNLESS THEY ARE OFFERED THE FIRST INTERVIEW. THIS WOULD THEREFORE NEED TO TAKE PLACE IN MELBOURNE BUT WITH SATELLITE LINK-UPS WITH STUDIOS IN SYDNEY THIS PRESENTS NO PROBLEM. SBS, A PUBLICLY FUNDED CHANNEL WHICH HAS A STRONG ETHNIC BASIS MAY ALSO BE INTERESTED IN AN INTERVIEW. WE WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND INTERVIEWS WITH THE PRINT MEDIA, 'THE MELBOURNE AGE', THE 'AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW' AND THE 'SYDNEY MORNING HERALD'. HOWEVER, IF THERE IS INSUFFICIENT TIME WE WOULD RECOMMEND THE AFR IN PREFERENCE TO THE OTHERS. IN GENERAL THE MEDIA WILL WANT ACCESS EARLY ON IN YOUR VISIT SO SYDNEY WILL BE TOO LATE FOR THEM. WE WOULD ALSO TRY TO ENCOURAGE THE PRESS TO COVER YOUR TWO SPEECHES.
SPEECHES
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THE TOPICS LISTED IN YOUR TELNO 3 ARE JUST RIGHT FOR AUSTRALIAN AUDIENCES. WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOUR SPEECH TO THE SYDNEY INSTITUTE LEAN MORE TO THE POLITICAL (IE PARAS 2 AND 3 OF YOUR TELNO 3) WITH YOUR SPEECH TO CEDA IN MELBOURNE CONCENTRATING MORE ON ECONOMIC ASPECTS (IE PARA 4 AND 5). HOWEVER, THE AUDIENCES WILL BE DIFFERENT SO A DEGREE OF OVERLAP IS PERMISSABLE, EVEN DESIRABLE. THE SYDNEY INSTITUTE HAVE ASKED IF WE CAN LET THEM HAVE A TITLE FOR YOUR ADDRESS ASAP FOR PROMOTION PURPOSES. AS FOR FORMAT, YOU WILL ARRIVE AT 1745 AND BE INTRODUCED TO DIRECTORS OF THE INSTITUTE AT 1800 YOU WILL BE INVITED TO THE ROSTRUM AND BE EXPECTED TO SPEAK FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR FOLLOWED BY QUESTIONS FOR A FURTHER HALF AN HOUR.
RECONNAISSANCE TRIP
9. WE RAISED THE QUESTION OF A RECONNAISSANCE TRIP WITH THE AUSTRALIANS WHO EXPRESSED SOME SURPRISE AND QUESTIONED THE NEED FOR IT. CEREMONIAL AND HOSPITALITY BRANCH OF DPMC DO NOTHING ELSE EXCEPT ORGANISE VISITS. OUR EXPERIENCE WITH MINISTERS WHO VISIT AS GUESTS OF GOVERNMENT ARE THAT THE ARRANGEMENTS ALL RUN VERY SMOOTHLY. YOUR PROGRAMME IS BEING COORDINATED CENTRALLY AND LOGISTICS AND OTHER QUESTIONS ARE HANDLED BY THE DPMC IN CANBERRA. FOR THIS REASON OUR CONSULS-GENERAL ARE ONLY PERIPHALLY INVOLVED AND WE ARE COORDINATING ALL PROGRAMME ARRANGEMENTS HERE.
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