MEETING?

Press, Volume CV, Issue 31004, 9 March 1966, Page 3

MEETING?

No information is available from official sources in Canberra on a date for the proposed meeting between the Prime Minister (Mr Holyoake) and the Australian Premier (Mr Holt), according to an N.Z.P.A. special correspondent in Canberra. Sources said that while Mr Holt was very anxious for an early meeting for talks on matters of general interest, he had a very full programme. Ur Holt has said that he proposes to visit South-east Asia, especially South Vietnam, in the near future. but no date for the trip has yet been announced. A Wellington report at the week-end quoted Mr Holyoake as saying a date had

es been set for a meeting; n with Mr Holt. r Mr Holyoake was reported to i have said the meeting r i would be in the “not too e ! distant future.” r i' Mr Holt invited Mr Holyoake to Canberra in January | for talks before the imr l portant defence discusJ sions between New ZeaJ land, Australia and Brii tain. 1i But Mr Holyoake replied that the other commitments j . prevented him accepting j t i the offer at that stage. j 1 IMr Holyoake, denied in Wei- 1 ‘I lington last night he had ' - stated that a date had ■. been set for his meeting P with Mr Holt. “I said a; £ ! period had been set when) it was most likely we J I could meet.” It