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RAAF SYMPOSIUM

1  A symposium to be attended by 65 senior-ranking

Air Force officers will be held at RAAF Base,  Williamtown,

NSW, from October 28 to October 30.

The symposium, sponsored by the Chief of the Air

Staff,  Air Marshal N.P. McNamara, will examine the

management and operations of the RAAF,  and in particular

the environment in which the RAAF will operate until the

end of the century.

.  The Chief of the Defence Force Staff, Admiral

Sir Anthony Synnot,  and the Secretary of the Department

of Defence, Mr W.B. Pritchett, will attend the symposium

on October 28.

Presentations will be given during the three

days by speakers from the Navy and Army, including the 'Chief

of Naval Operational Requirements and Plans, Rear Admiral

R.G. Loosli,  and the Chief of Operations, Army,  Major- .

General D.A. Drabsch.

Guest lecturers will be Professor D. Aitkin,

Professor of Political Science, Australian National University;

Professor W. Kaspe, Professor of Economics,  Royal Military

College, Duntrooh; Professor D. George, Vice-Chancellor,

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University of Newcastle,  and Chairman of the Australian

Atomic Energy Commission; Professor B.L. Gordon, Associate

Professor of Economics, University of Newcastle; Professor

L.N. Short, Deputy Vice-Chancellor,  University of

Newcastle; Professor M.P. Carter, Head of Department of

Sociology, University of Newcastle, and Mr F. Cranston,

Canberra journalist.

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Further Inquiries: Mr Bill Smither 65 2999 (office hours)

49 7810 (after hours)

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