F O R  T H E  P R E S S

R eleased o n ly  i n  Canberra

DEPARTMENT OP EXTERNAL A if f a ir s ,

CANBERRA,

PR 118

2^-tli Q ctober, 1962

' . APPOINTMENT OF HEAD OF THE AUSTRALIAN PERMANENT -' Â· MISSION TO EURATOM .

Ã¢ÂÂ   S ta te m e n t by M in is te r f o r  E x te rn a l A f l a i r s  -

The M in is te r f o r  E x te rn a l A f f a i r s , S i r  G ajrfield

B arw ick, announced to d ay  th e  appo in tm en t o f S i r  Edwin

McCarthy, C .B .E ., a s Head of th e  A u s tr a lia n  Perm anent M ission

to  th e  European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) i n  B r u s s e ls .

S i r  Edwin McCarthy was S e c re ta ry  o f th e  D epartm ent oÂ£

Commerce and A g r ic u ltu r e  and Commonwealth C o n tro lle r^ G e n e ra l

o f Food.from !9*+5 to  19^9? and from 19^9 to  1958 he was

Deputy High Com m issioner i n  London. In  1959 he was a p p o in te d

a s A u s tr a lia n  Ambassador to  The Hague and l a t e r  i n  th e  y e a r ,

was a p p o in te d  c o n c u rr e n tly  as A u s tr a lia n  Ambassador tjo B elgium ,

I n  a d d i tio n , i n  May 1960, S i r  Edwin was a p p o in te d  a s Read o f

th e  A u s tr a lia n  Perm anent M issio n  to  th e  European Economic

Community.. I n  March 1962 S i r  Edwin r e t i r e d  a s Ambassador to  .

The Hague and Belgium b u t c o n tin u e d  to  se rv e  as Head Qf th e

A u s tr a lia n  M issio n  to  th e  E uropean Economic Community (BEG),

an appo in tm en t w hich he w i l l  h o ld  co n c u rren tly Â· w ith  h is  new

appointm ent to  EURATOM. '

The S ix  Common M arket c o u n tr ie s  a r e  th e  members o f

EURATOM whose m ain f u n c tio n  i s  to  c o - o r d in a te  and p ro v id e

a s s is ta n c e  f o r  r e s e a r c h  i n  th e  p e a c e fu l u se s o f atom ic e n e r g y Â· "

EURATOM a ls o  p a r t i c i p a t e s  i n  j o i n t  e n t e r p r i s e r  w ith  p r iv a te

in d u s tr y  i n  th e  developm ent o f n u c le a r  i n d u s t r y . B r i t a i n  has

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announced i t s  i n t e n t i o n  to  seek membership o f EURATOM and

n e g o tia tio n s  f o r  h e r e n tr y  have a lre a d y  begunÂ»

S i r  G a r f ie ld  s a id  t h a t  th e  d e c is io n  to  e s t a b l i s h

fo rm al r e l a t i o n s  w ith  EURATOM was a n o th e r in s ta n c e  o f th e

im p o rtan ce A u s tr a lia  a tta c h e d  to  developm ents i n  W estern

Europe f o r  c l o s e r  economic and p o l i t i c a l  c o - o p e r a tio n . I t

was hoped t h a t  t h i s  s te p  would le a d  to  more exchanges i n  th e

atom ic energy f i e l d  betw een th e  Members o f EURATOM land

A u s tr a lia  < >  I t  would a ls o  e n a b le  A u s tr a lia  to  keep more

c lo s e ly  i n  to u c h  W ith B r i t a i n 's  n e g o tia tio n s  to  j o i n  th e

E uropean Atomic Energy Community < <  '

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