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PRIME MINISTER

FOR PRESS; PM No. 15/1972.

GIFT TO THE PRESIDENT OF INDONESIA

Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr. William McMahon C.H.,M.P.

At Parliament House today,  the Prime Minister, the

Right Honourable William McMahon, C.H., M.P., presented an atomic

absorption spectrophotometer to President Soeharto of Indonesia

as a gift from the people of Australia to the people of Indonesia.

In handing over the gift, Mr. McMahon said that

the spectrophotometer had been designed by Australian scientists

for making highly accurate and quick analyses of mineral samples

in ores and soils. Like Australia, Indonesia's economic

development was benefiting increasingly from mineral exploration

and production.  He hoped that this example of Australian

scientific technology would be of considerable assistance to

Indonesian geologists, mining engineers and agricultural scientists

in their research programmes. .

CANBERRA,

7 February, 1972.

Visit of President Soeharto

SPEECH OF PRESENTATION BY THE PRIME MINISTER, MR. WILLIAM. McMAHON

C.H.,M.P.

Your Excellency,

On behalf of the people of Australia I would like to

present you with this special gift.

It is an instrument designed by Australian scientists

for quick and accurate analyses of mineral samples in ores and

soils. It is called an atomic absorption spectrophotometer.

As both our countries are benefiting increasingly from

mineral exploration and production, I hope that this item of

Australian technology will assist the research programmes of your

geologists, mining engineers and agricultural scientists.

Please accept, Your Excellency, with our warmest wishes,

this gift from the people of Australia to the people of Indonesia.

CANBERRA,

7 February, 1972.

BACKGROUND

SPECIAL AID PRESENTATION TO PRESIDENT SOEHARTO

The atonic absorption spectrophotometer was designed

by C.S.I.R.O. and is a unique Example of Australian scientific

technology.

Its purpose is to make a highly accurate and quick

analyses of mineral samples in ores and soils. The apparatus

which will be supplied complete with a selection of accessories

suitable for Indonesian conditions will have a wide application

in Indonesia in the fields of mineral exploration and agricultural

research.

The unit, which is manufactured by Varion Techron Ltd.,

is modular in construction and when assembled'measures 6 feet long,

16 inches high and 25 inches wide. It weighs 315 pounds.

The unit will be air freighted to Djakarta after the

presentation.

