FOR PRESS; NOVEMBER 13, 1964.

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UNITED STATES CONGRESSMEN TO SEE

N.A.S.A. INSTALLATIONS IN AUSTRALIA.

(Statement by the Hon. Allen Fairhall, Minister for Supply)

A large group of United States Congressmen, their wives and

senior U.S. Government officers would arrive in Perth (V.A.) on November

22 at the start of a six-day tour of inspection of N.A.S.A, installatÂ­

ions in Australia, the Minister for Supply (Mr, Allen Fairhall) announced

today.

The party will be led by Congressman George Miller, Chairman

of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science and

Astronautics,

Mr, Fairhall said the Congressmen’s visit would further

emphasise the close scientific links which had been established with

the United States through the Department of Supply 'and the U.S. National

Aeronautics and Space Administration.

* During their visit, the Congressmen will inspect N.A.S.A.

space tracking installations at Carnarvon (Â¥,A,), Woomera (S.A,) and

at Tidbinbilla (A.C.T.)

The party will travel in a Constellation aircraft direct from

Singapore to Perth on November 22, and inspect the Carnarvon installatÂ­

ion on November 23. They will fly from Perth to Woomera on November 24,

and fly to Canberra later the same day.

On November 25, the group will spend the day in Canberra, The

following day, they will inspect the Tidbinbilla deep-space tracking

station near Canberra, and fly on to Sydney later the same day. The

Congressmen will inspect the Atomic Energy Commission’s nuclear reactor

establishment at Lucas Heights (Sydney) on November 27, and hold a Press

conference later in the day. The Congress party will leave Sydney on

November 28 to fly to New Zealand. The visit to Australia is part of a

broader tour of Asian countries and the South Pacific region.

Other members of the party will include Congressmen Olin E.

Teague, William K. Van Pelt, Joseph E. Earth, Robert R. Casey and Lieut.-

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CANBERRA, A.C.T.

