SIR GEOFFREY SYME MELBOURNE AGE MELBOURNE

THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION WOULD BE VERY GLAD IF YOU COULD MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO COME OVER HERE FOR A FEW WEEKS.

BRENDON BRACKEN

BRENDON BRACKEN MINISTER OF INFORMATION

APPRECIATE YOUR INVITATION. WOULD LIKE INFORMATION AS TO PURPOSE OF VISIT AND COMPOSITION OF DELEGATION, IF ANY. DESPITE INDIFFERENT HEALTH WOULD MAKE SPECIAL EFFORT IF MY PRESENCE IN LONDON WOULD BE OF POSITIVE VALUE. OTHERWISE UNSTABLE POLITICAL SITUATION INTERNALLY AND AUSTRALIA CONCERN PACIFIC PROBLEM REQUIRES CONSTANT ATTENTION HERE.

GEOFFREY SYME

SIR GEOFFREY SYME MELBOURNE AGE MELBOURNE

THE REASON WHY WE WOULD LIKE YOU AND OTHER AUSTRALIAN PROPRIETORS TO COME IS TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY OF SEEING THE BRITISH WAR EFFORT FOR YOURSELVES FROM THE INSIDE. STOP. YOU WOULD NOT BE BURDENED WITH APPOINTMENTS BUT THIS MINISTRY WOULD ARRANGE FOR YOU TO SEE ALL YOU WANT. STOP. THERE IS NO QUESTION OF A DEPUTATION. STOP. DIFFERENT PEOPLE WOULD COME AT DIFFERENT TIMES TO SUIT THEMSELVES.

BRENDON BRACKEN

BRENDON BRACKEN MINISTER OF INFORMATION LONDON

THANKS FOR YOU CABLE BUT AS I AM IN HOSPITAL REGRET WILL BE UNABLE TO CONSIDER VISIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR.

GEOFFREY SYME