1.
MS MINISTER PALTRIDGE BEING INTRODUCED TO DIGNITARIES AT AIRPORT
7 ft

2.
MS MR. PALTRIDGE AND DATO SARDON TOWARDS PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM
14 ft

3.
MS NEWSMEN
15 1/2 ft

4.
CU MR. PALTRIDGE TALKS TO NEWSMEN
23 ft

5.
MS PRESS CONFERENCE
26 ft



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Background: AUSTRALIA IS TO GIVE MORE AID TO MALAYSIA IN HER DEFENCE AGAINST INCREASED INDONESIAN CONFRONTATION. THIS WAS REVEALED BY SENATOR SHANE PALTRIDGE, THE AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE MINISTER, ON HIS ARRIVAL IN KUALA LUMPUR LAST NIGHT (TUESDAY).

THE MALAYSIAN TRANSPORT MINISTER, DATO SARDON BIN HAJI ZUBIR WAS AT THE AIRPORT TO MEET MR. PALTRIDGE. SEVERAL MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND PROMINENT PERSONALITIES WERE ALSO PRESENT.

SENATOR PALTRIDGE TOLD NEWSMEN AT AN AIRPORT PRESS CONFERENCE THAT AUSTRALIA HAD DEMONSTRATED "PRACTICAL SUPPORT" FOR MALAYSIA'S DEFENCE NEEDS AND WOULD CONTINUE TO DO SO. HE WILL ALSO LOOK INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF DEPLOYING AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN THE BORNEO TERRITORIES.