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The Measure of the Years by Sir Robert Menzies

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It seemed to me that these moves, relating to a b i l l which had been discussed almost ad nauseam for many months, were nothing 59 The Measure of the Years a delaying procedure, and that a point had been reached at which it could be concluded that the Senate had failed more than to pass the bill. C. (now Sir Garfield Barwick, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia), and also secured written opinions from the Attorney‐General and the Solicitor-General. In the result, they all agreed that a case for a double dissolution was clearly established.

During my long t e r m of office, some features of which I am n o w putting on record, I was fortunate to have a Cabinet which unanimously shared these views, and succeeding Ministers for External Affairs who laboured brilliantly and successfully to make our policy effective. It is nowadays fashionable for slick cornmentators to say that Australia has only in the last few years discovered the problems 44 Pacific Policy and significance of the Pacific area and, in particular, of Asia and South-East Asia.

I remember saying to h i m on one occasion that if he 50 Pacific Policy, could get an agreement on some sort of security pact it would be wonderful, but that he m u s t n o t be too disappointed if the attempt failed. ’ But Spender, with o u r f u l l backing, kept the ball rolling. At that time a Japanese peace treaty was n o t yet agreed upon; there had been differences at the Prime Ministers’ Conference in London, and in the discussions which surrounded i t . Some felt that if Japan was n o t to be brought within the Communist orbit, it m u s t be defended, and that the burden of defending it should at least be shared by the Japanese people.

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