- Title: UNITED KINGDOM: LEADER OF ANTI-GORTON CAMPAIGN INTERVIEWED IN LONDON.
- Date: 24th March 1969
- Summary: 1. GV EXT. MORLAND SQUARE, HOLLAND PARK 0.08 2. SV INT. MR. ROBERTS SEATED WITH INTERVIEWER - INTERVIEWER ASKS QUESTION SOF STARTS "MR. ROBERTS......" SOF ENDS "....THANK YOU MR. ROBERTS" 2.24 TRANSCRIPT: INTERVIWER (SEQ 2): MR. ROBERTS, CAN YOU TELL US SOMETHING OF THE BACKGROUND TO "AUSTRALIANS AND NEW ZEALANDERS AGAINST THE WAR IN VIETNAM?
- Embargoed: 8th April 1969 13:00
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- Location: LONDON, U.K.
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- Country: United Kingdom
- Reuters ID: LVA3470WHSH8F6ISQ8JZFZC2I7NB
- Story Text: JOHN ROBERTS, SPEAKING TODAY(MONDAY) FOR THE LONDON-BASED GROUP WHICH CALLS ITSELF "AUSTRALIANS AND NEW ZEALANDERS AGAINST THE WAR IN VIETNAM", STATED THAT THEIR PRIMARY INTEREST WAS TO ATTRACT ATTETION TO THEIR FIGHT AGAINST THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT'S POLICE IN THE VIETNAM WAR AND, IF ANY SHEARN CAMPAIGN IS WAGED AGAINST PRIME MINISTER JOHN GREY GORTON COULD BE USED TO FURTHER THEIR AIMS, THEY WOULD MAKE USE OF IT.
THE CURRENT CAMPAIGN HAS ALLEGED THAT MR. GORTON HAS BEEN FRIENDLY WITH LAZA MINELLI, JUDY GARLAND'S 23-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER: AND GERALDINE WILLESEE, THE 19-YEAR-OLD JOURNALIST DAUGHTER OF SENATOR JOHN WILLESEE. ALL PARTIES CONCERNED HAVE DENIED ANY IMPROPRIETY IN THEIR RELATIONS.
THE GROUP HAS SO FAR BEEN INVOLVED IN SEVERAL DEMONSTRATION IN LONDON, FROM PICKETING THE LATE HAROLD HOLT'S MEMORIAL SERVICE IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY LAST YEAR TO MARCHING WITH BANNERS ATTACKING MR. GORTON WHEN HE WAS IN LONDON FOR THE RECENT PRIME MINISTERS' CONFERENCE. TO EXPLAIN THEIR ACTIVITIES, MR. ROBERTS WAS ASKED: SOF STARTS
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