Picture No | 10285157 |
Date | August 1953 |
Description | Duncan Sandys(1908-1987) in helicopter |
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Leaving Kuala Lumpar by helicopter to see operations in the Malayan Jungle: Mr Duncan Sandys, Minister of Supply. En route to his visit to Australia, Sandys spent three days at the end of August visiting Army and Air Force units engaged in operations in Malaya. In Australia he visited the Woomera Rocket Range, a uranium mine in South Australia and had discussions with the Australian Prime Minister, on joint defence problems and sharing the cost of the atomic and rocket experiments in Australia.
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Source | The Illustrated London News, 12 September 1953, page 386 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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