The Writer
p. 31 · Read in the full issue
Prime Minister Menzies of Australia probably wished, after the event, that he had taken a page out of President de Gaulle’s book and ignored the United Nations by staying at home.
His address to the General Assembly in October displeased a lot of people and provided political ammunition for his enemies at home. Furthermore, he appears to have trod on some Terri torian toes as well.
Mr. G. W. L. Townsend, who has written the following article, has a better background for making these judgments than most. He was, before the war, the District Officer of the Sepik District: during it he had a distinguished career in the Army; and after it he was, for a number of years, a member of the UN Trusteeship Council secretariat. He is now living in Queensland.