Did Prime Minister Gough Whitlam sign intervention or security treaties with China for the Asia region?

Joseph Walz made this Freedom of Information request to Minister for Foreign Affairs

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Minister for Foreign Affairs did not have the information requested.

Dear Minister for Foreign Affairs,

"I am seeking access to copies of documents detailing intervention
or security treaties entered into with China for the Asia region
which were created in 1973"

This is the second request for this as I was told to ask for
documents and not information.

Yours faithfully,

Joseph Walz

Scott, John, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Dear Mr Walz,

I acknowledge receipt of your e-mail below in which you seek access, under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act), to "copies of documents detailing intervention or security treaties entered into with China for the Asia region which were created in 1973"

As the documents you seek are older than 30 years, I have to advise that access to this material is covered by the Archives Act 1983 (the Archives Act) rather than the FOI Act (section 12(a) of the FOI Act refers). You may submit an application under the Archives Act for this information by writing directly to the National Archives of Australia (NAA) at the following address;

The National Archives of Australia
PO Box 7425
CANBERRA BC ACT 2610
www.naa.gov.au

Yours sincerely,

John Scott
Executive Officer
Freedom of Information and Privacy Law Section
Corporate Law Branch
X 3212

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