NOTE FOR CHIEFS OF STAFF AND NEWS EDITORS

DPR 4/97 Tuesday, January 7 1997

MEDIA COOPERATION - SOUTHERN OCEAN YACHT RESCUE

Your assistance is sought in restricting the flow of media inquiries to HMAS ADELAIDE.

A number of media outlets are contacting the ship directly and making it difficult to coordinate the flow of essential voice communication between the ship and rescue coordinating authorities.

Defence Public Relations(DPR) will coordinate all requests for media interview.

Any such requests should be forwarded to:
06 265 2376
06 265 1164, or
06 265 2930

HMAS ADELAIDE will not conduct any interviews that have not been coordinated by DPR.

Further Information:

Lieutenant Mark Croxford 06-265 1164 (b/h)
0411 395 705 (mob)