FRASER, JOHN MALCOLM (AUSTRALIA)

Approved for Release: 2021/08/25 C06893593 AUSTRALIA John Malcolm FRASER Minister for Education and Science On 19 August 1971 Prime Minister William McMahon named Malcolm Fraser to succeed David Fairbairn as Minister for Edu- cation and Science, a position Fraser had previously held dur- ing 1968-69. The highly intel- ligent and capable Minister subsequently served as Minister for Defense until March 1971, when he resigned from the Cabi- net in protest over former Prime Minister John Gorton's le...