Ban on Nuclear Ships Holds
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — New Zealand will not change its policy banning nuclear ships despite “friendly persuasion” from allies Australia and the United States, acting Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer said today.
In a letter released today, Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke called on New Zealand Prime Minister David Lange to drop his insistence that the United States must declare whether its Navy ships are carrying nuclear weapons.
New Zealand’s Labor government, which came to power last July, upset the United States by saying it will refuse to admit visiting nuclear warships. Australia allows such visits.
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