P.M. Has No Comment On Gaoling Of Dzu
(New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, August 8. The Prime Minister (Mr Holyoake) in his capacity as Minister of External Affairs, refused to comment in Parliament today on newspaper reports that the peace candidate in the South Vietnamese Presidential elections had been imprisoned for advocating negotiation to end the war.
Mr R. J. Tizard (Lab., Pakuranga) said that Truong Dinh Dzu, runner-up in the Presidential election, had been sentenced to five years imprisonment by a military court for suggesting peace talks or a coalition with the National Liberation Front. Mr Tizard asked if Mr Holyoake could reconcile this with his statement to Parliament last year that New Zealand troops were in Vietnam to create a situation where
the people could live in peace and determine their own life under democratic processes. Mr Holyoake replied that it was not customary for a Foreign Minister of one country to comment publicly on a court decision made in another country, and he intended to abide by that custom. Questioned further if the Government accepted the action of the court, Mr Holyoake repeated that he did not intend to depart from the customary procedure.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31753, 9 August 1968, Page 1
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