Agreement With View On A.N.Z.U.S. Treaty
(New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, January 6. A former Secretary of Defence, Mr J. K. Hunn, has agreed with the disapproving attitude towards the A.N.Z.U.S. Treaty taken by a United States Congressional sub-commit-tee. “We should take the same attitude as the Americans,” Mr Hunn said.
“We should not just cling automatically to engagements entered into years ago in different circumstances, and we shouldn't renew them without revising our attitudes towards conditions as they apply today, and as they are even more likely to apply in the future,” he said. “A.N.Z.U.S. pledges mutual aid according to constitu-
; Constitution, a declaration of s war requires the approval of Congress. In the case of Vietnam, Congressional approval ■ was bypassed by the Presi- ■ dent in going to war without . a declaration. , “This is unlikely to be re- , peated in the case of , A.N.Z.U.S., and it looks as if Congress might be reluctant [ to respond to an A.N.Z.U.S. request," he said. (United States Report, i Back Page)
tional processes. “Under the United States
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31880, 7 January 1969, Page 1
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