Shipping dispute
Sir,—This dispute is taking place against a distorted background of political thinking which “snipers of the Right,” such as Mr Sadler, encourage. It is easy but dishonest to attribute “irrationality” to opponents by playing on common misunderstandings such as that a believer in a “socialist Utopia” must ipso facto approve of Chinese or Russian policies. Mr Sadler sides with the “big guns” of New Zealand’s press bias and conservative institutions. Mr Hughes resorts to shocking language because of his side’s relative powerlessness and frustration. China herself, not unlike Mr Hughes, has sought compensation in angry rhetoric for having to accept actual weakness and need for restraint. Witness the fact that there are no Chinese troops outside historic borders (which include Tibet); and her 1962 border war was actually provoked by India (according to “The Times” correspondent, Neville Maxwell, who saw secret Indian Government papers).—Yours, etc., B. P. LILBURN. August 4, 1971.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32677, 5 August 1971, Page 12
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