Quiet role in S.E.A.T.O.
(N.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON. New Zealand was not expected to play a lively part in the South-East Asia Treaty Organisation, said the Prime Minister (Mr Kirk). : S.E.A.T.O. was not a factor ) in the country’s defence, he I said. ; The Government did not. i regard S.E.A.T.O. as a highlevel commitment and most [attention was being devoted [to developing an alternative. As far as New Zealand was: concerned S.E.A.T.O. was be-’ [ing phased down, although! I the Government did not want) |to do anything to prejudice [the work of other countries: : which felt that the treaty had; ’some significance, Mr Kirk i said.
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Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 38183, 24 March 1973, Page 17
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