Nuclear ship policy
I (.\ Z. Press Asssci&tian* j WELLINGTON. : The United States Government would have been entitled to expect a favourable ' reaction to proposals to send a I nuclear-powered warship to this country had Labour been re-elected last year, the Prime Minister (Mr Muldoon) said. The Americans would have been encouraged to drawsuch a conclusion by a "broad hint" given them last year by the forrrler Minister of Defence. Mr A. J. Faylkner. Further encouragement would have come from the fact that it was a Labourl Government which first in-, vited a nuclear-powered warship to visit New Zealand — in 1960. "The Labour Party recognised then that our agreement to visits by such vessels represents an implicit obligation under the defence alliance which we share with the United States." Mr Mu'doon said. “What we witnessed last vear was an attempt to prevent this obligation from becoming too noticeable I during an election campaign.’’ I
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Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34106, 19 March 1976, Page 16
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