Churches affirm right
PA Wellington The National Council of Churches has affirmed the right of non-Government bodies to monitor and report publicly on the foreign affairs performance of the New Zealand Government. The council’s executive said yesterday that it objected to any unsubstantiated statements that monitoring and reporting might be unpatriotic or be categorised as treason. Its general secretary, the Rev. A. H. McLeod, said that to accuse any indi-
vidual group in New Zealand of being guilty of treason was a most serious charge and should be backed by evidence. “The public statements we have seen from H.A.R.T., for example, appear to be factual statements of New Zealand’s sporting contacts with South Africa. “If there is evidence to warrant such extreme language as treason, it shoqjd at once be made public or the charges withdrawn,” said Mr McLeod.
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