French against American plans

Press, 12 July 1979, Page 21

French against American plans

PA Wellington French Parliamentarians would oppose the dumping I of American nuclear waste jn it he Pacific if it put island i populations in any danger, [the leader of a visiting I French delegation (Mr Berinard Marie; has said in i Wellington. He was commenting on American plans to dump nuclear material in a lagoon in the Palmyra Islands, north lof the Cook Islands. Mr Bernard said he could not speak for his Government as the delegation comprised members of all parties in the French Parliament, but he personally believed if

studies showed such depose . would endanger the popu-a tion of the area the Parliamentarians would disapprove. He personally- was also in favour of sports contacts he tween South Africa and France, "taking account of the fact that our French Rugby Federation has laid dotvn a preliminary condition that the South African team should be multi-racial." He said the French Olympic committee was also in favour of such contacts, provided these conditions were observed. He said he believed from personal contact that many New Zealanders favoured this position.