Nuclear weapons
Sir, — lan Mather’s “Observer” article (“The Press.” July 10), while emphasising the ludicrous proportions of the nuclear arms race, may lead New Zealanders to believe that they can sit on the sidelines and watch the destruction from afar. This is a dangerous and fatal assumption. A nuclear war between the major powers will involve the Pacific region, of which we are a part. In New Zealand we already have a United States military base, and with the imminent deployment of the lethal Trident submarine, with its “first strike” capability, we can expect pressure to host Trident visits and possibly to provide a Trident base. This involvement is sufficient to bring at least one nuclear warhead in New Zealand’s direction, but even if we are spared a direct attack, there is no way that we will avoid the catastrophic environmental disruption that will affect the whole world in the event of United StatesRussian nuclear confrontation. — Yours, etc., MIKE DODGE,
Catholic Justice and Development Peace Group. July 10, 1980.
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