Defence package ‘will please U.S.’
PA Wellington An over-all defence package Will be put together which is. acceptable t o N eW Zealand’s A.N.Z.U.S treaty , ally, the United States, the. Prime Minister (Mr Muldoon) believes. Speaking at a. press conference, he indicated that ■ preliminary discussionshad • taken place with the United States on the shape of New Zealand’s •future role in co-operative defence arrangements. “I think our contributions will be acceptable,” Mr Muldoon said. He believed the Government’s decision to appoint the former Minister of Defence „• (Mr Frank Gill) as. Ambassador to Washing-:
ton was beginning to pay off. Mr Gill has already held discussions with the Secretary of State, Mr Alexander Haig and senior military chiefs. Questioned as to whether these talks had been helpful in relation to the Royal New Zealand Navy’s bid to acquire a replacement for the ageing frigate Taranaki, Mr Muldoon said, “They were helpful in relation to A.N.Z.U.S; to our contribution to A.N.Z.U.S . . i what we might be expected to do and what we might not be expected to do.” “I think that what we in the Government would wish to .do will be acceptable. That is. the impres-sion-weget- at- present.’’-
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