Nuclear weapons
Sir, — Recently it has been claimed that the U.S.S.R. developed its weapons to their present state using results of research by the United States. If this is true, then future development of nuclear weapons by the 'United States, outlined in “The Press” feature article, of November 23 is even more crazy than appears on first reading. It would be wise to cease development now while the balance of terror does still have some stability. Uncertain though this may be, it is a better state from which to make efforts to reverse the arms race than will be that as more' and more battlefield
nuclear weapons are developed . and. deployed. These would allow small beginnings of nuclear war, at the discretion, or lack of it. of a local -r commander, probably escalat- - ing to the holocaust-. The continuing lunacy described in that article is further reason for us New Zealanders to lead towards sanity by declaring the nuclear weapon free zone. — „ Yours, etc., JIM McCAHON. November 24, 1982.
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Press, 27 November 1982, Page 14
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