Arms race ‘slowed’
PA Auckland The world economic situation has slowed the arms race, says Mr Jan Martenson, United Nations Under * Secretary - General for disarmament affairs. Mr Martenson, a Swede, arrived in New Zealand yesterday as a guest of the Government to spread the word about the United Nations disarmament campaign. “There are three reasons to be a little less pessimistic about this happening,” he
said. Both the Soviet Union and the United States had admitted that a limited nuclear war was out of the question.
The economic cost of nations trying to cope with inflation and other economic problems meant that they had less money to spend on arms. The third factor which gave him hope, he said, was public opinion. A well informed public, and public involvement in disarmament, were important.
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