Britain will sell arms to N.Z.
PA Auckland Britain will supply New Zealand with whatever military hardware it needs and can afford, says the British High Commissioner, Mr Terence O’Leary. There was no question of denying New Zealand any military hardware or supplies it needed, he said in Auckland yesterday. In many instances, British manufacturers were able to match American equipment in cost and technology, Mr O’Leary said. As a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, Britain had a whole range of sophisticated military equipment on its inventory. Of New Zealand’s antinuclear stance, he said, “Britain’s relations with New Zealand are not affected. They remain extremely good. There is a distinct difference of opinion on one subject, but no crisis, just an honest and clear difference of opinion.”
That difference of opinion, Mr O’Leary said, would not affect the normal flow of intelligence and diplomatic information New Zealand received from Britain.
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