Forest and bird society
Sir,—l hope that emotion does not overwhelm clear thought when the policy-making council addresses the nuclear question. All Mew Zealanders oppose tyjclear
war, but not all are agreed how best to keep the peace. Had National still been the Government nuclear warships could yet be in our ports. Within 50 years New Zealand will be generating electricity with nuclear reactors. Many Forest and Bird Protection Society members will oppose this development, but this does not mean opposition should be official society policy. As a broad-based organisation attracting support from all sorts, the society needs to consider its policies very carefully. Neither forest and bird nor New Zealand will influence whether America and Russia destroy the world. The society has far too urgent a practical task in trying to save our surviving natural ecosystems from the developers to be side-tracked into nuclear politics, satisfying for the emotions though this may be. — Yours, etc., ERIC BENNETT. Wellington, May 12, 1985.
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