Would Defy
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Jap Tuna Fishersa Would Defy British Atom Test
AUCKLAND, March r THE people who are the : directly interested in the s bomb tests in the ceis Pacific are the Japanese fishermen.
A measure of their feelings? the subject, and of their atttt towards the impending British t was heard in an announces from Tokio Radio early in MJ According to Tokio Ra« members of a Japanese tt fishermen’s association voted)' favour of sending a number “suicide boats” into the forbih Christmas Island area, to up* their rights to free navigatioic the high seas, and to obstruct.-: impending British tests.
British authorities then would i the choice of forcibly removing! fishing craft from the area, o accepting the consequencesa exploding the bomb and killing!
“suicide” crews.
Volunteer crews were avah to man the vessels (accordira the report) but the Japa Government had intervened, at the same time renewing! protest to the British Govermr The Japanese Government 3 the tuna-fishing organisation x however, send specially equo observation vessels to the horde! the closed Line Islands to check fall-out and radio-activity of sea water fish. Thus, they would collect j own data and, if necessary, warnings to tuna-fishing w operating west of the tese ground.