French A-Tests
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NZ Will Protest on French A-Tests
Fhe New Zealand Prime Min :r, Mr. Holyoake, said in Feb iry that his Government would >test to France if the French ivernment confirmed a proposal carry out nuclear tests at Man •eva, in the Gambier Archi ago of French Polynesia.
Vlr. Holyoake said this in a :er to Mr. J. F. Hill, of Lmerston North, who is secre y of the Movement for Inter ;ional Co-operation and Dis nament.
The choice of Mangareva as a ting site would bring nuclear ting for the first time into the ithern hemisphere.” the Prime nister said, “and it would be tain to arouse anxiety in ad ent island territories, including i Cook Islands, for which New aland is responsible.”
Vlr. Holyoake emphasised that Government had received no icial confirmation of the French ivernment’s intentions, and Jed that it had sought precise ormation from the French.