Word: australian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Australian Prime Minister, who had irritated the President with his criticism of U.S. bombing of North Viet Nam, was snubbed when he sought an invitation to Washington two months ago. Last week he might have been an old friend, so warm was the greeting. Tanaka's visit had been planned preWatergate, but Bongo had been scheduled only to receive an honorary degree from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh when the glad hand reached out from the White House...
...situation appears so hopeless that the Australian embassy has evacuated all dependents and has sent hand-delivered letters to all its other nationals living in Phnom-Penh, firmly suggesting that unless urgent business keeps them there, they had better leave as soon as possible. The British have done the same. The incessant bombing by American planes is now so close that the explosions not only rattle the windows of Phnom-Penh's buildings but also shake some interior walls. On the broad park lawns of the capital, military instructors attempt to train new troops...
...latest series of French nuclear tests in the South Pacific, Australia's liberal daily the Australian declared last week, was "committed by a national leadership which displays the moral sense of a gang of street bashers." The words were blunter than most, but the sentiment was echoed around much of the world. After the French detonated their first bomb of the series two weeks ago at the lonely atoll of Mururoa, about 750 miles southeast of Tahiti, Peru broke off diplomatic relations with France. Last week 13 other nations, including Australia, Japan and Canada, sent protests to Paris...
...tide of opposition to France's atmospheric testing has been growing for months. In May the Australian Council of Trade Unions ordered all French goods coming into the country embargoed at the country's ports (it lifted the ban only occasionally to allow distribution of cargoes like Camembert cheese that threatened to befoul Melbourne's port). Mail service with France has been cut off, and at least one restaurant put a sign in its window announcing that it would not serve French customers. The International Court of Justice at The Hague had handed down a temporary injunction...
Many other groups, including two Japanese delegations and an Australian delegation of health officials, have also been affected by the change of plans in Peking...