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...Zealand, Australia, Canada and Sweden have protested the testing. Last week, Peru severed diplomatic relations with France because of its opposition to the tests...
HONOLULU, Hawaii--Norman E. Kirk, prime minister of New Zealand, vowed last week to do "everything possible" to end further French nuclear testing in the South Pacific...
Kirk said his government will appeal to France by restating its case at the World Court, canvassing for United Nations support and keeping the New Zealand frigate Canterbury in the French testing area...
...resigned as a general in 1961 over the mistreatment of Algerian captives. The former general, said Servan-Schreiber, "is saving the honor of the French army." The American couple in the zone were David and Emma Moodie, who had recently been running a ferry service in New Zealand. Before sailing toward Mururoa, David Moodie, 27, said: "The danger to ourselves is of little importance. Man's tenancy of this world is severely threatened due to a philosophy of violence...
...week's end, the International Court of Justice at The Hague moved in with its own official verdict. It handed down a temporary injunction against the tests-pending final decision on suits brought by Australia and New Zealand charging that the French program violated their rights. But the French government appeared unmoved by the court's action. It had previously ignored the suits, claiming that the court had no jurisdiction over "matters of internal security." The countdown on the tests continued...