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Nuclear Free Peace Making

To Alan D. Harris

From: Larry Ross

Dear Alan,

In response to your request here is my release of March 21, 2002

DEFEND NEW ZEALAND'S NUCLEAR-FREE POLICY

"The United States wants repeal of New Zealand's nuclear-free legislation, to allow U.S. warships possibly with nuclear weapons, to visit New Zealand ports. That would make New Zealand a potential nuclear target at a time that the Bush administration has directed the U.S. military to prepare contingency plans to use nuclear weapons against at least seven countries", said Larry Ross, Secretary of the New Zealand Nuclear-Free Peacemaking Association.

"Thirty-two years ago, in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty  (NPT), the U.S. agreed to negotiate in good faith to eliminate its nuclear weapons. It renewed that pledge in 2000 along with other nuclear-armed countries. Since then it has gone in the opposite direction, withdrawing from disarmament treaties and planning for nuclear wars.

This policy increases the nuclear danger in a world already rife with conflicts involving nuclear-armed countries, such as India vs. Pakistan, and Israel vs. Palestine. This could escalate to involve other Arab States and the use of mass destruction weapons. Also, U.S. Alerts say that terrorists might acquire nuclear weapons.

At a time when the people on our planet desperately seek ways to create a safer, more secure world, the U.S. strikes nuclear terror into all our hearts with potential nuclear strikes against many nations throughout the world. Stark gaps between the world's "have and have-nots" and glaring social injustice and oppression, contribute to a rising tide of violence everywhere and potential terrorism. Yet the world's richest and most powerful nation can only offer the threat of the ultimate violence: the use of nuclear weapons.

New Zealand should uphold its nuclear-free policy in spite of any pressures. We should not engage in new wars against other nations such as Iraq or Iran under the cloak of "Wars on Terrorism" and bullying, such as "you are with us or against us".

New Zealand should help catch and bring to justice the 9//11 terrorists. We should also increase our aid to eliminate poverty, hunger, injustice and oppression - the roots of terrorism.

New Zealand's role as a nuclear-free Peacemaker of the Pacific should continue", Larry Ross said.

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Larry Ross

Secretary
New Zealand Nuclear Free Peace Making Association

web:  http://www.nuclearfree.org.nz

You may remember ex-CIA agent Ralph McGeehee who toured NZ for us back in the 80's. He said, and books by ex-CIA people also confirm that, the CIA often uses right-wing religious groups like EBs as a cover to channel funds to groups in countries the CIA wants to influence. In NZ we do know the US wants to get rid of NZ N-Free legislation and get NZ back on track sending NZ troops to US wars and hosting their warships. So it makes sense to suspect that perhaps the CIA has a role in supplying money and direction to NZ EBs for this purpose.

There's a certain irony in that while papers in New Zealand devote their first few pages to the demise of Don, across the Tasman the Melbourne Age leads with a story about Exclusive Brethren involvement in the Victoria state elections.
It's the same old stuff. The EBs have taken out advertising in the Age and the Herald Sun attacking the Greens.
So what is the problem with the Exclusive Brethren campaigning ...

ACT and National are very keen to resume visits by US and UK nuclear warships, as the following article shows.
The following comments will refute Ken Shirley's main points and show the duplicity of National.So for ACT and National to try and focus the debate on nuclear-powered ships alone is a duplicious nonsense.
They know that can mean nuclear weapons will be brought into NZ ports - and the possibility of that happening, will make NZ a potential nuclear target - for potential enemies to strike at US ships, or the ports they use.