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Subject: Re: China is more of an ally than New Zealand?
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Date: Tue, 23-Apr-85 11:58:06 EST
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Further information on this topic:  The next day's issue of the
Guardian pointed out the fact that the US Navy ships to visit
Peking will be coming from Japan (with whom we have a treaty
stating that we will not bring nuclear weapons into their territory),
so they will not be armed with nuclear weapons.  The Chinese
representative construed that to mean that the US ships will
not be visiting China with nuclear weapons on board:  No formal
declaration of such by the US Gov't.  Assuming we still honour 
the treaty with Japan, and assuming we would not load nuclear
weapons onto the ship at sea before the visit to China, then the
statement by the Chinese is valid.

Of course the Star Ledger has access to the same information, who
is their Peking correspondant, again?
-- 
James C Armstrong, Jnr.   ihnp4!abnji!nyssa

Chap with wings there, five rounds rapid!