The World - News from Jan. 27, 1985

Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke has told New Zealand it must accept port visits by U.S. warships if the ANZUS defense pact is to last. “We could not accept as a permanent arrangement that the ANZUS (Australia, New Zealand, United States) alliance had a different meaning, and entailed different obligations, for different members,” Hawke wrote New Zealand’s Prime Minister David Lange. In reaction to Hawke’s letter, Defense Minister Geoffrey Palmer said New Zealand “will not be deflected from our policy . . . “ of not allowing ships carrying nuclear arms to make port calls.