The World - News from July 17, 1985

Secretary of State George P. Shultz, in an apparent warning to the Soviet Union, told Fiji Islanders that the United States is determined to keep the South Pacific free of international rivalries. Speaking at a colorful welcoming ceremony during a four-hour stopover on his way home from a Pacific tour, Shultz told island officials that their decision to reopen ports to all U.S. warships was a wise move that will improve security in the region. Until last year, the islanders barred visits by nuclear warships.