peace researcher vol1 issue28 feb 1991

8/9/2019 Peace Researcher Vol1 Issue28 Feb 1991

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is Issue:

Nationa, ulear Ships and ANZSThe Criss and AotearoaBook Review "Resistng e Serpent"

West Mdia Whitewash of Indonesian BloodbathBig Broer Bacists KiisReort on e 'Touching the Bass Tour"Is Antarctica Demiitarised?"


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NATIOAL, NUCLEAR SHIPS AND ANZUS

by Peace Resercher staff

The new Natinl gvement is sadded with a cnacn: Blger says he wantsrenewed mlitary es wh he US, inclung a ret to ANZUS but at the sam me want NZto rn nucler ee

As expected Naon nd e US adminisan have me me cncilator noises nrenewng es and improng relaons However the Bush amnison ha made it clear thatNZ wld have accept he US neitherconnordeny (NCD) pcy n nucer weapnsin rde to gn ew securit inks" The ess Oct 990 p An erlier example f

Naons befuddlement n this issue was found n this statement "If Americans say they dot sk t send nuce aed ships t New Zealand we say we can ust them Eveningost 6 May 99) T f ust' n the cntet f ND is a nnsense

Thus the cenal issue cnnues t be the fmous NCND policy. nd the Naonalgveent wll ceany be n me wlling to challenge it han was Labr The abve quotess t make tat cler As far as the US is conceed any f it warships culd be cyingnce eapons at ny e Ts has been the basis f the stalemate to date - but mght tingschnge er Naona? Yes, he siuan might change because the US has ong used itsNC pcy as a tol fr sociapolica mipulan NCND is neither invilate nrunive, cy t repeated statements of US iplomats plicins and nuclear wrs

NCND is nvoked when it suits the purpses of US foreign or dmesc relaons NND isignord when t ds nt sut (Peace Resecher has copies f cumentaon for thesestatements applng t bth nuclear-capable ships and araft) But NCND cannot beunlaterlly ignod by those at whom it is ted Een though Davd Lange, as PrimeMnister saed cearly that he ould not challenge C hs acns with regrd t the SSBuchan were ntereted by the US as hough he had made such a challenge hat abutBoger? s he key t have his wn Buchanan' ffa? Probably not, because it would notserve U S intests in NZ

Polica conspiracyhat wou see US interests would be n augural vsit t NZ by "a teenyweeny,

haes US mliy vessel" as we stted in ou last issue f Peace Resecher'. n an etoralin the ctober (990 issue f Peacelk Owen Wilkes suggsted that The US culd sayith a ltte bit of ouble-tink a its NCND polic was not rely being violatd, NZUSnks could be restd We ae wi Owen hat this is a kely outcme that Naonal ndhe Ameicans e joind in a conspracy (see bo fo evidence f pat cllabration, to rig theship ue withn th contx f NND ha au U h vt, bly nucler epons could be oisted on New alanders Poltical conspiacy canepeence hccups howev Tee is consideble ony in he fact hat Nationa d a suddenabout fce n he nucler shp ban for reasons of pue politica epediency and got

themselves ensned in te cuent condctin of nuclee NZUS J


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Does the foowing reval a hnt conspacy? -

"The was a very interesng ncident at the me of the so-called Maor LoanA. he US Ambassador was overheard sayng to Bolger, leader of theaonal rty We gave it to you on a platter and you blew it' Bolgersrepy to a reporer n esponse to a queson on the meaning of the

bassadors remrk was bizarre to say the least don't nolly explanpvat onversaons But I rpeat ad I understand the Ambassador hasatd- hat my reolecon of he conversaon was 00 percent correct thath was supong the foght ejcion of a IA connecon by he Deputy Mnister Geofey am (630 News, l 6 Feb 987) [om PeaceRsarhr' No 4 August 987 p ]

nortunately the poer of decision is vested solely in the Prime Mster by he N freelaw a will make it easy for Bolger to allow a US wrshp ntoew Zealand hrbours ew has ong bn riised on those grounds by mny n the peace movement because the

! cisnmang re not spelld out in he law; what the PM sas gs (or comes as camay ss in he law is now compouded by misplaced condene tha we can ow

fr r hth or not a ship is cryng nucle weapons simply b readng a technical


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Reseer and tis or has been connued D Peter Wls . Most of he aemens weres oeae une the fouh Labou goeen The deel mae us in S nulearwrghg s;.tges - ses that ee de of onl e .asoa wsh visitdug he pat6 yeas Sh vits e on he tp he nule eberg

Wheher or not Aoteoa cn be uly nule ee hus inolvs foreign olicyonsideraons that go ell byond the nucl-ee aw CD i a satgy esigdodsact us m hese wr ssus The pee moeent mut thefre b alet to he subeloysha unoubte be use eienl uner e Naon govement to cnfuse anddvdeus We oud s ha uh plos o generate cofuion th ve essene fNC he wole pose of NND is not to nfuse e enemy ut o fol ids In hisway e US ad Btn use ae o hei egic ends

he gme of diloac oublespek ha aed beg: s Nman [SAmbassdor N] d oune fod a wa.to aoid on beteenthei owns be nuclee ad he Unied Stas neerconnoden olc nit shseapay She refe to Japa and e Scndaian naons, wr sg ships preud nott y nuclear s (he 0Ober 1990.

T s that bind onadscn my oher es with te

wee deloed anr dened po economic and ulual is situaon onuesunr aonl an no oubt both Ntn nd the US e hong somo to exlo th es g ou nule stane Te olc on nule ship vsts stands ut as en re

oous undr e ne goveme h it d under aboGiven he dese. of boh e S and goveent o renwdefene es, 'wt re

he posible s can s und the asse at no exsts e s vssan4 NGD? re to e ANZUS allce has een stated a n erly goal of a Naon goement (ThePess 9 Sep 990 The pubc ste of the US is that restoraon of such s d uirefull aceptne of e NC policy However quiety ehnd e senes vous s elkel to enedor nase eteen hecois Naonal for isae haveinca hat he wou attem to exnd ng os for NZ milit ces ine US

sitea el go o fu umo of es e nw sr ofFeig s Mr Knon, ha anoldged that it ould ot a egt ouo him i would qu "a lot of h wok tp y st e es, 2ov 1 p 6

ML "h n o S job"A n ho tkng on some ofthat hd workis he nely apointd Z

amassadrto the US M Den ML hthuh St' called him the "Right mnf S job n an edtoa 7 Dc 990 e itoal eitomzs he cnoluted logc that

omeone th MLe ong ponu!ea/ANU posion will not attempt to ere our annuleolc f oe he w nd he i nde h ght man for that ob


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sht-cut tough a of these ifcues ight be acheved by NZ inovement n the Guf isis. The pcess has begn ih y edca ad and twoHeues jonng ai fces The Pess', 4 Dec 1990 1). McKinnon earier indicat hatNZ ght even send a ske foe e ess 22 Nov 10 1) Naon acng ornymitry conngent squ in he idst of he nuered US offence force in the Guf andcang condons for esion of our nuceee stts Inteetaon of our nucere awuner ese crcustces is very uncetin and conenous. The net sut of ufiitryinvovement by NZ ooks to the wost ssibe ackge of ry poica econoic andschoogca nvoveent in Bush w

NZ iy invoveent in the Guf however sa its begnnings ust be intendedaong other gos to save Naona nd he US goveent he ong hrd (and erhasiossibe task of foisng he Swedish/Jaanese souon he NC asse on Neweanrs. You cant beat using soebod eses iitry crsis as an excuse to se raonadebate and fcose oons for New Zeand to ay a eaceker oe in word ffs

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. Joshua Hand and Wla rkn "Nucer Wshis n Nava Nucer Weaons1990: A Coete Inventory Netune Paer No 5 ubshed by Greeneace

2 Hans M Krstensen Wia M rkin and Joshua Hander "US Nava Nucereaons n Sweden Nene Paer N 6 pubshed by Greeneace 1990

THE GUF CRISI AND AOTAA

by Bob Leonrd

The is teto negoate in he Guf conntaon when e wo ncile adversesfuse to budge nd have said s uch snce August 2 it sees ce that Sa has nointenon of ung out of Kuwait and he Bush aisaon is hebnt on w now st forsome aer15 Janury 1991 The sitaon sees a too fmiir though on a fardr scale doesnt it sound a bt ke the staeate beteen the US and Z over he ucer

shis issue? e derence is hat in he atter conontaon the US cnnues to ubealong wth NZ oicns about soe eenta but ceay iossibe) eetng of minds Nosuch utteancs are cong o he kes of Bush Baker nd Cheney regng Kuwait

New Zealands osion n a of his is a cause for woy. Agan the e sesbeteen stateents that have bn ade egarding he Guf crsis and hose made in s as!about nuear shi visits I c c key LaborMPs sayng we ght we see at ofUS wshis to NZ hrbours in a rsis siaon nver ind he nuceee aw g acsis in the South Pacic is of course not he best e to have nucear weaons in o toy siir fashion Labour sid Z oud stay out of the iay siaon n he Guf uesswr boe out. hats a bit ke saying you e a vegetian uness and un eat is put on your

a In oher words it sees very key hat Labour woud have sent soe sot ofmilitaryconngent to he Guf had he casion rsen for exae an invtaon by he U Now hahe NZUShic Na re back in ower here wi be ie hesitaon by M Boge to send

hs boys and grs offto ght in he dese and cury favour wih our fer ies Of course


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Bolger Bush Bker nd Cheney wont acul eg dog any ghng and he Amecashave y snt peny of yong pople to do he dy wok and die for them

t wil a agedy if w sts nd it would be abs for NZ to join in the agedy one nee a example of absdiy onsidr that Psident Bush peately expssed hisconce about he eament of hosges Amens in prcular as Saddam playd diploma

games th some subte (phased release hostages oenness to scussion with Bush) AndBush said he was losing paence. the hotge we in aq the alteative to paencewas of cose, lowing he hostages to mins wh Amercan weapons whle incungaiona tousds of ili nd cili casuales on both sides all in the name ofWeste-sleusce d the relef of sfeng Jut how much of his was blusterand bluan never known But it i into is bla hole of ason that o govement is stepping

There has ben edence hat some of is s beginning o daw on the meicn people:e Ud Sts eident, George Bush rapdly losing public suppor for is handling ofte Gulf csi accorng opinion pol e s 30ct 990 p 8) But in the smeae e d wc nda Ain d av a nged USpsence in te Guf two yes or mo Toe pols not consistent n my view Teseem to be sang hat he Ameca peope wan olonged peaceful presence albeit am one not a mssive sike to the aq heland At least forty two American seviepersons hae aady died in accidents wihou ng a sho i combat. Amercan families dontke he ildren dying in smll number let lone ousads New Zealders must feeletly he sam ar olves noing

Wha do Gege d e generls have in ind? Owen Wilkes presented much materiaon his subect in exelle tk in Chistchc in ely October. An oddynamed HalfW Pln for the Gulf had been reveled by A Force Chief Generl Michael Dugan t was a

ondenal lan and accong to Aviaon Week and Spae Technoloy' some of them pooapy that Owen ads reglarly Dug got sacked by Bush for his dscreonA raher obous intereaon of he cpc tle HalfW Pln' is hat the US expects toc out its hf of the w wih such devastaing eect hat the Iraqis wl be unable to onduct he half Even so, he pl esmates that 1000 S oops woud be led Sven hunredaiaft woud attck Irs defences kocng them out completely wtin one or o daysan vg he ales complete suiori Elecoic waf woud jam raqiommuaons and US poer could then desoy sategc tgets thouhout withimpuit A 120 sp along the IaqKuwt border wold hen be reduced to a wasteladb B ct bombng and oher assorted conentona holocaust Allied goun oops om

Saui Aabia Tkey nd possibly ord would then move i to sec massive aeas of aqunr allied conol. According t e pan it would be over in a few days

In his Octoberk Owen Wles accepted at the plan would pbably work, opiingh would not have a show unde uch a weng atck But Iaq would undoubtelyfght bak efevely d could polong the w fo may months. This view has beensuppotd m seveal qters includng e highly spected Bs\ defence analyst PaulRoges in arle repinted in The e (3 Set 1990) The Center for Defense InfomatonC hingon DC reentl published a dtailed alysis of a possible US invasio planwhch focuses on the ulmate cape Baghdad and would quie up to 3 monhs succeedThe Defense Monitor Vol XIX No 990 t i sigifcant that CD! beliees " it is

unlikly hat he US will ede conol of s s a UN mlit commad Lgsticconsideratons alone me cinaion dunng tas"

C also mkes he poin th " sie b temelve not decisie" Ground


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s be quid to fbly eject Sd Kuw HA VS nvasion of q oudkely inole mo an 300 mecn ps d sul in the dea or ijry of as mnyas 450 Amecs." nd ts is an opisc ouom. Pau Rogers nd eimemagane hae listed numerous fats at ou nd probably would go rong for lid

es hus a proonng he asy creasng casules mong all naonsinvolved

Oe of te most kely and d ompliaons would involve srael The Washingtonbs Ise for Poc Sues S h pdued a booklet entl Crisis in e Gul(r 1 - see noe) hic s basc scenos f a Guf W "The h scenoIOone abt Sskes back by wdeng he w e as Isral, seng to he cfct a hy wr agst he fs of rage in e eon. e descon of livesn hos a wod sut is bond our abiliy to maine. In e dsripon of the sondscnro whh ha opse by CI aboe, S says, ''he Pengons leakdeses2[ eas he enagon is not oery coneed wih oera sch esmes nooously c o one os to what leel

is onc wou esate Poiso gas oud nd the rsponse could wel be he use weapons The wold would hen css aoher d on the o to ful-scleue"

Ren comen by Amec oials quot in sevel news maind.ae at therisa s pssibil at US forcs mgt mk f-use of nulans nattemptobg a pid conclusion h dong his he old have he supor of hlf eAmrcale, ifa 'T oll is to be believed. Nerly50%of hse ke sivs oops

shd rnd wih l nucr ens if the raqis biolol eaponsi sf nis t bngs nto str rlef he aviy o ntU criy

0 usofe uon tg a deane of Juy 1 for qi mut T souon ds not rsnt h Generl Asseby f e V its1+nucl nas demng a el solun o he Gu csis t a a byU B Fnce ho ha used no d olicl exo qull dC ts mong peent mebes of he ounl

WaM s to apiate as he contetes frhr cn a i G hat hs veg nd satchng or are to te god s of US son n yd no onciable bet f Ao o ny r.Gg is g obl mty enomc nd ecolol disaster Bus s the at s awlily ershadow the ces fh nemesis SusiHoevcnt our mly nibuions y be hs sis we ust z hersymb vu to ush: hy w him to un NZ his co e we to ese y fr ai he u we would no ony sae our t personnel om ndlesssufeg ah we would leae ou path open to psue peaceful solons in h ulf -s encemen of saons which re lrady in place

F a cohensie ist of literatu aable on h uf issue to he Z NulerPm ssao PO x 854, Cshrh or phone 3 8898

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"Resisting the Serpet: Palau's Struggle For SelfDeermiatioby Robert Aldridge ad Ched MyersFtkamp Pubshng Compan Balmore Mryland 2 1 1 pp

revewed by Bob Leon

The nme Beau o Palau the fom use in this bk is pobably famliar most NewZelnr But repots abou hapnngs n this ny Pacic naon have been few and fbeen oer he las ecade Most of the news ha come a e peace movementneork othe wrgs of Pacic joaist Davd obie d seldm in he manseam meda. This bookis a welcome and subsnal aon to he spase liea on Palau and its heoc sggle forindependent naonhod

A quote om he Pface:

Thugh the sto tkes pe n ve reote orner o the word, we beeve tht

t n t mrosm o the gob ugge or surv gnst mtrs nd thus

prooundy umntng t the hoe we e vzton.

Bo auhors know he Paic wel and have experienced the problems of Micronesia inwhch Palau is situated at st hn Bob Aldge is bably best on as the author o the983 n-nuclear book st Ske" has onbuted acles to eace Reserher' Ched

Mers has published wdey on theolgcal themes nd was acve for several ys th theucearFree nd ndepennt ovement ey oned by Roger Clrk istgishdProfessorof Law and vce president of the teaonal League f Human Rghts RutgersUniversity, who has prvded a Foeword and an Appendx on Constonism for the book

alaus nnucler conson adopted n 1979 is cen to an undrsng of theprobles tat hae lagued ts naon of 15because of its colnl stus t is ronc hatPalau's conston nd its fom of goveen e mled on the Amern sstem whe idl of reang a democrac sie As this book so lerly documents, demrac is nefor sml naons as ng as t doesnt get in e way of US plans for te regon. f it does get inhe way, as he annucle provsion in Palaus constuon does, the sepent lashes is tal

with devastang consuences. The serpent s rted n Pauan legend but has me torepsent he "scourge of mem mlsm" (ichael Kres descpon, p xx) n the presentcontext

In seven chapers and an Afterword Alrge and Myes present the detals of a decade of

rmoil n Paau. e cast of playes, he een he daa anddocumentaona vast The

stateda mof heauhors wst psent this ma of matel n "coerent, nave f.

They have succeeded bly - he wngis saighowrdndcler, he organzaon

essenlly conologcl and easyto follow. However the lack ofn index isa serous

shoomngin such an infoaon-packed book. In order to use the bookfor reserch, the

reader is force todeveop hishron lsngof impoanttopcs togeher wih page numbers

Th e ason Paa onues o be a anon is its sategic locaon in heweste Caoline Islnd ust no f h uato and ony 80 east of he Phlippines


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I Most aders be familir with the US bases sitaon in Philippines lrk Base adSubic Bay Naval Base a both threatened with lose with the teinaon of the prsent basesaement in 99 Palau is a possible alteae laon for a maj US naval base they afc out of the hilppines. e ts of Palau's problems, howev, go back to the end of when the US was cemenng its militay dominaon over vast reas of th Pacicincuding all of Miconesia he concept of a sagic st was deveopd under the

jurisiconf he U Seciy ouncil in which no limitaon [would] be placed upon theulion of ll or ny pt of the a for Unit States secy pposs" p3. he theeohermajor eas of Micnesia (Marshalls, Mianas, and the Feeted States of Monesahae coleted their ! status negaons wh e US, for better for worse. But Palusstatus mains uresolved.

he stlema has revoled ound the alau onson ersus a Cmpact of FreeAssociaon (COFA, which the S connues to pose on the pople despite peatedjecons at the bllot box A nuclear- alau, funconig macally undrits

consuon, cannot accommodte a COF which wold e the S iliry ursctedrits to use vast reas of Palaun ld, nd pssibly develop a navl complx Aldrdge aMyers descbe he aous plebiscis, th attcks on the Constuon, he nge, hecoupon, e violence in complte and somemes hc detai, and with thoroughdumenaon much of it new maeril recently obtained under he US Freedom ofIformon Ac

The rots of coict ar deveoped by conasng characteriscs of the Paauan cultrwith wese cltue. eimpt lauan haracteiscs e the sbsisence ingenouseconomy, eant of the lnd as sacred, and the a consensus-based fom ofsocilplical rganzn. Descibed concisely in the opening chapt ened A Soiety ofPeople vs a Sciety of Money"), he the cultrl elemens fncon in lat chaptes as adofconnity elping he eer tose coict thugh auan ees

is is ully t in hapter3 hich the key m Plaua paes edes t bacgroun f he CA an constuon detaie and la thenpoa om e cve of e KltalReng, whch means boterhosisterhod"According t Aldidge and Myers "Kltal-Reng has arguably monsated itself to be th mostonsisent an soots Cstuonal fe he islands.... Palauan malinal cult issngy eenced i lta-Reng hos leadership consists omianl of women eldersand yungr eucatos".

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nxt three capters compise n unelenng tale of gathering sto cloudsassassinaon, qusonale enterss ascos, scnds), teosm and ag bing kyw om chapter heaigs). t is veng and sikening ading th hacts male - wesers and islanders With he conston nd attack by a U-insgatedamenent alrig the 75% reqiement fo approvl of the COFA to5%, e won elderssteped i th a lawsuit chalenging the Validit of he andment Then began a caig ofiolee nd ion, includig asn and mrder, by som COFA aents rthats to h woen and ther chidn ulmately had the desred efect an he opped er

lawsuit

Howver, byerl 1988,as sympathy ad suporfor thir cause expaded, een among

USConesspeople eomen feto ropenthercase. They succeeded - the mndent to

he constuon was declred null and void on22 April1988. But the uling faild to resole .


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the bsc nconsistny beween he COF nd he conston gng nucle weaponsAndso the plebiscites connued h he atest in ebuy 990 - the seenth in 8 yesOncagn itfaled to reach the 75% evel f aoval of the OFA.

Another cihead ningthughthe bokis "TeSolomon Report: Bluept forNeocolonialism (p22) It is quoed oenwith stunningeffect. The"codentl"Solomon

Repo inluded the folongbald stement Mironesia is notnow US tetory; we wshittobecome so To accompsh that we mu connce the Unted Naons and he Monesnsthata measure of selfgovntwlbe gven" (8 of the Repo) e repor was writenunder Psident Kenedy and ha dtened US oliy towd Plau whch is now the loneoldout in Mionesia to US mtry demnds

eyone lig in he Paci shoud ko of the sggles of he Palaun peopleEven yers after adoon of her nucleronston they sll houndd by the USgoeent We hope ouwlb able to ed this exellent bk for complete background on

s v c issue Efots e beng mad to obtin suples of he book in Ne Zland.ease ontact 'Peace Reseher O Bo 2 Lcol Uvsity, teby) if you wouldlke o bn a copy

WESTERN MEDIA HITEAH

OF INDNEIAN BLODBATH a

SOME US-NZ CONNECTIONS

by Dnns Smll dob Leon ur s

he big 'lie oftn works we for e norm Mis of Tuth" oeratd by theWste mda establishment he Fe ress cn ot, dstot d slead wth rmkablesucss.

n of the bigest les ly Oe chcter is the overup of the Unitd Sttesacked ovthow of Skao nd he massac of communsts comuist smahizrs, andothergups in Idonesia dng 9656 A eace Reseacher coedtor was once olved

inagle wth the edtor of Te ove this issue d what were sn s serous locaedia dstoons in relaon to S coer ao nd ropagd tgeted at New ald Aded crcl dsussion of hese mes reentd eace Resecher No 3 (June198) At the me of the wngle he editor of Te Press B. ock rfused to look atevidencecong the roe of he CI engneerng te ndonesi massace ust reentym deted foaon has come o lght abou he US involvement

The ersion of event pnted b he Weste media ever since 965 is tht the mssacrewsa sontneous response atemted omunist coup In fact, the lleged coup was theconce of a coer operon deiberatl ntnded to wie out the communists and theirsupportr The result was one o he wort blodbaths since Wold Wr with possibly overa

ilion eope slaughered With ghouo te CI itself described the massace a .one o f the ghasiest nd mo nced blodegs of uent times" he massmuder and Skos oerhrow we se model for subsquen US supression ofour movemes eeee


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A fmer conssional vesgator, Kathy e, has demonsate that US dpomatsand agents of the CIA gave Indonesin y ocs a ht list n 1965 of up to 50commusts who we thn hunted down and lled.3 e CIA used the st as the bsis andthe cenve for the encourgement of ndscmnate slaugher. "Kath adne authencatesthe lst n numerous lengthy taperecorded inervews wih the Amecans involved.3 Afterltlly yes of seah, Kadne got several fmer CIA nd State Deent oials

includg former CA dctor Willim Colby nd foer US Ambassador to IndonesiaMhl en to admt in vrng deges hat a up of embassy, State Depent andCIA ocials spent two yes systemacall compiling comprehensie lists of ommunistoves om the top echelons don to vlage cs. The names w ed over to hendone y, whch huted own the lests ad led them,".4

hether or notM Lck would be able to io ths compelling ne evien isindutbe that tesmony om he very ouths of those who plotte consird t initemer has emerged to vndcate eae Resechers stand on he donesin massacre

Ralph McGehee, a former CA agent who sited New alnd in 1986 under the

auspices of the then Nucler Fe one Commie now Nucler FPeacemangAssiaon) has onrmd hat vdng names f he death squads is a sand oprang

procdue of e A.5 Oer past exles we CA opeons Viem and Thad,whenly e same rdus re beg used n the Phpnes nd El Svor5

n ght o nes revelaons, two Americn Embassy stwho were staned nInesia the md-190s are of conderable inrest: Mrshall Gn (y n andPa leelnd.

Gn as Ambassadorin Indonesa throughout the perdwhen the massac tookplac.

'Nucle Ks publshed an arcle entled Snow ob by Ma f Mrshll Gen in'eae seaher No 18 (rch 1988 followg a vsit by ren ew Zen (see aso'PR 19 June 988 p 17). It is lucrous at Gen was sced a 'ss (16Mch 88 by poer sher oore s hag he mnof a s bthet - a astr wo auhrz e comlaon of a m lst! wa soS ssar to usa drg e CI- dese f the tam gomnt. hetone o Ms le as tyicl of the as unuesonng cepe of Gen as a ndod of S statesmanship.

Paul Clevela e vus US Ambassad to NZ begn h crr as a "omatunder ens tntelg n the last days of Sukos rle leeland no doubt bcme a knotege o Gns sl of diplomacy and was wll mrked whle NZ He oldbitly on th eve of hs dep abut ho cetn us n N hd se up frs of CIAitfne in ou fairs. With a background kes yous M eelan we make oaolos - Nuclr ree Kiws smply did its paoc dut.

Noes

1 An excellent new jo is devoted to exposng such les. Called 'Les of Our Times AJoal to t the Record this publcaon focuses on the 'New York Times the most ctednews med n the S, but also covers man oher mt news mea.

2) ' These Times 417 uly 190.3) 'San ancsco Examiner, 20 May 1990; 'Guan Weeky, 27 May 19904 es ofO Times August 1990 o 1 No 8 p. 13 5) Ibid p.14.

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IG BROTHER BLACKLISTS KIIS

by uear ee Kws

n June of ths yer a New York um gs grou isclose that as many as 159 NewZalade e banned om enteng e United States because thei polc iews arecly unaccetable (Te Press 8 ue 990

e lst was forced out of the US Imgraon nd N atuzaon Serice by theLawyers Comittee for Hum ghts Te Coee won a case in the US Disct Cout tohave the st issed uner the reedom of Infoaon Ac he lst has 353324 enes frm6 counes t has bn descbed as a dgeus legacy" of the McCthy era of Commsming he erly 1950 ts ass s the McCrWalter Act of 1952. But tods of the enes were made sce 980

I pacce as Gordon mbel showed a istenr' cle (17 Sept 9 thedetend eller ca usualy aply for a waier to he ban uner a seprate piece oflegsaon ha the balist rvelaon shows is the exent of US moitorig f hse poleho S goemment agencies consider to be eole with oosing views. he list obtainedby t Las omme sa reecons by he S on lc unds n factes eons a a product of he worlds biggest blacklst: the global comutsdutmad Visa Lookout Sstem (AVLOS) opeated nd udated by he US State epent.I e d180sthe US Legislative and ntergovementl Ofce of the Sate eptmentidcated the were about one mlion names on VLOS" (Listener' 17 Sept 19)

Ednt ew aanders get on he ist in many dffent ways Oay is tat ouon ntigenc suy seices y the SS pp] supposedy relevat formaonh bass obviousy ds ts wn reseh m clippng nespape es o oter ehqus The Cmpagn Aganst Foreign onl of teroa' ()isno possssin of a huge mount of declassed US Embassy dcuments ig heid - inluse. he consist of eos om the US Embassy n Wllion nt tohe Sate Derent n Washingo DC (see Sies amongst S - Hw the US Embass sawNew eand 194560" Wachdog October 190 No 5 p 9-3)

FA rprdues a leng much S mbassy tge and obseaon on peplenov in what e bsy consided to e oposiin us Close onitog of ounts d lefsts was cll a major pupaon oEbass obsevers. his ssprodure at US diplomac mssons around e globe n he Third orld emlicaons e often gy sner I New Zalnd by conast, ey an be humous

In Christchurh 198 e niesiy of Canterbuy sunts assiaon nspCan ublished a fke leter on ocil US Ifoon Sevce lerhead paer puptey

thaenng a sunt acvist he USS ny condemned this pran as "elow joalism".oer tdayn El Salador or e Philipnes n ould not joe about such m;tters AseCA agen Rh Mcehee elane poiding names for e death suas a sddoeng ced ofthe CIA see ce n ts issue on the ndonesian assae). aasak in some laces would us evoke a uite ierent mension of olicl aaeness ndco


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OfB LEARI AD LEVIAIO

A rpot on the Anti-Bases apainTouhin the Bases Tour

Ffpeople gather on a ow ad i a bad y, far om a N c 20k e eest town A oice c blks he road One hd me beid e eblkde behind a high ence, an eec ece c c igh d

ny re polce ad secty guas, squas a hge whe dom.

e people take s to addess he gaheg: Flip prentves m Pp wGuea and Fiji uslins Aeicns; it a moig oe a is mog bc webece aae tat e les of some of hse speak he amles eds a utat o te unsee opertors of e appatu hid ud he gat m

e o not ow what ifon he NZ oe Communicatios e .!urCBU(GSB) psses on to it end' and 'ai oversea om hs s be u totelepone and fax commuicaons nd he Pacic and th d coseaWeste ntelligence club, acvists working oemoe meca bae o ag m counes would be lkely argets

e lotea rescts ucle shps om g, bu l ea eec coe aces wch eable te U d s alis o in nraidw hesa-a on.

e uc te Bases' Tour succed deonsang he teaoal s o hly-tellgence syste There s gd reporage he OUlS nwp d smenanl teesion coerge brnng he bases issues to he New Zeld pub eTe CSB [Goveent Comuncaos ecui eau} ae fced t hey plice

-up to prott te spy faciies, and ae wed agai hat e acvsts are o pepedto lw e to operte n secet, and without fu deocrac sfegds.

New ndshps re mde ew coats set up, ew newng established so hatacsts ll d te Paic ca suppor each other ad work together against a theateggobl ltry irais.

e tour spawns a seres of workshops o the situaon n Bougiille, ays theoudwork for fuher exchanges of avel wih he Philippines oected acons iclu aPaccde Indepnnce om Ameca day next July4 and cooperating wit AslasAn-Bases oup to oppose the Ausalia Govemet's arms bzaar n Caerra next ear

te Aidex' exhibion souds lke a dread new disease Wile NZ acvsts deonsate atWaop 18 uary 1991 soe overseas N Easses w b approced nd ceedo te issue


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Tangmoana: The GCSB faility nea Palmeston Noth that listes to adio sigals inthe a, ad plots the position of ships he nfoaon beig set to the US Navy . Aboutsixty people came to see wat the bae is about nd polie sehes of people d vehiles lef

o-oe in y doubt about the impotae the NZ govemet plaes on the base

Secret Wellngton Wih 65 peoplecmed on a 50-seate bus we visited the plaeswhe iteligene d seuity opetos go on nght d dy, ye i, ye out honou ofou sit some buildgs we tempoly deled defene es d eny was hibitedwhile we wee thee At Defene Heautes we deposited a bag ontainig some of the oldubbish ey piked thing it was a bomb! Owe ies' omet o buildigsidets d orgnisaons has pomptd othes to thk about what goes o i thei own homeos hind dawn tns i the tp levels of fe budigs

Waihopi An impott element of NZ pipaon in este ool ove Asia andhe Paci, desibed above

Black Birch R(ge Fo some of ou oveseas guests, the st me hey had ee bn ina soal! And fo eveyone inludig one 72-ye:old, a sold slog, te hous up a 4,5foot mout ae polie ied to pesuade us e weathe was too ad fo us to go(inmon elayed om the tefed asomes wg at te top) Detls abot theaii tat maps strs fo stel ineal uidane of Tdent ule missiles gt a little lessaeno thn they desee as the mrh tk it toll - but 20 made it to the top ad made thioppsion to the US Navy psee knon

'Secret Chrstchurch e pushed on the buzze at the Seut Iteligee Seviee doo f 15 miutes but we got ot seve An elely getlem ho ame up the lifttop t button R whle e wee thee ad n shock nd e pidly inded Ausful nde t Ne eald atvsts tat the pots o the ompl behd the one-waglass e not avlable fo them to see - no mtte what snao o dsoon theyontin d the p to the iauspiious United Stes Ifomaon Sve ofe nowunided at set level showed how this me popagd t has ben fred toeeat om it fome hgh publ ple aoss om he Ctebu lby

Harewood Arot - US mltary base A usheduled stop Fd ate thw

the snel to dsy as we ved to d open gates d no pe Fos wephotophed f he t me eve o a US base ad a entepsg ast manag tosw slogs oppsing en nto a Gulf on sevel sigs d a movng y bus OSady aothe usheduled event as ongaing in the foye of the US ea at theaits new nt Cee e found this publi ea unde the auoty of the Ameonde ad some eas with signs indang the appliatio of US Fedel law i plae ofNZ soveeigty

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S ANARTIA DEMILITARISE?"

This is he e of a book chaper by an Hemmigs a member of teAnc Poicy Group at he University of Aucknd. e bok is ented

Antca's Futue: onuiy or Change?" (Tasmaan GoventPng Ofce, Hobart, 1990.

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Anca is widely toud round the world n polcal and academic circles as a mol ofu co-oaon among naons especily so since he signing of e Antarcc Treay in1961 Te rst ace of e Treay staes in smngly clr lnguage at Antrcca sha us for peaceful puoses oy There shall b pohibit, inr i, any mesres of a militaryna.. " he auth of the Teat had stoppe here in hei refences to the miity thingsht ave been diffent But tey foolshy babbled on and gave some specc examples ofphbi such s mitar bases and forcaons miiry manuvres and weapons testingad een more fishly the Treaty witers aed the folowng

e esent Tea shall not prvent the use of miltary psonel pment foscenc esarch or for any ohr peaeful purpose

In he loal cmte of e late 1950 ths prosion in he Tat pobably ma senseto most pele; it y equpment and capabilies to wok in hars envments. Btb alowg mar volvement at al he Tray wtrs en a Padora s x of vites byvrious naons As Hemmins states t is difcult to see wat acvy up to rt miayacon cl not be d be for o 10 have as is moon pcefu puoses Wihconpts suh as derene infomng stas posons at e ist satec levels there canbe few a sncs whee me staes ould acknoledge hat their poses wereanyg oter tha peacefl"

mmgs es on to list and dscuss "Cn lay acves n he Antrc gonS n Ta ea ad have involv py spes oe ouha e Souh Sadwch sds sse tesng he South c an possibenulr sg c Sou ca se)

in he f Tea area Hemmngs lstssix caes of aa and poten mii aces

i Logsc and chnca supprt actiies. in ad equipment sngL My-ulity eseahiv Dit miry oeraonsv onnc plnin fo ncc oponsV. Exaneous mity facto mpning on Antca

The later o categoies are nkey to occr in the Anac itsef but as Hemmgssays er significance is that to the etet that we know anything about them at all, they myeu shng abot mitary polic d attitudes, ad hence eper naon pcy towrds Athe regon

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Examples in the st category ae obviously easy to come by because they specicallyallowed by the Treaty. Agenna, Chile New ealand d he US el ost heavily on te

military for logiscs and suppot Germany and Poland entirely ciilian

the second category we nd equipment testng sponsored by the Defense AdvncedReseah rojects Agency (DARA) which may hae signifcance in monitoring nuler tests onuclear detonaons unde the nuclear wr-fightng docne of the S

Exmples of milt-uliy reserch have been repoed in 'ace Reseher as angplace at the Siple Station in Antrca Ver lo Fquency L research has ltsignicace clerly revealed in documents obtined by Hemings undr the S redom oInforaon Act from he S aval War College:

T US ta muat u ata a gat tt gg tud ally tat a t ag t d agat at

a t glb ad mt wt v-lw-qu ad gal [] Otat t t atvt Atata w a tat ltaily lud

a t t Va Al t td t 1962 SSH ula xl

Itat lt t tud vwu tagt wa

Su tud ud av a aig t dvmt d latdmuat ytm 2

No dict milt opeaons of an signcance have er en document within heTreaty aa Some vial hoslies hae en described in the das r to the siingof therea u thy dd not escalate nto serious olcts Some Antrc mmucaons ailities

a have ben inolved in the Falklands conict in 1982

A n intersng foote to the NZ-S AS t is some ndiaon that th S wuldlke elop btter pannt had surace arsps in ntaa to ammat ts hayt aiaft suh the aaxy Ths migh enale te S to dcrease dendn on N alogiss ne Hemings suggests this ight inole "an extnsion o n lray saishedility Airlift Cond route a subject with which our readers are quite familia

Hemmgs concludes by statng the impotanc d pratcaity of cnnuddemiltasaon of Antarcc acvites of sveral counies ogstics in p

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