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ANZUS Pact |
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ANZUS Pactofficially Pacific Security TreatySecurity pact for the South Pacific, signed in 1951 by Australia, New Zealand, and the U.S. (hence its acronym). The U.S. first suggested a pact to Australia in the wake of the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty and fears of Japanese rearmament. The signatories agreed to maintain a consultative relationship for their collective security. In the 1980s New Zealand refused to let ships carrying nuclear weapons dock at its ports; the U.S., refusing to identify its nuclear-armed ships, suspended its treaty obligations to New Zealand in 1986, and the treaty has since been nonoperative with reference to New Zealand. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Australia, for example, whose economy is booming thanks in large part to exports to China, was asked last year to "re-look" at the ANZUS treaty--i. New Zealand withdrew from the ANZUS alliance rather than accept American ships carrying nuclear weapons. Shortly after becoming the Labour Party's leader in late 1993, Clark said that the ANZUS alliance was "out of time" and had "no relevance to New Zealand's security needs today. |
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