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Transcripts from the Prime Ministers of Australia

Whitlam, Gough

Period of Service: 05/12/1972 - 11/11/1975
Release Date:
29/08/1973
Release Type:
Media Release
Transcript ID:
2996
Document:
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  • Whitlam, Edward Gough
FRENCH NUCLEAR TESTS

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M/ 125 29 August 1973
FRENCH NUCLEAR TESTS
The Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Mr Whitlam, said today that the Government had reason to believe
that the French Government had exploded today another nuclear
device in the Pacific the fifth in the Dresent series.
Mr Whitlam said that his previous remarks regarding
earlier French tests applied equally to this latest explosion.

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