NQ DATE
M/ 7 14 December 1972
AUSTRALIAN' WHEAT EXPORTS TO RHODESIA ENDED
The export of wheat from Australia to Rhodesia will no longer
be permitted. This was announced today by the Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Mr Whitlam, after reviewing the circumstances under which wheat exports
haid been permitted since the United Nations sanctions were imposed on
Rhodesia in 1968.
" The Government is satisfied that humanitarian considerations
no longer justify our wheat exports to Rhodesia," Mr Whitlai said.
The United Nations Security Council's resolution which imposed
sanctions on Rhodesia exempted the export of foodstuffs to that country
in special humnanitarian circumstances. Up to now wheat exports to
Rhodesia have been allowed on these grounds.
Mr Whitlam also said that the Secretary-General of the United
Nations was being informed today of the Government's decision.
" The Australian Government strongly supports the United Nations'
efforts to bring to an end the illegal minority regime in Rhodesia, and
accordingly will strictly enforce sanctions imposed on it" Mr Whitlan
added.
Whitlam, Gough
Period of Service: 05/12/1972 - 11/11/1975
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