NQ DATE
M/ 96 8 July 1974
FRENCH NUCLEAR TESTS
The following is the text of a statement issued
by the Prime Minister, Mr Whitlam, in Canberra on 8 July:
" The Trime Minister, Mr Whitlam, said today that
the Australian Government had reason to believe that the
French Government had exploded today another nuclear device
in the atmosphere in the Pacific.
The Prime Minister said he wished to reiterate
that, as he had said on 17 June, this further action of the
French Government was a matter of deep concern to the
Australian Government and that the feelings of the Australian
W Government and people against these tests had not changed.
Mr Whitlam said that his Government had protested by formal
note to the French Government as recently as 18 June 1974
concerning the conduct of a further test in the racific."
Whitlam, Gough
Period of Service: 05/12/1972 - 11/11/1975
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Release Date:
08/07/1974
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Transcript ID:
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FRENCH NUCLEAR TESTS
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