Pacific. Firstletmerecall ~~at,asIsaidearlier thisafternoon, itg1ves Australia nopleasure tohaveadisagreement withFrance. Thereareanumberof reasons forthis~manyarehistorical andsomeareextremely important andarise fromourfraternal affiliation asmemb~rsoftheSocialist International. Nonetheless,inspiteofourcommitmentasdemocratic socialists, wehave differences ofsubstance onfundamental principles, onthingslikenuclear te$ting, nuclear armsescalation andrelated matters. Wehavethesebecause thetesting takesplaceintheregioninwhichourcountry anditsneighbours aresituated. It isperfectly correct, astheAmbassador ofFrancepointed out,thatinOCtober 1983 amission whichinvolved NewZealand andAustralian scientists produced areport. Itisalsoessentially correct tha~thereportfoundnoshort-term problems. But th~conclusions madeitelearthatquitedefinite longer-term problems wouldarise fromleakageoftoxicnuclear wasteproducts. Thiswillbeaproblem forfuture generations ofpeopleliVingintheregion. Inthosecircumstances wehavea justifiable concern, whichneedstoberaised. Finally, Iwouldmerelyrecallthat,asIpointed outinmycomments this afternoon, ifthetestingisharmless, ifthesecurity measures arestringent and iftherearenoproblems, inthelightofthefactthatithasbeenincontestably established thatthereareareasofmetropolitan Francewherethissortoftesting canbeconducted, itwouldbemoreappropriate forthattesting tobeconducted there. Themeeting roseat5.45p.m.