Dr John Wilson

Moruroa – For Her Own Sake

by John Wilson

Moruroa - For Her Own Sake, by John Wilson

Challenging French nuclear testing in the Pacific 1995 – 1996

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Opposed by thirteen Pacific nations, France was testing nuclear explosions at Moruroa Atoll since 1966.

Attempting to silence opposition, French President Mitterand ordered state-sponsored terrorism against a friendly nation: on July 10th, 1985, in Aukland Harbour, two French secret agent frogmen bombed and sank Rainbow Warrior, Greenpeace’s peaceful protest flagship. One man drowned. [1]

In 1995–‘6, angry New Zealanders were eager to sail in a peace flotilla opposing further testing. I was lucky enough to go.

France halted nuclear testing in the Pacific in 1996.

Moruroa For Her Own Sake – by John Wilson

References

  1. Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior.

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