HE Australian “Committee Against Atomic Testing” (CAAT) is planning to sail a multi-national, unarmed fleet, into the zone where the French intend to test nuclear nuclear weapons later this year. If the armada is successful it may well be a turning point in the history of the fight against war in the nuclear age. CAAT was formed last year, following the Australian Congress for International Co-operation and Disarmament, by representatives and lay
members of trade unions, religious and civic groups, and the academic community, Its declared policy aim, which is consistent with the partial nuclear test ban treaty, is to prevent the testing of nuclear weapons in the South Pacific ocean area, CAAT is working with the New Zealand Committee for Resolute Action against French tests, and is supported by the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation; Liberation magazine and the War Registers League in
America; Voice of Women in Canada
and Action Civiqui Nonviolente in
France,
There is, unfortunately, little hope
of official support for this project
from the governments of the one
hundred odd nations who signed the
test ban treaty.
CAAT have to rely on — and are
appealing to — individuals to finance
the scheme. Their treasurer is Hugh
Gilmore, P.O. Box 24, George Street
North, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia.