Navy ship visits are no longer so intolerable to the Government or public. After all. with the removal of our currently deployed tactical nuclear systems at seathose on submarines and on surface ships--there should be no basis for objecting to United States maintenance of our historic policy of NCND particularly when it is so unlikely the United States would ever want to embarrass New Zealands sensibilities and sensitivities. If the past can be considered prolog. what truly matters in our relationship is not nearly so much this honest family spat. but the ties that bind us together: Our common heritage rooted in our AngloSaxon institutions and frontier immigrant traditions and our allied status in every principal engagement of the century. The blood spilled so many times together in the name of freedom is simply a more important bond than any disagreement emanating from politics of the moment. As we celebrate the prospective end of the cold war. now is the time in New ZealandUnited States relations to emphasize our shared heritage. our mutual responsibilities. and our common view of the future.
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