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the transit of nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive
devices in any form or visits to ports and airfields
inside the Nuclear Free Zone by foreign military vessels
and aircraft carrying nuclear explosive devices. The
declaration added that in the event of actions taken by a
State Party(ies) to the Treaty in contravention of their
basic obligations under the Treaty concerning the
nuclear free status of the zone, or the penetration by
one or more States Parties to the Treaty of an act of
agression with the support of or together with a
nuclear weapon state, involving the use by that state
of the territory, airspace,
territorial sea or
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archipelagic waters of those countries for visits by
military vessels and aircraaft carrying nuclear weapons
as for the transit of nuclear weapons or any other
actions by the Parties to the Treaty which are
incompatible with their nuclear free status, the Soviet
Union will be entitled to regard itself as free from the
obligations undertaken by it under Protocol II of the
Treaty. In response to the Russian declaration,
Australia has made it clear that the Treaty "in no
practical way" impedes Australia's ability to cooperate
with its Allies or to contribute to the maintenance of
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be possible stable nuclear deterrence. This might open-a-way to
reach satisfactory arrangements for nuclear ship visits
etc with the States concerned and for an acceptable
definition of "stationing" in respect of Pitcairn.
However the implication of the Treaty for nuclear
transit/ships/aircraft visits are unclear, as is the
legal status and significance of the Soviet declaration.
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