Hodgson, Trace 1958-: ANZUS persuasion. 'We want to be your friends, David, we want to look after you. So play the game or we'll smash your kneecaps in! Right, Bob?' 'Right, Boss'. New Zealand Listener, 1 September, 1984.

Hodgson, Trace 1958-: ANZUS persuasion. 'We want to be your friends, David, we want to look after you. So play the game or we'll smash your kneecaps in! Right, Bob?' 'Right, Boss'. New Zealand Listener, 1 September, 1984.
Date
1984
By
Hodgson, Trace, 1958-; Listener (Periodical)
Reference
H-652-005
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American President Ronald Reagan is seen applying mafia boss style pressure on New Zealand Prime Minister David Lange, watched by Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke. Exhibition caption reads - It was undoubtedly naive of David Lange and his government to think that the declaration of a New Zealand nuclear-free zone would be tolerated by New Zealand's ANZUS allies. The United States refused to confirm or deny whether visiting warships were nuclear powered or armed, effectively bringing the tripartite defence treaty to an abrupt end. The result, despite pressure from Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke, was an uneasy truce.

Exhibited in 'The Other Side of the Ditch' exhibition of cartoons on the New Zealand-Australian relationship curated by Ian F. Grant of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited in the National Library Gallery from 28 November 2001 to 24 February 2002 to mark the centenary of Australian Federation. Also exhibited at X Space Gallery, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland in mid-March 2002 and at Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia from 26 March 2003 to 29 June 2003.

Published in 'The Other Side of the Ditch' by Ian F. Grant, published by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive in association with Tandem Press, 2001.

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