World News Tonight (ABC) - 1985-02-26

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[0:00] the dial March 4th.

[0:07] >> From ABC, this is World News Tonight

[0:10] with Peter Jennings.

[0:12] >> Good evening. In the city of New York,

[0:13] there are five major crime families, the

[0:16] five bosses who allegedly run those

[0:18] mafia families have a very long reach.

[0:20] And they are members of what federal

[0:21] investigators call the commission, the

[0:24] ruling council of crime. Today, they

[0:25] were all indicted. Here's ABC's Michael

[0:28] Connor. About two dozen federal, state,

[0:31] and city law enforcement officials

[0:33] crowded the platform today to help the

[0:35] Justice Department announce that it was

[0:36] taking on the mob.

[0:38] >> This is a great day for law enforcement,

[0:40] but this is a bad day, probably the

[0:42] worst, for the mafia. The major muscle

[0:47] for organized criminal enterprises in

[0:49] the United States has now been brought

[0:52] to the bar of justice. Indicted today

[0:54] were Anthony Solerno, Antonio Carllo,

[0:57] Jaro Langella, Philip Restelli, and the

[1:00] most powerful, the boss of bosses, Paul

[1:02] Castellano. The five are allegedly the

[1:05] bosses of New York's mafia families.

[1:07] They, along with four others, are said

[1:09] to be members of what the indictment

[1:10] refers to as the Commission, a group

[1:12] that allegedly regulates organized crime

[1:15] activities ranging from lone sharking to

[1:17] drugdeing. The commission, as described

[1:19] in the indictment, is an entity not

[1:21] unlike that seen in popular films.

[1:23] Created in 1931, the commission resolves

[1:26] disputes among families, maintaining

[1:28] order among mobsters.

[1:30] >> That illegal activities that cross

[1:32] family lines must have the commission's

[1:34] approval, and that extends to their own

[1:37] in-house discipline, including hits and

[1:40] murders. The indictment specifically

[1:42] charges that the current members of the

[1:43] commission authorized at least five

[1:45] gangland murders, including the 1979

[1:48] execution of Carmine Galante, then boss

[1:50] of the Banano family. It also

[1:52] specifically charges the commission with

[1:54] having a strangle hold on New York's

[1:55] concrete industry and extorting more

[1:57] than a million dollars from concrete

[1:59] companies. At a bail hearing this

[2:01] afternoon, only four of those indicted

[2:03] were in court. Two are already in jail

[2:05] on other charges and three are in the

[2:07] hospital. For those present, high bail

[2:09] was set, the highest for Paul

[2:11] Castellano, head of the Gambino family,

[2:13] $4 million. After the hearing, lawyers

[2:16] for the defendants dismissed the charges

[2:17] as groundless. You read this indictment,

[2:20] it says in the year, 1900. My client

[2:23] wasn't even born then.

[2:25] >> The defendants in this case, if

[2:27] convicted, could be sentenced to up to

[2:28] 20 years in prison. Prosecutors also say

[2:31] they expect to file more indictments

[2:32] against alleged mobsters in the months

[2:34] ahead. The activity is designed, says

[2:36] one investigator, to keep the mob on the

[2:39] run. Michael Connor, ABC News, New York.

[2:42] >> Joining us here in New York this evening

[2:44] is the US Attorney Rudolph Giuliani. Mr.

[2:46] Giuliani, there's a suggestion that this

[2:48] is a really major blow against organized

[2:50] crime. Why should anyone believe that?

[2:52] And why shouldn't other people just move

[2:54] in and take their place?

[2:55] >> Well, other people will move in and take

[2:56] their place. This is a major blow. It it

[2:58] strikes at the leadership. Uh, however,

[3:00] we've also indicted over the last year,

[3:02] although it didn't get as much

[3:03] attention, about 150 other members of

[3:05] organized crime. And what we have to do

[3:07] is hit them high, hit them low, and hit

[3:08] them in the middle. We can't just

[3:10] concentrate on the heads. We have to go

[3:11] after all of them.

[3:12] >> You have you have heard one of their

[3:13] lawyers there. You've arrested them.

[3:15] What makes you think you can convict

[3:17] them?

[3:17] >> Well, we uh we have very substantial

[3:19] charges here. These charges are backed

[3:21] up by thousands and thousands of hours

[3:22] of tape recordings, as was revealed in

[3:24] court today, in which virtually each one

[3:26] of these defendants out of their own

[3:28] lips convicts themselves. We don't have

[3:29] to convict them.

[3:30] >> Is the mafia getting sloppy? You were

[3:31] able not only to bug their homes, but

[3:33] bug in the case of one major leader, one

[3:35] of the cars.

[3:35] >> No, I think I think the FBI and law

[3:37] enforcement have gotten a lot better. Uh

[3:39] we have been able to uh intrude in ways

[3:41] that we weren't able to do before. And

[3:42] as I said, we have these people on tape

[3:44] telling us that they do murder, telling

[3:45] us they belong to the commission,

[3:47] telling us what families they belong to.

[3:49] This is a very, very substantial case.

[3:50] >> In a phrase, who's the biggest fish in

[3:52] the net?

[3:53] >> Well, I think I think all five of them

[3:54] are. I don't really uh I don't really

[3:56] think that any one of them is the boss

[3:57] of all bosses. Uh the five bosses run

[4:00] the mafia together as a group and they

[4:02] all have very very substantial power.

[4:03] >> Thank you very much for joining us.

[4:06] >> It was a pretty big news yesterday. Four

[4:08] Mexicans, three of them policemen, were

[4:10] arrested at the urging of the United

[4:11] States to be questioned in the case of a

[4:14] missing American drug agent who was

[4:15] kidnapped in Mexico. Today, the American

[4:17] ambassador in Mexico said the man might

[4:19] be released for lack of evidence.

[4:22] According to CIA documents released

[4:24] today, Joseph Mangallay, the Nazi war

[4:26] criminal who many people think is still

[4:27] alive, may have been at the center of a

[4:30] South American drug ring as recently as

[4:32] the 1970s. The documents were released

[4:34] at the request of two US senators. And

[4:37] here's John Martin.

[4:40] The two senators, Damato of New York and

[4:42] Spectre of Pennsylvania, displayed

[4:44] blowups of 11 documents released to them

[4:46] by the CIA. Despite line by line sensors

[4:49] markings, the documents show unverified

[4:52] reports to the CIA suggesting Dr.

[4:54] Mangala turned to drug trafficking in

[4:56] the late 1960s in Paraguay. This after

[4:59] his family's manufacturing company

[5:01] allegedly stopped supporting him. The

[5:03] senator said the CIA had failed to

[5:06] properly follow leads that might have

[5:07] led to his capture.

[5:09] >> I am convinced that there was absolutely

[5:11] little of any concern with respect to

[5:13] Mangala. Uh Senator Spectre is right.

[5:16] It's an uncomfortable period in our

[5:18] history where we have not acted and

[5:20] nobody really gives a damn about Nazi

[5:23] war criminals. But

[5:24] >> you're not suggesting that the United

[5:25] States government protected Mangala.

[5:28] >> Uh I would respond to that by saying

[5:31] that the acts of omission constitute

[5:33] protection.

[5:34] >> One unverified memo suggests Dr. Mangala

[5:38] roommed in 1968 with Martin Borman,

[5:41] Hitler's deputy, long believed dead in

[5:43] Berlin. The same document mentions

[5:45] Mangala receiving plastic surgery.

[5:48] Another document says Mangala assumed

[5:50] the name of Dr. Henrik Wman. The senator

[5:53] said Wman owned a farm in Paraguay with

[5:56] a drug dealer. The CIA said it didn't

[5:58] want to comment on charges that it had

[6:00] been lax. Two weeks ago, it said the

[6:02] documents reflected little more than

[6:04] vague rumors. The two senators,

[6:06] meanwhile, say they are calling for the

[6:07] United States to capture Dr. Manga, not

[6:10] because he is under indictment by any

[6:12] American court, but because they said

[6:14] they regard him as a fugitive from

[6:16] American custody. John Martin, ABC News,

[6:19] Washington.

[6:21] >> An incident today involving another

[6:22] Nazi, Klaus Barbie. The doctors at the

[6:25] prison in the French city of Lyon, where

[6:26] Barbie is being held, say that Barbie

[6:28] apparently got the wrong drug when he

[6:30] was given his daily dose of medicine. He

[6:32] spit it out and was unharmed. Barbie,

[6:35] who is awaiting trial on charges of

[6:37] crimes against humanity, says it was an

[6:39] attempt to poison him. Later in this

[6:42] broadcast, the new poor in America try

[6:44] to make ends meet on the minimum wage.

[6:47] The South Dakota legislature on Capitol

[6:49] Hill to fight for the farmers,

[6:51] >> and we will talk to New Zealand's Prime

[6:52] Minister David Longi about his country's

[6:54] nuclear differences with the United

[6:57] States.

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[8:14] prepared by a group of leading

[8:16] physicians and public health officials.

[8:19] And these are some of its findings.

[8:21] Hunger in America is more widespread

[8:23] than at any time in the last 15 years.

[8:26] 20 million people are hungry at least

[8:27] part of the time every month.

[8:30] >> The doctors and public health experts

[8:31] site all sorts of evidence. The growing

[8:34] lines at soup kitchens, malnutrition

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[8:39] unemployed. The task force finds fault

[8:42] with government at almost every turn.

[8:44] budget reductions which have had the

[8:46] effect of pushing another half a million

[8:48] Americans below the poverty line since

[8:51] 1981.

[8:53] In some states, poor households are not

[8:56] entitled to welfare assistance if both

[8:58] parents live in the same house. Hunger

[9:01] says the task force is a problem of

[9:04] epidemic proportions. The report will

[9:06] startle and even anger many people. 35

[9:10] million Americans now live below the

[9:12] poverty line. Not all the poor are

[9:14] hungry, but many work at the minimum

[9:16] wage. And if you have a family, that is

[9:18] often not enough to keep up. Even in the

[9:20] midst of a strong economy, many people

[9:22] are being left behind. ABC's Jay Shadler

[9:25] has been on special assignment in the

[9:27] South.

[9:31] Good morning, Atlanta. Glad you're with

[9:32] us. 10 minutes after 6:00, 43°. Going to

[9:35] be a beautiful day today.

[9:38] >> Hey, it's a good job market. It's a good

[9:40] place to live. Hard to be. There's a lot

[9:43] of construction. More things are

[9:45] developing. Everything's growing.

[9:47] A lot of people are hiring, expanding,

[9:50] booming.

[9:52] >> Unemployment's down. Sales are up. No

[9:54] doubt about it. The Sunb Belt's economic

[9:56] engines are in high gear. But amidst all

[9:58] this plenty, a paradox has arisen. For

[10:01] there is one economic index on the rise

[10:03] all across the South that is not a

[10:05] harbinger of better times. Poverty. The

[10:08] fact of the matter is that we now have a

[10:10] little more than 12 million poor in the

[10:13] south. And that's uh a number of poor

[10:15] that we've not experienced uh since the

[10:18] early 1960s. It shows that we can have

[10:23] high gross national product. We can have

[10:26] a rapid uh increase in jobs, but we can

[10:29] also face at the same time a rise in

[10:32] poverty. That's because southern growth

[10:34] has been largely tied to high-skilled

[10:36] white collar jobs and the minimum wage

[10:39] service jobs they support. Neither of

[10:41] which offers much of an escape route for

[10:43] the 2 and a2 million southerners who've

[10:45] fallen into poverty since 1979.

[10:50] Chronic poverty remains scattered

[10:52] throughout the region's rural areas, but

[10:54] most of the new poor are now huddled in

[10:56] the shadows of the big cities, and they

[10:58] are most often single women with

[11:00] dependent children, like 22-year-old

[11:02] Angela Deran, who cares for her two

[11:04] children on $7,000 a year.

[11:07] >> There's a big economic boom going on in

[11:09] Atlanta. Do you feel part of it?

[11:12] >> Not really.

[11:14] While food stamps and other monthly

[11:16] government aid have clearly softened the

[11:17] edges of their poverty, this family

[11:19] remains isolated from the South's

[11:21] advancing economy, Angela's only jobs

[11:24] have been at minimum wage.

[11:25] >> They saying you got to have experience.

[11:27] You got to have experience. But some

[11:29] people just can't go to school and get

[11:30] that experience. You know, it take money

[11:31] to get experience. And sure, that's

[11:34] something I just don't have.

[11:35] >> Even having experience can't guarantee a

[11:38] ticket from poverty. For 31 years,

[11:40] Walter Stone worked at the Mount Vernon

[11:42] Textile Mill until lowpriced imports and

[11:45] automation turned the factory and much

[11:47] of this industry into a fossil and

[11:49] Walter's job into a relic. You're 56

[11:52] years old, Walter. You are skilled in an

[11:54] area that is no longer in demand.

[11:56] >> That's right.

[11:57] >> What are you going to do?

[11:58] >> I just don't know.

[12:00] >> I look like I'm at the end of my road.

[12:04] Wedged between the unwed mothers and the

[12:06] displaced workers are thousands like

[12:07] William Jordan. Lacking both skills and

[12:10] education to compete in a white collar

[12:12] economy, he survives on an endless

[12:14] series of temporary jobs. Are you on any

[12:17] government assistance?

[12:18] >> No, sir. It's too much hassle you have

[12:20] to go through. Red tape, this and that.

[12:22] And they boy, they want to know if your

[12:24] blood's pumping right and all that. I

[12:26] just rather get out here and do this.

[12:28] The fact of the matter is that the

[12:30] majority of the poor in the south do not

[12:33] receive government assistance. They're

[12:35] working and uh they're still not able to

[12:38] climb out of poverty. And so what the

[12:40] south has represented, I think, is is a

[12:42] is a glimpse of what our national future

[12:46] economy may hold. A rise in poverty, a

[12:49] rise in the number of people who are

[12:51] whose incomes put them below the

[12:53] threshold of poverty.

[12:55] A drift from the mainstream of society.

[12:58] The ranks of the poor here are projected

[13:00] to rise.

[13:02] >> And their legacy of poverty passed to a

[13:04] new generation to children who still

[13:06] believe what their parents no longer

[13:08] can.

[13:09] >> I think both rich and poor have an equal

[13:12] chance of getting a good job.

[13:14] >> Is there any disadvantage, do you think,

[13:16] to being poor?

[13:18] >> No. You know, rich people and poor

[13:20] people, you know, they they the same

[13:23] really.

[13:25] >> Jay Shadler, ABC News, Atlanta.

[13:28] There has been a major decision from the

[13:30] Supreme Court today having to do with

[13:31] the poor. The justices ruled that if a

[13:33] defendant pleads not guilty to charges

[13:36] of crime by reason of insanity, the

[13:38] state must provide a free psychiatrist

[13:40] if the defendant cannot afford one. When

[13:43] we come back, consumer prices across the

[13:45] nation. Inflation is still under

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[14:51] Along the southwestern shore of the

[14:53] Michigan Peninsula, farmers tend century

[14:56] old orchards that produce an immortal

[14:59] American apple. Stoers calls it the

[15:02] oldfashioned Jonathan. Tree ripened for

[15:05] 5 months. It's quite tart. It's crisp

[15:08] and juicy. The very snappiest of the

[15:10] late fall apples. Now you know one of

[15:13] the reasons why stoers as scoloped

[15:16] apples are as good as can be.

[15:21] Some figures today showing just how

[15:22] serious the farm problem is. The

[15:24] agriculture department reports that 34%

[15:27] of the commercial farms in the country

[15:29] are in serious or worse than serious

[15:31] financial condition. That is 229,000

[15:35] farms. Some of those farmers and their

[15:37] supporters were up on Capitol Hill today

[15:39] making their case for more federal aid.

[15:41] As ABC's Charles Gibson reports, that

[15:43] included the entire South Dakota

[15:45] legislature.

[15:48] >> You've got to admire him. It's a heck of

[15:50] a gimmick. An entire state legislature

[15:52] and the governor knocking off for a day,

[15:54] coming to Washington, spreading the

[15:56] message about their troubled farmers.

[15:57] >> This one thing about Washington that's

[15:59] my personal perception, not much gets

[16:01] done until all the spotlights get

[16:02] focused on the same spot. There's a lot

[16:04] of spotlights being focused on the

[16:05] agriculture situation out and so they

[16:07] came to Washington to do that. That part

[16:09] of it's a media event.

[16:10] >> Indeed, throughout the day, South Dakota

[16:12] legislators were facing more TV cameras

[16:14] than there probably are in South Dakota.

[16:17] >> I think with the media coverage we've

[16:18] had, it's been the political equivalent

[16:20] of Star Search.

[16:21] >> The state legislators were interested in

[16:23] trying out the national legislators

[16:25] chairs. Not much bigger, frankly, than

[16:27] back in Pier. And the national

[16:29] politicians turned out to pledge help.

[16:32] Don't ever say these kind of gimmicks

[16:33] don't work.

[16:34] >> You took the farm program off the back

[16:37] burner and really put it on the front

[16:38] burner.

[16:39] >> But so were the politicians honest

[16:41] telling the South Dotans Congress will

[16:43] provide enough credit to carry them

[16:45] through the immediate crisis. But after

[16:47] that,

[16:48] >> I think we've got the short-term thing,

[16:50] I think it's done. We're not going to do

[16:52] anymore.

[16:54] And that isn't said with any hostility,

[16:56] but there's not much more we can do.

[16:58] Indeed, Dole is busily trying to kill a

[17:00] measure important to the South Dotans, a

[17:02] move to make fall harvest loans

[17:04] available this spring. But the

[17:05] administration position remains they've

[17:07] already provided enough credit to handle

[17:09] immediate problems. So this evening, the

[17:12] legislators headed home, not exactly

[17:14] laden down with promises, but at least

[17:16] knowing their gimmick got attention for

[17:17] their farmers. Charles Gibson, ABC News,

[17:20] Capitol Hill.

[17:21] >> In tonight's other Money Matters, there

[17:23] has been some good economic news. And

[17:25] here's our economics editor, Dan Courtz.

[17:28] In spite of a big jump in the price of

[17:29] fresh fruits and vegetables, a legacy of

[17:31] the Florida freeze, the consumer price

[17:33] index went up last month by a mere 210

[17:35] of 1%. That means inflation has actually

[17:38] cooled a bit from last year. Even more

[17:40] important, the government reported that

[17:41] orders received by manufacturers of

[17:43] durable goods, long-lasting items like

[17:45] steel and cars, shot up 3.8% last month.

[17:49] That was much more than expected and a

[17:50] sign the economy may be speeding up

[17:52] again. The good health of the US economy

[17:54] though is also pushing the value of the

[17:56] dollar even higher. Today the dollar set

[17:58] records again for the 16th time in 18

[18:00] days. In hectic trading, the dollar

[18:02] topped 10.6 French franks and 2,167

[18:06] Italian lera. The British pound sank to

[18:08] a dollar4 and dealers expect to see a $1

[18:10] pound within days. But experts warn the

[18:13] dollar cannot keep climbing

[18:14] indefinitely.

[18:15] >> Something has got to give. We know that

[18:17] in principle. What we don't know is

[18:20] when.

[18:21] On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial

[18:23] Average gained more than eight and a

[18:24] half points in a late afternoon rally.

[18:26] That's Money Matters for Tuesday. I'm

[18:28] Dan Courtz.

[18:30] >> The man who runs the law enforcement

[18:31] division for the Securities and Exchange

[18:33] Commission quit his job today. It was

[18:35] yesterday that reports in the Wall

[18:37] Street Journal said that John Feders,

[18:39] who is 6'10, periodically beat his wife

[18:42] during their 18 years of marriage.

[18:44] Feders and his wife are now in the midst

[18:46] of a divorce and his resignation was

[18:47] quickly accepted. In our next segment,

[18:50] New Zealand. Why is anti-uclear feeling

[18:52] so strong? We'll talk to the prime

[18:54] minister.

[18:59] >> It's true, you know, American industry

[19:01] needs energy to grow, but imported

[19:04] energy is unpredictable. It can even be

[19:07] taken away. So, our industries are using

[19:10] more electricity from resources found

[19:13] here at home, like coal and nuclear

[19:16] energy. And we're all using energy more

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[20:31] FTD. Leo, are you in there?

[20:34] >> No.

[20:34] >> Leo, everybody fumbles the ball.

[20:36] >> Not five times.

[20:37] >> Got a surprise for you. A pickme up

[20:39] bouquet from Lois in De Mo.

[20:40] >> Five times in the same quarter. It's

[20:42] flowers in a rainbow coffee mug and a

[20:44] reusable tote bag so you won't uh drop

[20:46] it.

[20:47] >> Haha.

[20:48] >> I'll just leave it here for you.

[20:50] >> Okay, Marlin, I can't get out.

[20:52] >> Lift someone's spirits with an FTD

[20:54] pickme up bouquet.

[20:55] >> Hey, Maron, are you holding the door?

[20:59] >> The administration rolled out its big

[21:00] guns today once again trying to sell

[21:02] Congress on the MX missile. Secretary of

[21:04] State Schultz and Defense Secretary

[21:06] Weinberger made a rare joint appearance

[21:08] before the Senate Armed Services

[21:10] Committee to argue that the MX is needed

[21:13] as a bargaining chip to help American

[21:15] arms control negotiators when they meet

[21:17] the Soviets in Geneva next month. Many

[21:19] committee members indicated they do not

[21:21] accept the argument. The prime minister

[21:24] of New Zealand is in this country today.

[21:26] David Longi is the man who told the

[21:28] United States a couple of weeks ago that

[21:30] US ships with nuclear weapons or powered

[21:32] by nuclear energy would not be allowed

[21:35] in New Zealand ports. That has put a lot

[21:38] of strain on the alliance which this

[21:40] country has with New Zealand and

[21:41] Australia. In a moment, we'll talk to

[21:43] Prime Minister Longi about retribution

[21:45] from the United States. But first, New

[21:48] Zealand itself. ABC's Ken Kashawara has

[21:51] been there recently and he found that

[21:53] anti-uclear sentiment is right behind

[21:55] the prime minister.

[21:58] >> It is a country that has posted a

[22:00] symbolic sign on its front door which

[22:02] says no nuclear ships, weapons or power

[22:05] plants allowed. But why are New

[22:07] Zealanders so staunchly almost

[22:09] obsessively anti-uclear? The answer lies

[22:12] out here in this uncrowded, unpolluted

[22:15] land in how the people perceive it and

[22:18] themselves. New Zealand is a country

[22:21] that is lush in landscape, an island

[22:23] nation of 70 million sheep and 3 million

[22:26] people, where using the land and

[22:28] enjoying the outdoors is a birthright

[22:30] not to be taken away.

[22:32] >> We are not some sort of industrial trash

[22:35] heap. We tend to have a good climate. We

[22:37] tend to have healthy, active, sporting

[22:38] people. And we have in fact built up the

[22:40] cult of wholesomeness.

[22:43] >> And really nuclear weapons are the

[22:45] ultimate extension of everything that

[22:47] you ever wanted to see in a trash can or

[22:49] a morg.

[22:50] >> Another perspective comes from the large

[22:52] number of immigrants here. Su Hajj was

[22:54] born in South Africa and lived in Europe

[22:57] and America before deciding that New

[22:59] Zealand was safer. I do sometimes have a

[23:03] great deal of pessimism

[23:05] about some sort of nuclear exchange in

[23:07] the northern hemisphere.

[23:10] So

[23:11] I would really prefer my family to be

[23:13] here.

[23:14] >> So the feeling here seems to be we have

[23:17] found our place in the non-uclear sun

[23:19] and we like it the way it is. Ken

[23:22] Koswahara, ABC News, Auckland, New

[23:24] Zealand.

[23:26] Well, the point man in New Zealand's

[23:27] anti-uclear strategy is its prime

[23:29] minister, David Longi. And a little

[23:31] while ago, I spoke with Mr. Longi, who

[23:32] is today in Los Angeles.

[23:35] >> Would you like to tell us what the

[23:36] exchange was like between you and the US

[23:38] government official today? What did they

[23:40] tell you?

[23:41] >> Well, the exchange was very

[23:42] straightforward. He had his menu and

[23:45] told me what steps would be taken by the

[23:47] United States administration. These are

[23:48] basically that they're going to stop

[23:50] bilateral defense exercising with New

[23:52] Zealand, cut off some intelligence

[23:55] mostly of the raw military type and that

[23:58] there would be in that respect an end to

[24:02] uh our defense relationship.

[24:06] New Zealand's answer that's heavy. We

[24:09] can cope. If New Zealand is unwilling to

[24:12] have any American nuclear capacity in

[24:14] New Zealand at all, is it reasonable for

[24:15] the United States to say that in the

[24:18] event of conflration, I guess, that New

[24:20] Zealand would not get the protection of

[24:22] the American nuclear umbrella?

[24:23] >> Look, not only is it reasonable for the

[24:25] United States to say that, we asked

[24:27] them. We don't want it. I don't want to

[24:30] be evaporated by a bomb detonated in

[24:33] defense anymore than I want to be done

[24:35] by a bomb exploded in anger. The

[24:38] ultimate outcome of our policy is clear.

[24:40] We do not wish. In fact, we specifically

[24:43] ask not to be defended by nuclear

[24:45] weapons. We've taken our stand. We feel

[24:49] secure for it.

[24:50] >> Would I get the wrong impression if I

[24:53] thought you were enjoying for perhaps

[24:55] reasons of raising consciousness this

[24:57] confrontation with the United States?

[25:00] >> I don't know that it's enjoyable. But

[25:02] the fact is that unless we in this world

[25:05] start to make our new assessment of what

[25:08] constitutes security

[25:10] will go to our deaths all feeling very

[25:13] mutually secure. We have our policy. It

[25:17] is designed to enhance our security. We

[25:20] will pay whatever price we have to pay.

[25:22] We will make our conventional defense

[25:24] arrangements effective for our region.

[25:27] We don't want any no one owes us a

[25:29] living and we're not asking to anyone

[25:32] else to share in our dying. We want to

[25:34] have a conventional defense structure.

[25:36] We want to pay for it.

[25:38] >> Prime Minister, thank you for joining

[25:39] us.

[25:39] >> Thank you.

[25:41] >> About an hour or so ago. We'll be back

[25:42] in just a moment.

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[27:15] >> Tonight on Night Line, five mafia chiefs

[27:17] indicted in the biggest crackdown in 30

[27:19] years. Federal officials say the mob is

[27:21] on the run. Where have we heard that one

[27:23] before?

[27:26] >> Finally, this evening, a note about the

[27:28] pace of life. A California professor has

[27:30] been studying the rate at which people

[27:31] get through day-to-day life in a number

[27:33] of countries. The Japanese are the

[27:35] speediest. They walk a 100 yards in an

[27:37] average 20.7 seconds. The British are

[27:39] the second fastest, Americans third. The

[27:42] Japanese postal workers can sell you a

[27:44] stamp in just 25 seconds. An Italian

[27:47] postal worker takes 47. The professor

[27:50] says that walking indicates personal

[27:52] tempo. Post office efficiency shows us

[27:54] how we work. Oh, and one other thing.

[27:56] Japanese bank clocks on average are only

[27:59] 30 seconds fast or slow. Ours are off by

[28:02] 54 seconds. That is supposed to show the

[28:05] concern we have for punctuality. Which

[28:08] reminds us that's our report on World

[28:10] News Tonight. I'm Peter Jennings. For

[28:12] everyone at ABC News, good night.

[28:22] From ABC, this has been World News

[28:25] Tonight with Peter Jennings.

[28:34] Tuesday,

[28:36] >> I'm going in.

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