Letter from an ex-soldier

With reference to your 30 May issue of Salient. The supplement on the Government's policy of cutting back on Overseas Students (specifically Malaysian) students was informative I found the slogan at the top of the middle page — 'Cut Overseas Troops Not Overseas Students' to indeed sum up the whole situation. For too long New Zealand Governments have been more interested in defending despotic Governments and not building people to people contact. Further. NZ's future defence interests would be better served if the Government spent its money on helping to make a country self-reliant rather than provide Joe Soldier with the possibility of a cut-price stereo. Keep up the good work.