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ANZUS
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ANZUS [ˈænzəs]
n acronym for
(Military) Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, with reference to the security alliance between them


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Spender, the author of the Colombo Plan as well as the ANZUS Treaty while he was minister for external affairs under Menzies, once remarked that "no nation can escape its geography.
38) In the PRC's most assertive stance towards Australia, its director general for North American and Oceanic Affairs bluntly reminded Australia in March 2005 "to be careful" how it applies the ANZUS Treaty with respect to a potential PRC-US conflict over Taiwan.
Australian foreign minister Alexander Downer said his government would consult with the US, as required by the ANZUS treaty, if an attack on Taiwan triggered an American military response, but whether Australia would join the fight was a separate question, he said.
 
 
 
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