| Sumario: | Topics in this survey include: opinion of USSR and US; respondent's reading on 1983 nuclear arms control negotiation in Geneva; willingness of US and USSR to reach agreement on nuclear weapons reduction; amount of attention respondent pays to defence and security issues; ANZUS; support for variety of forms of defence co-operation; Australia's co-operation in ANZUS extend to Western Pacific and Indian Oceans; US or Australian benefits gained from ANZUS; ANZUS and risk of attack of Australia; trust in US to come to Australia's defence; visits by US warships carrying nuclear weapons; reasons for support/oppose visits by US warships; South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone; support for South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone; activities that could be prohibited in South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone; possibility of enforcing South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone. Standard variables include Federal voting intention, household size, age, marital status, schooling, occupation of respondent or of main income earner, household income, country of birth, industry sector, religion, tenure of dwelling, sex, area. This study is part of a series (SSDA No's 525 to 532) commissioned by the United States Information Service between 1982 and 1985 on Australians' attitudes to defence issues. Similar studies were carried out in New Zealand at the same time (SSDA No's 521 to 524) which contain some parallel questions.
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