European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 11, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes world monday september 11,1995 French seize yacht car Yin Papeete Tahiti a the French military seized a protest yacht saturday carrying eight legislators from Australia Japan and Europe after it violated an exclusion zone around France s muru Roa atoll nuclear test site in the South Pacific a military official told reporters that commandos from a French Navy vessel boarded the yacht la Rigaude about one mile inside the zone and then escorted it to muru Roa. The takeover was carried out without violence. The yacht had been part of an anti nuclear flotilla sailing around the atoll which is about 750 Miles Southeast of Tahiti ". -. A was chartered by. Greenpeace which last week had two vessels impounded by the French military after they also entered the 12-mile zone tuesday just be fore France detonated the first in a planned series of eight underground nuclear tests. Greenpeace later said that those on Board la Rigaude included lawmakers Tom Wheelwright and Ian Cohen from Australia Kuo Tanaka and Nebo to Usami from Japan Eva goes from swe Den Lino de Benetti and Sauro Turronis from Italy and Jup Weber from Luxem Bourg. Two members of the austrian Environ mental group global 2000, Ilonka Hor Vath and Klaus Kasten Hofer were also on Board along with the ship s Crew and seven journalists. The australian broadcasting corp. Quoted a military official As saying the group had been seasick and exhausted after several Days in heavy seas and had chosen to sail toward the atoll. Greenpeace instead asserted that the yacht had intended to sail to muru Roa to deliver an anti nuclear protest letter to muru Roa s military commander. ,. In Canberra Australia a foreign affairs department spokesman confirmed that those on Board the yacht were being detained in muru Roa. They were expected to be transferred to Papeete with in 48 hours when French authorities were expected to say whether further action will be taken against them. A new zealand Navy ship outside the exclusion zone said it had monitored a radio conversation Between la Rigaude and a French patrol boat. The new zealand press association said the patrol boat seized la Rigaude after ordering the yacht to change course away from the exclusion zone. 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