On February 17, 1970, Parsky, through the…

Both Tonga and Fiji gain independence in 1970.

In Fiji, political polarization occurs between the descendants of the Indian contract laborers and the slightly outnumbered native Fijians, who, by law, own 83% of the land.

Two corporations, Todd (Shell/BP/Todd) and US-based Marcona Corp., allegedly aid Japanese conglomerates Mitsubishi and Mitsui in purchasing rights to New Zealand ironsands from the Muldoon exchequer.

Todd receives the sole New Zealand franchise for Mitsubishi vehicles.

Muldoon’s ministry awards Mitsui’s Oji Paper Co. a lucrative 320 million cubic foot Kinagoaroa Forestry contract with Carter Holt.

In November, 1970, the Fletcher group extends the Rockefeller-owned Travelodge operation by buying a controlling interest in Atlantic and Pacific Travel, New Zealand’s largest travel company.’ Manufacturers’ and Retailers’ Acceptance Company, which specializes in leasing and factoring, or buying debts at a discount, and finances imports and exports, changes its name to Marac in 1970.

Two corporations, Todd (Shell/BP/Todd) and US-based Marcona Corp., allegedly aid Japanese conglomerates Mitsubishi and Mitsui in purchasing rights to New Zealand ironsands from the Muldoon exchequer.

Todd receives the sole New Zealand franchise for Mitsubishi vehicles.

Muldoon’s ministry awards Mitsui’s Oji Paper Co. a lucrative 320 million cubic foot Kinagoaroa Forestry contract with Carter Holt.

Manufacturers’ and Retailers’ Acceptance Company, which specializes in leasing and factoring, or buying debts at a discount, and finances imports and exports, changes its name to Marac in 1970.

Australia adopts the metric system in 1970.

In November, 1970, the Fletcher group extends the Rockefeller-owned Travelodge operation by buying a controlling interest in Atlantic and Pacific Travel, New Zealand’s largest travel company.

On February 17, 1970, Parsky, through the Irving Trust Co., New York, sets up the Australian International Finance Corp. in Melbourne.

Irving Trust has links to Shell Oil, Continental Oil and Phillips Petroleum.

Other major banks in Canada, the US and Australasia are also associated with the Australian International Finance Corp.

In 1970, Australian essayist and feminist Germaine Greer uses her first book, “The Female Eunuch,” to present her case that the feminine characteristics males value represent a self-inflicted “castration of our true female personality.”

Kerr steps down as Lawasia’s president in 1970.

Sihanouk, in a press conference, denounces US military incursions into Cambodia, accusing them of sponsoring countless “accidental” bombings and numerous incursions by Thai, South Vietnamese and US troops.

In March, the US-backed Lon Nol seizes power in Cambodia and abolishes the monarchy; Sihanouk forms a government-in-exile in Beijing.

Lon Nol immediately begins committing Cambodian troops to the war in Vietnam.

Colston Westbrook is among the US advisers to the new regime.

The US invades Cambodia on April 30, 1970, intensifying bombing near the Vietnamese border and driving NLF and North Vietnamese troops deeper into Cambodian territory.

In September 1970, Army medical officers question 3,103 soldiers of the American Division and find that 11.9 percent have used heroin since their arrival in Vietnam.

In November, an Army Engineers battalion in the Mekong Delta reports that 14 percent of its troops are regular heroin users.