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CIA involvement in the Whitlam dismissal is an allegation that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was involved in the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, which culminated in the dismissal of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam.
Nov 8, 2019 · When Whitlam publicly attacked Stallings and insisted on a list of CIA operatives in Australia, as well as an investigation into activities in Pine Gap, alarm bells sounded at CIA headquarters. The same was true inside Australia’s military and intelligence sector.
Sep 6, 2023 · It was alleged that the CIA was involved in the 1975 dismissal of the Whitlam government in Australia, with claims that the CIA bribed or unduly influenced Governor-General John Kerr to dismiss Whitlam, due to alleged U.S. government dissatisfaction with Whitlam's policies. Kerr and Whitlam have both denied such claims.
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Though denied by both Kerr and Whitlam, unsubstantiated allegations have been made about CIA involvement in the Whitlam dismissal. Whitlam resigned as ALP leader after the party suffered its second successive electoral defeat in 1977.
Sep 10, 2021 · As Prime Minister in 1973, Labor Party leader E. Gough Whitlam decided to close down the ASIS station in Santiago. Spy Chief William T. Robertson failed to convince Prime Minister Whitlam to continue covert operations to support the CIA in Santiago, Chile.
Dec 22, 2015 · Arthur Tange, the CIA and the Dismissal. This year saw the 40th anniversary of the dismissal of the Whitlam government on 11 November 1975 by the governor-general, Sir John Kerr. It also marks the 40th anniversary of an enduring conspiracy theory—that Kerr’s controversial action was instigated by US and UK intelligence agencies, especially ...
From the day in November 1975 when Governor-General Sir John Kerr sacked Prime Minister Gough Whitlam of the leftist Labor Party and replaced him with Opposition Leader Malcolm Fraser of the Liberal Party, allegations have surfaced that the CIA had a hand in Whitlam's fall.
