It is alleged that the United States Central Intelligence Agency was involved with the events leading up to the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, in which Prime Minister of Australia Gough Whitla
An aerial image of Pine Gap in 2008.
Members of the Third Whitlam Ministry in 1974
Gough Whitlam at the Lodge 1974
Governor General Sir John Kerr
The 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, also called the Dismissal, culminated with the dismissal of the prime minister, Gough Whitlam of the Australian Labor Party, by Sir John Kerr, the governor-g
Alleged CIA involvement in the Whitlam dismissal
…It is alleged that the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was involved with the events leading up to the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, in which Prime Minister of Australia Gough Whitlam was dismissed by Governor-General of Australia John Kerr, who had several ties to the CIA and its…
Prime Minister Gough Whitlam
Opposition Leader Malcolm Fraser
The Senate chamber at Old Parliament House