The truth about the CIA’s role in the Dismissal is out there — but good luck finding it

The 'proof' of no US involvement in the Dismissal offered in a new Palace Letters book is a sham and Australians are still in the dark.

Guy Rundle

Nov 25, 2020

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Because there was an actual American coup taking place last week your correspondent had no chance to pitch in on the little brouhaha over the American coup here in 1975 (joking! Kinda).

Now that Venezuela's voting machine hack to steal the vote in Atlanta has been exposed, it's time to turn the guns round.

Last week's stoush on the 45^th anniversary of the Whitlam dismissal was all about the Palace Letters between then governor-general Sir John Kerr and the Queen's functionaries, with duelling books by Professor Jenny Hocking (The Palace Letters) and Paul Kelly and Troy ("the Boy") Bramston's The Truth of the Palace Letters.

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About the Author

Guy Rundle

Correspondent-at-large

Guy Rundle is correspondent-at-large for Crikey. He's a former editor of Arena Magazine and contributes to a variety of publications in Australia and the United Kingdom.