Unholy Fury (65 page)
Authors: James Curran
and defence policy after Vietnam,
289
and the diplomatic service,
150
,
161â2
,
164â5
,
169
,
170â1
,
173
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177
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179
,
182â3
,
186â7
,
198
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206
,
214
,
236â7
,
242
,
276
; and damage control,
189
,
282
and the economy,
285
and foreign investment,
13
,
251â2
ill-discipline and recklessness,
145
,
160
,
177
,
185
,
262
ministry,
145
,
260
; resignations, sackings,
289
pressures and scandals,
263
,
289
,
297
; loans affair,
290
public perception of,
188
re-elected in 1974,
260
and US: heightened concerns over intelligence facilities, alliance,
259
,
260â1
,
268â9
,
278
,
279â80
,
281
,
282
,
287
,
291
,
301
see also
Whitlam as prime minister
Whitlam after politics,
132
,
176
Whitlam as prime minister,
5
American sympathies,
192
,
222
,
223
,
257
,
312
on Australia's role in foreign affairs,
12â13
,
14
,
163
,
164
,
223
,
233
and broader labour movement,
179
,
313
; and maritime bans,
185â6
,
187â9
,
190â1
,
198
and character: determined,
179
; enigmatic and flawed,
11
,
187
; forthright,
172
,
236
; and judgement,
187
,
188
,
229
,
272
,
291
,
294
,
312
; temper,
169
on Cold War policies,
187
dismissal,
259
,
289
,
291
,
293
,
294
,
295
; conspiracy theory,
294
as foreign minister,
191
and foreign policy,
188
,
233
,
280
; changes,
145
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148
,
152
,
175
,
214â15
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223
,
246
,
312
; and recognition of North Korea,
198
,
275â6
; recognition of East Germany,
148
; regional cooperation,
238â40
; security and relations in Asia,
193
,
196
,
197â8
,
246â7
,
249
,
257
, (postâVietnam war),
288
; and troops in Malaysia and Singapore,
196
,
214
on international relations,
13
,
169
,
171
,
239
,
249
,
275â6
and party discipline,
185â6
,
187â9
,
190
,
191
,
198â9
,
234
,
272
,
312
and political difficulties,
285
,
289
,
295
speech to UN General Assembly,
285
strain,
218
and US alliance in Ford years,
285
,
289
,
292
; alleges CIA meddling in politics,
291
,
292
; and sensitive information,
292
,
293
; and US intelligence facilities,
292
,
293
and US alliance in Nixon years: despair,
171
; and âcreative maturity',
249
,
259
,
262
; redefining alliance,
145
,
161
,
167
,
169
,
222
,
229
,
233â4
,
257â8
,
280â1
,
300
,
304
,
305
,
313
; support for,
190
,
192
,
312
; on US intelligence facilities in Australia,
191
,
200
,
215
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221
,
234
,
257
,
265
,
268
,
269
,
282
, (seeking joint control),
266
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267
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280
and US officials,
171
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191
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200
,
230
,
247
,
280
; ambassador Green,
203
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206
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222
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227
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229
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237
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238
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255
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262
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264
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269
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272
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282
and Vietnam war: letter of protest against Christmas bombings,
161â4
,
166
,
168
,
170
,
173
,
177
,
185
,
199
,
299
; maintains opposition to US bombings and the war,
186â7
,
190
,
191
,
192
,
199
,
276
visit to Washington,
230
,
234â5
,
241â2
,
247â8
,
251â3
,
259
; meets Agnew,
248
; meets Kissinger,
242â3
; meets Nixon,
243â7
,
257
in Washington again: speech on Indochina,
288â9
; visits Ford,
288
and worldview,
145
see also
Australia in Whitlam era
;
Nixon and Whitlam
;
Whitlam government
and Kissinger,
214â17
,
221
,
242
,
254
Willesee, Don,
298
Woodward, Bob,
241
Woodward, Roger,
189
Woolcott, Richard,
272
World War I,
79â80
World War II.
See
Australia and World War II
;
United States
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Zhou Enlai,
119
,
121
,
122
,
123
,
170
âOh no, Mr Nixon, not that way!' The vice president gets to grips with Australian willow on the MCG during his 1953 visit. (A7315, OGC 1001/4, NAA)
LBJ was a sensation with the Australian people during his October 1966 visit. He would return a little over a year later to attend the funeral of Harold Holt. (A1200, L59237, NAA)
The meeting with Johnson that Calwell and Whitlam attended at the Canberra Rex Hotel confirmed for many US observers that a rocky road lay ahead for the alliance. (A1200, L57868, NAA)
Whitlam and LBJ share a moment in the grounds of the White House, with the President's beagles looking on, June 1967. (M155, C2, NAA)
Whitlam's first visit to the White House as Opposition leader was a moment to show that Labor could be trusted on the alliance. The visit was a success. (M155, C2, NAA)
The president listens to the new leader of the Australian Labor Party in the Oval Office: the White House was pleased that Whitlam had replaced the âaging and ineffectual' Calwell. (M155, C2, NAA)
A touch of the special treatment. Australian Prime Minister John Gorton, second from left, sits next to the president on his Texan ranch to listen to a Vietnam briefing from General William Westmoreland. At the head of the table is the newly appointed US ambassador to Australia, William Crook. (Corbis Images)