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TIL In 1975, the US overthrew the democratically elected leader of Australia for his opposition to the war on Vietnam. (www.greenleft.org.au)
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[-] galoisghost@aussie.zone 16 points 4 months ago

Bullshit: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/asio-role-in-whitlam-dismissal-addressed/0bo7hzbre

Unless you of course believe the bit where ASIO clears itself of following US directions in a book it wrote about its own history.

[-] vk6flab@lemmy.radio -2 points 4 months ago

From that page:

But the chapter - ASIO on the Brink - also reveals details of the "false allegations that ASIO was working in response to US intelligence direction and not on behalf of the Australian Government, and that US intelligence was implicated in the dismissal of the Whitlam Government".

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