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(29 posts) Sat Aug 7, 2021, 11:48 PM Aug 2021

Embassy cables show Bob Hawke was a US agent

In 1973, the American Labour Attaché (a figure quite probably connected to the CIA) contacted Hawke about a potential union dispute at the joint American-Australian facility at North West Cape. The cables record that Hawke “volunteered to intervene informally”, saying he felt “concern and surprise at the militancy” of the workers.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jul/03/secret-embassy-cables-cast-the-bob-hawke-legend-in-a-different-light

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Embassy cables show Bob Hawke was a US agent (Original Post) Socialism Now Aug 2021 OP

I wonder if Hawke had his hand in the sacking of PM Whitlam by Gov Gen Kerr. roamer65 Aug 2021 #1

Not surprised. roamer65 Nov 2021 #2

roamer65

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1. I wonder if Hawke had his hand in the sacking of PM Whitlam by Gov Gen Kerr.

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Sun Aug 8, 2021, 12:23 AM

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roamer65

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2. Not surprised.

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Tue Nov 2, 2021, 07:32 PM

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