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and defence policy after Vietnam,
289

destruction of,
145
,
289

and the diplomatic service,
150
,
161–2
,
164–5
,
169
,
170–1
,
173
,
177
,
179
,
182–3
,
186–7
,
198
,
206
,
214
,
236–7
,
242
,
276
; and damage control,
189
,
282

and the economy,
285

and foreign investment,
13
,
251–2

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
,
260–1
,
268–9
,
278
,
279–80
,
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,
12–13
,
14
,
163
,
164
,
223
,
233

and broader labour movement,
179
,
313
; and maritime bans,
185–6
,
187–9
,
190–1
,
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
,
148
,
152
,
175
,
214–15
,
223
,
246
,
312
; and recognition of North Korea,
198
,
275–6
; recognition of East Germany,
148
; regional cooperation,
238–40
; security and relations in Asia,
193
,
196
,
197–8
,
246–7
,
249
,
257
, (post–Vietnam war),
288
; and troops in Malaysia and Singapore,
196
,
214

on international relations,
13
,
169
,
171
,
239
,
249
,
275–6

and party discipline,
185–6
,
187–9
,
190
,
191
,
198–9
,
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 ‘creative maturity',
249
,
259
,
262
; redefining alliance,
145
,
161
,
167
,
169
,
222
,
229
,
233–4
,
257–8
,
280–1
,
300
,
304
,
305
,
313
; support for,
190
,
192
,
312
; on US intelligence facilities in Australia,
191
,
200
,
215
,
221
,
234
,
257
,
265
,
268
,
269
,
282
, (seeking joint control),
266
,
267
,
280

and US officials,
171
,
191
,
200
,
230
,
247
,
280
; ambassador Green,
203
,
206
,
222
,
227
,
229
,
237
,
238
,
255
,
262
,
264
,
269
,
272
,
282

and Vietnam war: letter of protest against Christmas bombings,
161–4
,
166
,
168
,
170
,
173
,
177
,
185
,
199
,
299
; maintains opposition to US bombings and the war,
186–7
,
190
,
191
,
192
,
199
,
276

visit to Washington,
230
,
234–5
,
241–2
,
247–8
,
251–3
,
259
; meets Agnew,
248
; meets Kissinger,
242–3
; meets Nixon,
243–7
,
257

in Washington again: speech on Indochina,
288–9
; visits Ford,
288

and worldview,
145

see also
Australia in Whitlam era
;
Nixon and Whitlam
;
Whitlam government

Wilenski, Peter,
161
,
169
,
229

and Kissinger,
214–17
,
221
,
242
,
254

Willesee, Don,
298

Wilson, Harold,
68
,
70
,
305

Woodward, Bob,
241

Woodward, Roger,
189

Woolcott, Richard,
272

World War I,
79–80

World War II.
See
Australia and World War II
;
United States

 

Zhou Enlai,
119
,
121
,
122
,
123
,
170