DATELINE AUSTRALIA: AMERICA'S FOREIGN WATERGATE?

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ART I CAE A P ARED
Obi PAGE
FOREIGN POLICY
WINTER 1982-83
DATELINE AUSTRALIA:
AMERICA'S FOREIGN
WATERGATE?
hrv James A. Vaihan
ho lost Australia" may soon be a signif-
icant debate in American politics. All over the
democratic world opposition parties are gain-
ing power. Should this happen in Australia,
the alliance with America might be called into
question and kk'ashington could lose intelli-
gence facilities indispensable for any future
arms control regime.
Today, from press and Parliament, Australia
is awash with accusations about illegitimate
American intelligence activity. Much attention
and anger is focused on the Central Intelligence
Agency. There is an almost hysterical set of
indictments leveled against U.S. intelligence.
The CIA is charged with becoming involved
in Australian politics and foreign relations.
even manipulating the Australian banking sys-
tem and. most astonishingly. organizing a nar-
cotics trade from Australian soil.
Intelligent American observers' initial dis-
belief needs reassessing. For in Australia a
plausible case is being developed that CIA of-
ficials may have also done in Australia what
they managed to achieve in Iran, Guatemala.
and Chile: destroy an elected government-in
the case of Australia. the Labor parry govern-
ment from 1972 to 1975.
The fall of Prime Minister Gough