Gough Whitlam dismissal: what we know so far about the palace letters and Australian PM's sacking

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1,200 pages of correspondence between Buckingham Palace and Sir John Kerr, the governor general, are an historical trove

Forty-five years after the dismissal of Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam, and after four years of legal challenges, the full correspondence between governor general Sir John Kerr and the Queen was released on Tuesday morning.

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