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Whitlam could have had more time.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)

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| September 01, 2005 | Smith, David (American novelist) | COPYRIGHT 2005 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

SIR: Nothing that Ian Kelley has said or quoted (Letters, July-August 2005) controverts my claim that Whitlam could have had more time had he not chosen to call on the Governor-General on November 11, 1975. Whitlam has claimed that some Senators were likely to crack, and that the Governor-General had pre-empted this possibility. If this was so, then why did Whitlam decide, at least by Friday November 7, to go for a half-Senate election?

Sir John Kerr knew, by November 7, of the advice that he would receive from Whitlam on November 11--no House of Representatives election, no waiting for senators to crack, ...

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