CIA/East Asia Division/Canberra Station
CIA station
| CIA/East Asia Division/Canberra Station () | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Canberra,Australia |
| Leader | CIA/East Asia Division/Canberra Station/Chief |
| The CIA station in Australia | |
The CIA station in Canberra, the capital of Australia, protected by diplomatic cover in the US embassy. There are smaller bases based in the consulates in Sydney, Melbourne and possibly other Australian cities.
Activities
- Chief of Station Bill Caldwell funded supporters of the Vietnam War, as Australia sent troops from 1965. Lincoln White, US consul in Melbourne, said "the main thing we funded was counter stuff through our friends out there...We also had people in the newspaper business who put our side." He said Caldwell had someone at the Melbourne Age that the US didn't have to fund.[1]
- Other press operations include Rupert Murdoch, who was very close to Ted Shackley.
- Coups. Heavily involved in or instigated the Australia/1975 coup. Might also have been coordinated with the ONI
- Drugs. The Nugan-Hand Bank was a conduit for drug money from South-East Asia and import into Australia. The "Hungarian Mafia" and Peter Abeles. Other drug import operations are likely.
- Infiltration of political parties. Since the 1975 Whitlam coup, most Labor leaders have been "confidential informers" to the US, like Bob Hawke. Other known informants include Senator Mark Arbib and Bill Shorten.[2][3] In the late 1960s, the leader of the National Party of Australia was exposed as very close to CIA officers. The CIA also engaged in funding the Liberal Party.[4]
References
- ↑ Brian Toohey, Secret - The Makings if Australia's Security State, page 130
- ↑ https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/02/01/shor-f01.html
- ↑ https://www.theage.com.au/national/labor-and-the-quiet-americans-20030220-gdv97n.html
- ↑ https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2019/08/31/cia-agents-australia/15671736008682
