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[I]Long-time friend of the US: Foreign Minister Bob Carr. Photo: Penny Bradfield[/I]
[quote]Bob Carr may have been Foreign Affairs Minister for only 12 months, but he started talking to United States diplomats about internal Labor politics nearly 40 years ago.
Previously secret US embassy and consulate reports incorporated into a new searchable database unveiled by WikiLeaks on Monday reveal that Mr Carr was a source for US diplomats seeking information on the Whitlam government and the broader Labor movement in the mid-1970s.
Then a rising star in NSW Labor, Mr Carr was quick to join in criticism of prime minister Gough Whitlam as the federal Labor Government encountered growing political and economic difficulties after the May 1974 federal election.
Asked about his 1970s contacts with US diplomats, Senator Carr said on Monday: "I was in my 20s. I could have said anything."[/quote]
Read More: [url]http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/bob-carr-washingtons-man-in-australia-20130408-2hgut.html[/url]
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