Australian Penguin Books ISBN 0 14 0700.79 X - The Truth of the Matter

Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England Penguin Books, 625 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10022, U.S.A. Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Ringwood, Victoria, Australia Penguin Books Canada Ltd, 2801 John Street, Markham, Ontario, Canada Penguin Books (N.Z.) Ltd, 182-190 Wairau Road, Auckland 10, New Zealand

First published 1979

Copyright © Gough Whitlam, 1979

Made and printed in Australia at The Dominion Press, Blackburn, Victoria Set in Plantin by The Dova Type Shop, Melbourne

Except in the United States of America, this book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser

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Whitlam, Edward, Gough, 1916- The Truth of the Matter

Index Simultaneously published, Ringwood, Vic.: Allen Lane ISBN 0 14 070079 X

1. Australia - Politics and Government - 1975 I. Title

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