Former Prime Minister John Grey Gorton walked into the office of his successor, Billy McMahon, on the afternoon of 12 August 1971. Both men knew that a showdown between them had been looming for some time.
A secret note made by McMahon detailing his conversation with Gorton has been discovered in McMahon’s extensive personal papers kept in the National Library of Australia.
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