Defence Policy-Making
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Defence Policy-Making
A Close-Up View, 1950-1980
Table of Contents
Preface
Arthur Tange (1914–2001)
Editorial note
Acknowledgements
About the Editor
Chapter 1. The Road to Russell
External Affairs 1945
International Security Issues: 1950 and beyond
Defence Management in the 1950s: A view from Canberra
External Affairs and Defence cooperation
The grip of the past in the strategic outlook
America’s definition of the ANZUS obligation
Interlude in India
After India: Where to move?
The Defence Department appointment
Defence Minister Fraser: His strategic outlook
The Fairhall/Bland Reforms inherited
The scope of the Defence Group empire
Five Defence Group Ministries: Previous unsuccessful reforms
Managing the Department with limited powers
Fraser’s initiatives—and conflicts with Gorton
Gorton the Defence Minister
Fairbairn: Minister for Defence 1971
The Department’s 1972 ‘Defence Review’: New ideas
Final months of McMahon’s Coalition Government
Chapter 2. Labor in Office
Labor’s policies
Consultations and plans for merging five Departments
Strategy for making the changes
Abolition of the Service Boards: Reasons
Direct discussion—The Secretary and four Service Chiefs: Conclusions reached
Civilians and Service Officers: Their relative authority
Ministerial acceptance of the Recommendations
Members of Parliament and others: Reactions in Parliament and elsewhere—extent of command power
Some objectives not achieved
Interim arrangements—changes needed in the Department
Managing the Department—The 1973 political environment
Disclosure of the American presence—Conflict with Labor Left
The Joint US–Australian Defence Facilities
Limited disclosure on Pine Gap and Nurrungar
Labor’s problem with the North West Cape Naval Communications Station
The Lloyd affair—Barnard’s rebuke of Tange
Redefining the threat basis for Defence planning
Barnard’s negotiations with Washington
Other decisions for Barnard
New problems for the Defence Department under Labor
Reshaping the force structure under Barnard
The Darwin cyclone
A retrospect on Barnard
Whitlam’s Royal Commission: Enquiry into Intelligence Services
Reflections looking back: Whitlam and the Central Intelligence Agency
The 1975 changes: A new Minister, Chiefs of Staff and ‘the Dismissal’
Chapter 3. The Early Fraser Ministry
James Killen, Minister for Defence
Problems to overcome in the new system
Public perceptions in the politics of Defence
Differing views on our strategic interests
President Carter and the Indian Ocean
Inflation: Its consequences for Defence in the 1970s
Differences with the Royal Commission on Intelligence
Experiences serving Malcolm Fraser
A refuge in the mountains
The Defence Science Laboratories: Management
Planning the Defence Force Academy: Obstacles
Using soldiers in support of police
Final months in the Department
The gap between the strategic guidance and Defence preparations
Personnel policies and practices in the Services
Defamatory media fabrications
Post retirement experiences
On serving Ministers
Reflections on a personal journey
Bibliography
Index