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Captain Graham Wright is a man ahead of his time. He saw life and
work differently from others. However, speaking his mind brought
him more trouble than good, as others didn't often agree with his
point of view or vision. But during his current 93 years, he's seen
many of his predictions and ideas come to fruition. Putting It
Wright covers his life to date, from joining the Royal Australian
Navy at age 13, his experiences in Palestine, Malta, Turkey and
adventures during World War II in the Mediterranean, Madagascar,
South-East Asia and most importantly Archangel and the truth behind
a secret meeting with Stalin in Moscow by Sir Walter Citrine, UK
Trade Union Congress leader, under Churchill's orders in 1941. No
other book in history has ever exposed this detail. This Naval
career highlight earned him the Arctic Star. His service continued
during peacetime until 1962 amid major changes in the Navy and then
all the Defence Forces. After 29 years of Naval service he accepted
an offer from the then Department of External Affairs, spending two
interesting years amongst the communist spy scandals in Bangkok,
Thailand, as Head of Research in the South East Asian Treaty
Organization Headquarters. Later, after joining the Australian
Public Service, his major achievement was working with Sir Arthur
Tange in producing the well-known Tange Report. With his Bachelor
of Arts Honours degree and his thesis work, the Tange Report
amalgamated the administration of the three armed services and
Supply Department, creating the Department of Defence as we know it
today. Even after being criticized by Australian National
University gurus who believed that an insider couldn't be credited
with writing about Defence matters, Wright proved to be right again
- as history has shown that what we have today with the day-to-day
operations of the three Services now controlled by the Headquarters
at Bungendore - is just as he'd written it.
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