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Shit nonco nikco cares
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>>3052277Thobiet he does look contemporary
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I don't care unless he's the one that just disappeared while swimming one day and then got a fucking pool named after him geg
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>>3052377Which one is that
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>>3052407Harold Holt I think?
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>>3052409Thats pretty funny
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>>3052409Apparently there's a big conspiracy that he actually was taken by a Chinese submarine and defected to mainland China to sell them Western military intelligence
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>>3052438It's probably way more likely that the dude stepped on a stonefish or got dragged out to sea by a rip current and drowned tbh. IIRC the weather was particularly shit that day so the surf was extra rough
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>>3052438Its true
>Holt's involvement with the Chinese government began in 1929 when he was a student at the University of Melbourne. After one of his research papers came to their attention, he was recruited by the consul-general in Melbourne to write pro-Chinese articles for a business newspaper.>In 1931, a section was created within the Kuomintang's intelligence service to report directly to Chiang Kai-shek. Holt became the group's agent in Australia and given a handler based in Sydney.>After being elected to the House of Representatives in 1935, Holt was earmarked for special training in espionage. He was initially intended to be a sleeper agent, but was considered too valuable and was soon reactivated. He began passing on cabinet papers and other information, writing in code and making use of dead drops.>Holt again became a sleeper agent when the Chinese Communist Revolution broke out, but in 1952 was contacted by a Kuomintang agent (now based on Taiwan) and paid L30,000 to resume his spying. However, in 1954 he voluntarily deactivated because he had transferred his sympathies to the Communists.>In 1957, Holt discovered that the Kuomintang agent who had contacted him in 1952 was, in fact, a representative of the Communist Party. He agreed to be reactivated once the Chinese government agreed to various conditions, and for the next ten years continued to pass on state secrets. He was given an "escape route" in case he was discovered - a submarine positioned off the Australian coast.>In May 1967, Holt began to suspect that the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) had become aware of his activities. He faked his own death on 17 December 1967, pretending to drown while swimming at Cheviot Beach, Victoria - in reality, after Holt slipped below the surface two Chinese frogmen dragged him down by the ankles and guided him to the conning tower of a waiting Chinese submarine. Holt spent the rest of his life in Beijing, and ASIO erased any trace of his defection to cover up its own errors. â„–3052442[Quote]
>>3052440Yeah I never personally believed it myself, just something funny I knew of from past researching and felt was relevant here
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>>3052442Gotcha, can never really tell what people believe here geg
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>>3052440Or simply drowned by an Aussie for ending white Australia policy
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>>3052441Schizos lurking itt