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World Service,15 Dec 2017,9 mins

The Disappearance of Harold Holt

Witness History

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The Australian Prime Minister, Harold Holt, disappeared after going for a swim in the ocean on December 17th 1967 - never to be seen again. Susan Hulme has been speaking to Martin Simpson who was with the group that went to the beach with the Prime Minister that day. Photo: Harold Holt on the beach with three women the year before his disappearance. Credit: Evening Standard/Getty Images

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