 At a press conference that afternoon he said "The Governor-General prevented me getting in touch with the Queen by just withdrawing the commission immediately" In an article in "Quadrant" magazine (March 2005, Volume 49, Number 3), David Smith, Kerr's Official Secretary, claimed that Whitlam knew of Kerr's intentions, the Queen had already made her position of non-intervention known to Whitlam and Kerr, and Kerr had called a double dissolution to be fair to both candidates, sincerely believing that Whitlam could win back government with the necessary majority in both houses.When Whitlam had left, Kerr summoned Fraser and asked him the same questions which Fraser claims to have answered that morning.When Fraser answered affirmatively, Kerr then commissioned him as Prime Minister.